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The Primary Has Failed Them. Hope Is Not A Strategy. (Original Post) ancianita Mar 2020 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Firebrand Gary Mar 2020 #1
This is not about Sanders. It's about what he stands for. Youth know this. I know this. ancianita Mar 2020 #2
Someone in another thread used the phrase "America as we know it." Garrett78 Mar 2020 #4
Right. The fucking time is fucking NOW. I'm in my 70's. AND EVEN I KNOW. ancianita Mar 2020 #5
I'm reminded of a quote: Garrett78 Mar 2020 #7
Yes. Krishnamurti's a Bernie bro. In the spiritual sense, obviously. ancianita Mar 2020 #8
Me, too (n/t) wackadoo wabbit Mar 2020 #3
When they come home... ancianita Mar 2020 #6

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ancianita

(36,130 posts)
2. This is not about Sanders. It's about what he stands for. Youth know this. I know this.
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:42 AM
Mar 2020

Because I am to the left of Sanders, and definitely to the left of Biden.

It's about US.

THERE IS NO REASON TO WAIT, AT THIS POINT, JUST BECAUSE WE ARE USED TO NOT KNOWING IT'S ABOUT US.

I will vote for any Democratic candidate in the end -- as if I should even have to repeat that here.

YET. THE major reason to vote, for all Americans, is both to rid us of parasites, TO USE RULE OF LAW to clean out corruption. From Delaware to Nevada to Moscow.

Elizabeth Warren has said it best, and knows HOW.

Bernie has said it longest, and knows WHAT. (Well, maybe Warren, but I have to reckon with anti-woman numbers)

I will keep beating the drum for youth who know this, too.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
4. Someone in another thread used the phrase "America as we know it."
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:54 AM
Mar 2020

America as we know it is a disaster; it's a blight on the world. Trump or no Trump, we desperately need major fundamental change across the board. Our species, much less our society, is in grave danger.

Things like the Green New Deal and a complete restructuring of the economy (such as transitioning to social/cooperative ownership of businesses that are currently having an adverse impact on all of us) aren't merely options; they're necessities.

We don't have time for incremental change.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

ancianita

(36,130 posts)
5. Right. The fucking time is fucking NOW. I'm in my 70's. AND EVEN I KNOW.
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:56 AM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
7. I'm reminded of a quote:
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:00 AM
Mar 2020

"It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society." ~Jiddu Krishnamurti

If anyone thinks we'll be saved by pre-Trump status quo, they're in for a huge disappointment.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

ancianita

(36,130 posts)
8. Yes. Krishnamurti's a Bernie bro. In the spiritual sense, obviously.
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:06 AM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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