Bernie Sanders refuses to accept his fate — and keeps talking about important issues

[eridani]

https://www.minnpost.com/eric-black-ink/2015/11/bernie-sanders-refuses-accept-his-fate-and-keeps-talking-about-important-issu

I don’t particularly doubt that these seers are right, although I often wish they would spend a little less of their time on future-gazing, about which they are often wrong. Meanwhile, Sen. Bernie Sanders has declined thus far to quietly accept his fate. He is still campaigning and last week gave a major hourlong address at Georgetown University explaining his view of what is going wrong in America and what he would propose to do about it. It’s kinda pitiful that the speech got very little coverage, but I suppose it reflects the consensus among the great deciders of “news value” that Sanders is no longer relevant.

Sanders’ talk was great, according to your humble and obedient ink-stained wretch. Unlike a great deal of the words being emitted elsewhere in the presidential race, Sanders’ facts check out. Also, he is expressing views which are mostly consistent with what he has been saying throughout his political career, so it’s easier to convince oneself that he means what he says. He describes, with accurate statistics, the problems that he believes beset our country, and describes policies he would favor to deal with them.

If you have any interest in watching the talk, it is embedded in this link from Reader Supported News. The talk is an hour long, followed by 30 minutes of Q-and-A. So, if you are inclined to watch it, be advised that it is the equivalent of more than 100 30-second ads, and without the music and the scary voices and doctored images that some cynics might say are designed to keep you from thinking.

[Fawke Em]

1. His fate is ours.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. Bernie will win the presidency of the United States of America

[SoapBox]

3. He keeps talking about those pesky issues...

Unlike other candidates.