Why did Sanders wait until we have a black president to cast blame and start his "revolution"?

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203. Listen, we all thought Obama would govern like a Progressive, those who believed in him anyway,

but the simple truth is that he didn't. He gave away too much, negotiated from weakness, met them halfway before negotiations even began, etc.

Bernie, even in his calls for someone to primary him, was only reflecting this simple point of view.

Bernie is not the one who changed. Obama did not live up to the promises, implied or otherwise, of his campaign. Frankly, I think it's one of the worst bait and switches I've ever seen. For most of his presidency I've been wishing I backed Hilary Clinton.

Now, however, when my choice is between a clear Progressive, Bernie, and Hillary Clinton (I know you guys will insist she is Progressive - maybe on some social issues, but definitely not on economy or war, which are very important to me) I am definitely backing Sanders all the way.

I don't care if they are Black or White or male and female. I'm talking politics here, and who is going to give away my lunch money!!!! I'm just talking about the feeling that someone is going to get rolled here, and I do not feel Bernie is going to allow himself to get rolled and he isn't going to roll over either.

So, that's it without the birdseed. Obama has been a profound disappointment to this Liberal/Progressive. Beyond belief really. I truly couldn't figure out what he was doing until I simply accepted that he has wanted things to be that way, well other than the fact that he faced monumental opposition. Heck, I'll give you that. The racism directed towards him has been abominable, disgusting, deplorable. But I'm looking at what he himself actually did and tried to do, and these are not the actions of a Progressive, as I know it.

Now, I'm risking backlash here on all of this. I'm risking people hating me and because he is my candidate Bernie. But we've got to come to grips with reality. It's intrinsically sad that the first Black President is going to leave office in the next year. But I'd like to replace him with a true Progressive, and I don't care what gender or color they may have. At all. And I don't think Bernie does either. But he wants to make sure the Progressive voice is being heard. He wants Americans to know how weird their worldview is, and provincial, and defeatist, and so rightward leaning through years of Reagan propaganda that it doesn't even bear witness to reality anymore.

Do you realize that Great Britain is now warning LGBT community that they should heed travel warnings if they come to this country!!!

How's that for Progressive?

I believe Bernie is surprised as anybody that he has gotten this far and done this much. As he says, it's less of a testimony to him that it is to US, and to the feeling that we've just had enough and that it's time for an immediate and large course correction. Of course, he deserves the credit for leading the charge and getting the word out there. He deserves credit as leader of that movement, and I will follow that man and that movement because they reflect fairly accurately what I think is right better than anything else out there.

Go Bernie!