I know DU is Bernie Country, but in response to an earlier thread about Rachel's Interview of HRC

[JDPriestly]

81. What in the world did the Clintons achieve?

Staying in the White House for 8 years whatever the cost to the American people?

Think small -- that's the motto of the Clintons.

And what Bill Clinton did to our economy when he signed NAFTA and then Welfare "Reform" and the repeal of Glass-Steagall and lousy bill after lousy bill. And then you complain that there is NO MONEY???? Of course not. Not after the Clintons did what they did and George W. Bush finished off our job market and economy. No way.

Thanks to the Clintons and Barak Obama, unions are weaker now than ever and our economy is marked by extreme disparity between rich and poor. Our erstwhile middle class has also been weakened.

Yes. The Republicans are responsible. But they are either trapped in a sick ideology or members of the class that is profiting from the corruption that has permitted the development of such a disparity in wealth and income.

Almost as responsible and more reprehensibly so because they are not bound by a crazy ideology that requires them to do what they do, are the Democrats who give lip service to equality, to opportunity and to social justice when it is easy but who fail to stand up when courage is demanded.

The situation in Wisconsin in which faint protests of the DNC and the Obama administration to the destruction of labor union members' lives as they struggled to safeguard their rights -- that was shameful.

Face it. The American people are waking up to Bernie Sanders' call for justice.

This happens every once in a while. Think of the Civil War. Think of the populist movement that cleaned government and, for a short time attacked monopolies. Think of FDR and the reforms he began including Social Security.

I do not want to be rude. But I believe that it is time for another populist movement that will result in more social justice for people of color, immigrants, senior citizens frightened about their Social Security, young people struggling with student debt and those too ill or too poor or just not fitting the mold for the ACA who need health insurance and care.

It is time to rethink our justice system. We need to find a new way to deal with addiction, in our society, something that is organized around not just the justice system but community and healthcare.

We need to do more for young people who graduate from college with terrible debt and then who cannot find jobs.

We need to encourage more saving and discourage some of the borrowing.

We need higher wages for working people.

We need less reliance on imported goods.

Bernie is speaking to needs, not to frivolous wants, in our society.

My mother used to say: You need to know your needs from your wants.

She was very wise.

I would say that Bernie Sanders is a man who knows his personal wants from his needs and that, in addition to setting an example for America in that respect, will lead our country into understanding that, as a nation, discerning between our wants and our needs will FREE US, not enchain us.

Feel the Bern!

(I don't think any of us expect Bernie to achieve all that he is talking about in just four or eight short years. He is placing before us a platform that we can work toward as a society. I for one am fed up with seeing so many homeless on our streets, paying the exorbitant cost of medications that were developed a long time ago, etc. Bernie is focused on the future of America, on improving our environment so that our great-grandchildren will enjoy it, on caring for our needs and not just our momentary wants.)

Will America choose Bernie? Yes. Because he is honest about his views and does not hide his dreams. Americans are so sick of the pragmatic bores that are running in this election. The popularity of Trump of all people among Republicans and the growing popularity of Bernie on our side proves this.

We Democrats are looking for a leader who will give us hope. Bernie does that. Hillary does not. It is Hillary who will never win the Independent or Republican voters. She has no dream. She has no vision. She sounds as boring as she apparently thinks.

A lot of people who will vote for Bernie will just stay home if Hillary is the candidate.

I for one will vote for all the Democrats on my ballot except Hillary. To me, I might as well vote for a Republican as vote for Hillary. She is the one who will get nothing done. She projects as arrogant and uncaring. She will not get my vote.