A HUGE March for Not Gore in America (2000) #NotHillary

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14. Apples to Oranges

Bernie is running as a Democrat! Nader never did. Bernie is winning primaries and hundreds of delegates. Nader never did. Bernie is now polling ahead of Clinton in national polls, and overwhelmingly beating all Republican candidates in head to head polls, while Clinton is not. Nader never out-polled Gore, let alone the Republican candidates.

So while some of the faces supporting Nader may be the same, and while Nader's message is very similar to Bernie's - there are key differences between the Nader v. Gore and Sanders v. Clinton races. First off - Nader never challenged the Democrats in the primaries. Bernie chose to run as a Democrat and is bringing new people to the party. Nader didn't and Clinton isn't! Bernie is raising millions through small, individual donations - while Nader was operating on a shoe-string budget and as stated in the video was funding future rallies from previous rally proceeds. Nader was holding rallies to create momentum, while Bernie's electoral momentum is creating more popularity and generating huge rallies of enormous size! The Sander's primary rally in NYC's Washington Square last week (27,000+ attendees) drew more people than Barack Obama's general election rally in September 2008 at the same location (20,000 attending)! Sander's is no Nader, and he is outpacing the popularity of the master campaigner himself - President Obama! Clinton's popularity and rally attendance just don't compare! Al Gore was able to draw large crowds in 2000, but Hillary just isn't capable of generating the modern campaign enthusiasm that I believe is critical to winning general elections! As the ultimate party insider, she is able to win primary and caucus votes - but over the long haul come November 2016, I have serious doubts that Hillary has what it takes to win it all!

Bernie truly has and is running a legitimate Democratic campaign, with broad-based support. Nader netted just under 3 million votes nationwide in the 2000 election. So far in the 2016 primary cycle Bernie has already received well over 3 million votes, and the NY, PA, CA and 17 other primaries have yet to occur. Granted Hillary has received more primary votes than Bernie, but to say Bernie is a Nader retread is flat-out WRONG! Bernie is positioned to eclipse Obama's electoral success. I'm not saying that if Hillary wins the Democratic nomination she loses the general election. But if Hillary is the Democratic nominee - the 2016 general election will be a lot closer in the final results than if Bernie is the candidate. I think Bernie will win the 2016 general by no less than 5%!! But with Hillary as the nominee - if nothing adverse comes out of the Panama Papers and she is able to withstand the barrage of negative ads that is sure to come - she wins it only by the slimmest of margins. Big ifs all around! I am sticking with the sure win - Bernie 2016!! But first we need to make sure HE wins the Democratic nomination!!