BERNIE SANDERS appreciation thread: Why I love BERNIE!

[myohmy2]

...c'mon BERNIE supporters everywhere...

...in a sea of Bernie-Bashing, let's hear why you love BERNIE, think he'll make a great President and be our next President...

...I'm so excited, I can hardly wait to get to the polls to vote for BERNIE...

...it's absolutely clear, BERNIE's the strongest, smartest and the most formidable candidate we have to beat trump...I see BERNIE on the debate stage with that nasty trump hammering the piss out him with facts, figures, honesty and truth...

...President BERNIE SANDERS...

...I love it...

[NurseJackie]

1. ...

[redstateblues]

2. A little more kool-aid for you?

[sheshe2]

3. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah- Louis Armstrong

The great Louis Armstrong with a blue bird on his shoulder.

Love him. Grew up with his music.

[nolabear]

4. Not The Onion.

[George II]

11. Borowitz?

[ehrnst]

8. .....

[aikoaiko]

5. Bernie is expanding the conversation on what the Democratic party should be championing

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eta: the IC after Democrat because I made a mistake when typing fast.

[ehrnst]

9. Repeating a lot of things that have been championed for decades by Democrats.

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Including Single Payer, which was proposed by Ted Kennedy back in 1971.

Democrats, however have always championed progressive groups like Planned Parenthood, HRC and the Black Congressional Caucus.

[lanlady]

16. So then why isn't he a Democrat?

He joins the party temporarily, when it suits his purposes.

[Bradical79]

66. Why aren't more people Democrats?

The party has been shrinking. Making someone's status as an official Democrat a big negative isn't going to help anything. Would you rather the 2nd place candidate stay an independent permanently and run 3rd party when independents are around 41% of the electorate? Being too exclusionary to left wing independents is a recipe for disaster.

[W_HAMILTON]

18. It's the Democratic* Party.

And we already know what to champion, thank you.

[aikoaiko]

19. You're right -- Democratic -- and as Democrat I'm entitled to thank Bernie...

...for helping the Democratic party do better.

[myohmy2]

23. another...

...excellent reason to appreciate Bernie...

...I think if some people, (not referring to you), would look a little closer at Bernie without bias, they would find a lot to appreciate...

...open up heart, open up your mind...

[PatSeg]

43. I've been watching and listening to Bernie for 20 years

and until recently I actually DID appreciate him. If anything, my bias would be more for Bernie, not against him, but what I'm seeing now is changing my long held favorable opinion of him.

I didn't support Bernie for president in 2016, because I didn't see him suited for that role, but I still held a high regard for him. Any changes in my opinion is because of the way he and his staff are running his campaign. I am beyond disappointed.

[brooklynite]

50. I find a lot to appreciate...and I still think he'll lose badly.

[ehrnst]

75. ...OH YES...

...let the sun shine...

...without bias...

...open up heart....

...open up your mind...

.....

....

.

[myohmy2]

77. these...

...Bernie lovers...

...do you expect them to hate Bernie?...

[ehrnst]

82. ...another evasion...

...denial isn't just a river in Egypt...

...but still gotta answer lest someone think that they rattled you with some facts...



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[David__77]

25. True. Like a jobs guarantee, for instance.

and I’m not saying no one has supported these things. From Jesse Jackson to Barbara Lee, lots of Democrats have had great proposed policies and agendas.

[PatSeg]

41. Seriously? "Democrat" party?

[aikoaiko]

42. Seriously, I made mistake when typing fast.

Yes, its Democratic.

[PatSeg]

44. Okay

Guess I just get a little sensitive about that sort of thing! I make lots of typing mistakes.

[aikoaiko]

45. Cheers.

[calguy]

6. Sorry

I tried to think of something but there was just nothing there.

[samnsara]

7. your youthful exuberance is refreshing but is it hindering you from...

...considering other options if your candidate doesn't win?

[ehrnst]

10. ..."sea of Bernie bashing"....

Why do you jetski, surf, and catamaran around here around here daily if that's the case?

[myohmy2]

13. "Why do you jetski, surf, and catamaran around here around here daily..."

...because...

...the last time I checked, this was not the Joe Biden Underground or Elizabeth Warren Underground,

...but the DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND...

[ehrnst]

14. ... so again....

...Why do you jetski, surf, and catamaran around here around on DU daily?...



Cheer up!

[samnsara]

29. just promise you will vote for whichever candidate get the Dem nom..Ok? promise?

( cuz we have seen this movie before)

[Horizens]

55. And ...

Bernie's not a Democrat. Period.

[George II]

12. On the night of July 16 I'll sign up, depending upon how he acts when he doesn't get the nomination.

[myohmy2]

20. so...

...what you're saying is, you COULD appreciate Bernie but not right now...

...okay, I can see that...

[NYMinute]

15. His legislative accomplishment of naming two post offices

has deeply touched me.

That is like a record one post office every 15 years and it has changed my life for the better.

I hope he returns to Vermont and names at least two more before he retired. Go Bernie!!

[samnsara]

30. ..at this point EXPERIENCE is what matters....

..sitting in a senate chair for 30 some odd years aint experience.. ..i wanna see some experience...like in actually doing stuff.

[NYMinute]

35. My post was facetious ....

[PatSeg]

46. It got a chuckle out of me!

[ehrnst]

17. ..."nasty trump hammering the piss out him"....

...well, that's special....

...

[myohmy2]

21. "The concept of toxic masculinity is used in psychology..."

...sounds elitist to me...

...I can't appreciate that...

...now, Bernie hammering the piss out trump, that I can appreciate...

...

[ehrnst]

22. ...elitist...

....surprised one would say that about the rhetoric that one uses...



...do go on....

...it appears a nerve was struck...

[NYMinute]

36. ...

.... isn't it wonderful though...
....... elitist said by BS about others is just revolutionary ....
.........but god forbid if anyone calls anything in Benieland elitist ...
......it just can't be so ....

[ehrnst]

74. ....

they ought to charge admission....

[samnsara]

31. uh oh...that elitist word aint gonna sit well in here....

...here it goes again..

[David__77]

24. Foreign policy is a big one for me.

I don’t agree with Sanders on everything in the foreign policy realm- still, he’s my choice at this time.

[NYMinute]

37. Bernie's foreign policy and his experience in that area

are ZERO, ZILCH, NADA, RIEN

[Tiggeroshii]

26. I love Bernie because for every problem America got itself into, there is a video of Bernie trying

to stop it.

[samnsara]

32. anyone can march

[Tiggeroshii]

48. I love Bernie because he is the only candidate

Maintaining a strong position on Medicare for all and not parroting medical insurance talking points.


He is also the only candidate who has a more urgent goal than 0 emissions by 2020 and believes climate change should be solved in the next 10 years, not the next 30.


GO BERNIE!!!

[Buzz cook]

27. Bernies ok by me.

The haters gotta haye though.

[questionseverything]

28. ty bernie for making "healthcare is a human right" mainstream

ty Bernie for having the nerve to say you would legalize mj

ty for being against endless wars

ty for fighting the bankruptcy bill that I don't agree with

ty for getting the money in the aca bill for community clinics for the poorest among us

[samnsara]

33. mj's been legal in my state for going on 8 years..

[Tiggeroshii]

49. Yet it is still a crime federally

Federal trumps state, in case you did not know. So yes, you are still committing a crime when you light up.

[questionseverything]

80. yes so no federal housing,no fed student loans if on record

one set of rules for those who r poor another set for the well to do

[Tiggeroshii]

81. Yep!

[Hortensis]

34. Sanders has to apologize for only one of MANY LIES

and the response is an "appreciation thread"?

Given what's at stake, these particular lies are especially pernicious and potentially evil in their impact. The lie that our leading candidate serves business instead of the people and the blatant, outrageous lie that a lifelong protector of Social Security has often voted to hurt recipients and Social Security could cause some to not vote on election day.

WHAT are you doing? Tell Sanders to STOP or you'll take your support elsewhere.

[NYMinute]

38. Some not only appreciate but cheer him on for his lies

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/1287433905

[Hortensis]

39. Those are what they are. It's sensible Democrats who

need to take a clear-eyed look at The Real Bernie Sanders and decide if trying to give great power to a person like this, especially given the unstable, uncertain state of our republic after Trump, is a sensible thing to do.

[nini]

40. He's finally being vetted..

He's gotten away with so much for so long that it's about damn time he's being exposed.

[Tiggeroshii]

52. Smearing is not vetting

[Hortensis]

57. You should LOVE to hear truths about Sanders.

But if you're finding truth after truth after truth unpalatable and increasingly distressing and insupportable, what ARE you doing?

REAL behaviors should not not be so bad that they'd be smears if not true. Can we agree on that?

[Tiggeroshii]

58. Smearing is not truth

[BannonsLiver]

61. And truth is not smearing.

[Bradical79]

67. I've been told otherwise here

[ehrnst]

63. Vetting is not smearing.

[TheFarseer]

47. In my view

He is trying to push policies that will help working people from health care to stopping wars and everything in between. He has shined a light on income inequality like no else.

[sheshe2]

59. Did he build the CFPB?

Warren did long before she was a Senator. You don't just shine a light on something, you DO something about it. Talking and lights shining is not the same as actions.

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/1287325662

[TheFarseer]

68. I like Warren a lot too

If she’s closer to winning than Bernie when the NE primary rolls around, I’ll gladly vote for her but the fact that he voted against the Iraq War counts for a lot with me.

[LanternWaste]

51. I appreciate Bernie's role as an effective and efficient career politician.

[Democrats_win]

53. Bernie gives a voice to America's better nature.

Calling for a government that works for the people rather than for the corporation.

We would all be lucky if he were to win.

[Peregrine Took]

54. I love him for his consistency.

A lifetime of following his values and principles even if they aren't always popular.

[BannonsLiver]

60. Spot on!

Those post offices didn't name themselves.

[ehrnst]

62. He is consistent. Doesn't change much over the years, I hear.

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/anger-management-sanders-fights-for-employees-except-his-own/Content?oid=2834657

[awesomerwb1]

56. AbSoLuTeLy!!!!

Ramses, I mean Bernie Is number one. His arms Are number one. His legs Are number one. His eyes Are number one. Bernie Is number one!!

[Aaron Pereira]

64. I'm really surprised at the degree of hostility he's received but he just shrugs it off.

That takes a degree of character to be attacked by powerful figures in the political class, opinion makers, monied interests and somehow get stronger along the way.

[BannonsLiver]

65. Yes, he shrugs it off

And then sends Nena and the like out to do the dirty work.

[Scurrilous]

69. ...

Link to tweet

[jcmaine72]

70. I'm a proud Socialist and have been my entire adult life.

I love Bernie for obvious reasons. I worried initially about his health and electability and briefly supported another candidate, but now I simply don't care. Bernie's the only candidate I feel passionately about and I don't care what anyone thinks.

If the election of Dotard has proven anything it's that this country is in a state of crisis. People are angry and desperate. The level of economic and social injustice that exists in our society is something we should all be alarmed over. Radical change is needed and Bernie is the best candidate by far IMO to facilitate that change.

I'll leave it at that because, as you astutely noted, this isn't exactly the most welcoming place for Bernie and his supporters.

[Donkees]

71. ❤️

[myohmy2]

79. +1

"We are all in this together."

...mandatory viewing for every Patriot!

...

[Anaxamander]

72. Bernie is the real deal

Compared to candidates Biden and Warren, Bernie is consistent and honest. Much like Dennis Kucinich, even right-wingers will admit that Bernie has integrity.

[m-lekktor]

73. I prefer him mostly because he doesn't take corporate bribes and doesn't give a damn

what those who DO take corporate bribes think of him. That is why "nobody(meaning CEO's , wealthy donors, and DC elite) likes him". He makes them look bad by example. I will support somebody who doesn't accept corporate donations over somebody who does any day of the week.

and plus I am a poor man I can't afford obamacare, I need medicare 4 all!

[NCjack]

76. me too.

[kelly1mm]

78. While I am not on Berie's team I love his honesty and consistancy. nt