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vi5

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31. Good god, thank you for that....

Fri Apr 6, 2018, 11:50 AM

Apr 2018

..I really could not have said it any better myself.

The short sightedness of people on here and in our party who want to claim seemingly out of spite for Bernie, that we have done nothing wrong as a party, don't need to change anything, and that every criticism of the party is a lie is going to continue costing us.

The man is not proposing or suggesting anything that 25+ years ago would have been anything even close to radical for the Democratic party yet he's vilified simply because he dared to say out loud what a lot of people have been thinking for quite some time.

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Video Of What Bernie Said In Mississippi [View all] jg10003 Apr 2018 OP

I hope everyone here will listen to this postive, inspiring video in which Berni Sophia4 Apr 2018 #1

This video enraged me and made me more certain that Sen. Sanders should not run in 20. Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #13

You find this positive and inspiring? EffieBlack Apr 2018 #18

In this speech, Bernie encouraged people to run for office. Sophia4 Apr 2018 #43

You think the audience needed Bernie Sanders to tell them that people should run for office? EffieBlack Apr 2018 #44

Unfortunately, there are many here who are incapable of seeing / hearing RandomAccess Apr 2018 #35

Thank you so much Raine Apr 2018 #2

K&R diva77 Apr 2018 #3

i read some & i was huh? sounded good to me. now more good. pansypoo53219 Apr 2018 #4

Nonsense, they gained seats because of racism,Republican propaganda and njhoneybadger Apr 2018 #5

CORRECT Skittles Apr 2018 #6

and supressing voting eShirl Apr 2018 #7

Racism, GOP propaganda, gerrymandering, and voter suppression still exist. progressoid Apr 2018 #9

Thanks to an overwhelming dislike of Trump and the gerrymander has weakened as shown Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #12

"and the gerrymander has weakened" -- in most places the lines for districts have not changed karynnj Apr 2018 #17

I think you're mistaken about the old PA districts being in place. sl8 Apr 2018 #24

We're saying the same thing. karynnj Apr 2018 #27

Which supports what Sanders said at 1:50 in the video. progressoid Apr 2018 #20

Exactly Adrahil Apr 2018 #10

+1, don't forget voter suppression uponit7771 Apr 2018 #36

K&R DLevine Apr 2018 #8

There is nothing inspiring about trashing Pres. Obama, the Democratic Party and Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #11

"Charismatic" "extraordinary" "brilliant" are not trashing words. panader0 Apr 2018 #14

+1 shanny Apr 2018 #28

How do you not see through that vaneer? Adrahil Apr 2018 #33

+1. The CEO of GM is great but GM sucks... How in the hell is that a positive thing ?! uponit7771 Apr 2018 #38

The contrasting but after is though uponit7771 Apr 2018 #37

It is what I call a back handed compliment...soft racism...Obama just wasn't good enough oh sure Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #42

I have no animus toward him but I am tired of him. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2018 #16

Calling him an empty suit as head of a party that has been "A failure" for 15 years ehrnst Apr 2018 #26

+1, this is some gas lighting aint it !? The CEO of GM is great but GM sucks isn't a compliment uponit7771 Apr 2018 #40

The RawStory article was absolute shit... NCTraveler Apr 2018 #15

K&R.. disillusioned73 Apr 2018 #19

K & R and thank you. mountain grammy Apr 2018 #21

+1 progressoid Apr 2018 #22

Thanks for posting this, but everyone will likely continue to see it through a lens of 2016 karynnj Apr 2018 #23

He was well received Tom Rinaldo Apr 2018 #25

Well said, thank you. nt shanny Apr 2018 #29

Well said. However, progressoid Apr 2018 #30

Oh it will still be here.... vi5 Apr 2018 #32

Good god, thank you for that.... vi5 Apr 2018 #31

+1 leftstreet Apr 2018 #34

In a vacuum your right, this is ... NOT ... a vacuum and many on this site are not LIVs. uponit7771 Apr 2018 #39

Thank you. My god these same tired roundabouts are fucking lame Arazi Apr 2018 #41