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In reply to the discussion: But Bernie is Not a Democrat... [View all]Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)Excellent example. Some on this board think just because some politician puts a (D) after their name that they are really a Democrat. If you are a Democrat,act and vote like a Democrat.
After delivering an hourlong stump speech, the Vermont senator opened the floor to questions at the Boone County Fairgrounds.
I want to know if you are the next coming of FDR. We will fight for you if you will fight the Republicans in Congress, said one man in the crowd of about 400 people. I voted eight years ago for hope and change, and Im still waiting.
Sanders, an independent, is seeking the Democratic nomination for president. On Saturday, the second day of a three-day Iowa swing, he pointed out how FDR called the wealthy protectors of the status quo economic royalists.
He said, They hate my guts. Never have they hated someone as much as they hate me. And I welcome their hatred, Sanders said.
And let me echo that today: If the Koch brothers and the billionaire class hate my guts, I welcome their hatred. Because I am going to stand with working families.
The status quo got us Trump. We must rediscover who we are in order to take this country back.