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In reply to the discussion: Been through some rough primary wars here. To me now, though, this one is different. [View all]CrispyQ
(40,873 posts)The types that are just fed up with govt, not so much religious nuts. The type who have played by the rules & were promised a safe retirement & now see that slipping away or gone. The types who are starting to figure out it was their authoritarian leaders who put them where they are, not the damned liberals.
Then here comes Bernie Sanders. He's not a democrat & he's a senior like them. He reminds them of better times, jokes that Eisenhower was a Communist, talks about increasing SS & Medicare, investing in our infrastructure & helping their grandkids have a future. I could see him pulling off some teabagger votes.
We need The People's Party - our own version of TPP - to fight back.
There is an unrest in the country as the rich get a bigger & bigger piece of the pie & the rest of us fight over crumbs. It can only go on so long before something gives. Bernie's message resonates across generational lines and party lines. If we had journalists, instead of corporate paid shills, he would have a chance.