Seattle councilmember Kshama Sawant speech to Bernie

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33. Perot has left a message of broader bipartisan support to fight so-called "free trade" deals...

... like NAFTA, which was a big part of his campaign then, that provided many of his voters against both Clinton and Bush who both supported NAFTA, which many people look back on and say HE WAS FRICKING RIGHT!!!!

Now, I don't think just his proper position was enough for people to want him to be a president for every other responsibility that a president has, but it did serve to show support for positions on issues outside the views of both parties that could potentially unify America against corporatist control!

If we had instant runoff voting then, he might have had even more support than he got, as people would feel less concerned about the worse of the other "two evils" winning had that been in place.

Until we have instant runoff voting, new parties divergent from the mainstream corporate control of both parties will have to work within one of these two parties to get political power and people elected. Has already happened with the Tea Party within the Republican Party, and I think Bernie would be doing the right thing by doing another similar effort within the Democratic Party. I think he could really help take some control away from the third way mantra crap we have within the party now, as many, not just leftists will support his more populist views, especially with things like "free trade" crap like the TPP, which Ross Perot showed us when he ran can reach across party lines for support against the 1% control mongers.