Bernie Sanders Could Be the 2016 Democratic Candidate We’ve All Been Waiting For

[RufusTFirefly]

97. If it can't be Bernie, it's just gotta be Hillary

Welcome to BinaryWorld, where if we can't elect a progressive, we have to settle for a corporatist instead. After all, we have no choice.

What's happened to this country? Why aren't there a half a dozen Bernies vying for the Presidential nomination?

If you think Bernie's too old, we'll settle for the younger version of Bernie. If you're concerned that Bernie comes from a small state, then perhaps we should put our support behind the Bernie who hails from a more populous state. If you don't like the fact that Bernie has an (I) after his name instead of a (D), then maybe you need to support the Democratic Bernie. Where in God's name have all the Bernies gone?

Most of the party should be pushing Bernie's ideas and have Bernie's fire in the belly. How ironic that one of the few good Democrats isn't even a Democrat!

The fact that there are so few Democrats standing up for what were once bedrock Democratic ideals makes it way too easy for the shills and the sock puppets to marginalize and ridicule the few progressives. Just a handful of whispers, smears, and misdirections, and Presto! The path is cleared for the corporatist war mongers.

(With apologies to Sen. Warren. Based on what I know of her policies, I would probably support her. But with Bernie, there's no question. He has my vote.)