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2016 Postmortem

In reply to the discussion: Campaign by-product [View all]

pat_k

(9,313 posts)
1. A vote for Bernie is a vote for the belief that I Have the Power.
Fri Feb 12, 2016, 04:46 PM
Feb 2016

Change isn't about Bernie "doing stuff" for us. It's about mobilizing people to demand, and work for, change.

Leadership is crucial, but in the end, change comes from the bottom up. It's time Americans stopped "leaving politics to the politicians." To borrow a slogan from Howard Dean, "You Have the Power."

Even if we don't see Bernie in the White House, even if there is no other "by product," if the message of "People Power" takes hold, it will have been a victory.

Voting for Bernie is a vote for the belief that I Have the Power. And I think that's the most motivating part of his campaign.

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