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Cal33

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55. What do you think made Elizabeth and Bernie so attractive to so many people, and in such a
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 06:02 PM
Nov 2015

short period of time? Just look at the topics they talked about and are still talking about:
They are issues that affect Americans in the present, or past issues that are still affecting
Americans today - one way or another. In one short sentence: The ways in which
Americans have been used and abused by the corporate world.

There is a good deal of anger and rage -- much of it subconscious -- in the guts of
Americans because they have been used and abused by Big Business corporations.
Elizabeth and Bernie are talking about these issues. This helps to bring into awareness
the abuse they have been or are still going through, and the resultant anger and rage
that many people do not even know was present in them. What they experience is a
constant and steady unhappiness, uneasiness and general dissatisfaction, for which they
often do not know the cause. In talking about these issues Elizabeth and Bernie make
them more aware of that anger and its cause, and this brings about some release, which
makes them feel good.

That, I think, is one main reason for the ability of Elizabeth and Bernie to draw such
crowds wherever they speak. The issues they talk about hit right home!

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"Bernie carries no political baggage." NCTraveler Nov 2015 #1
Okay. Whatever political baggage Bernie may have would only be a tiny iota of the amount that Cal33 Nov 2015 #4
I am not in the mood to re-hash his baggage, but I disagree vociferously with that assessment. MADem Nov 2015 #27
The biggest personal knock against him is that he is boring and has a bad temper Armstead Nov 2015 #40
Boring/temper are personality quirks--if he could inject some humor into his presentations he could MADem Nov 2015 #42
I'm sure the right wing and the MSM will make hay out of things. Armstead Nov 2015 #44
Bill's infidelity is OLD news. We even know all about the details of the guy's penis, for goodness MADem Nov 2015 #48
PS I did look up his wrtings... Armstead Nov 2015 #46
Some of it could be taken the wrong way--easily. Without a lot of spin-effort by the right, MADem Nov 2015 #49
If he were boring, would he have been drawing the largest crowds of any presidential Cal33 Nov 2015 #68
Being a Socialist not a socialist Democrat VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #30
Republicans have Sanders at a disadvantage from the start. procon Nov 2015 #2
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #3
Oh, it's still an active bugaboo. procon Nov 2015 #8
No it isn't the 1950 0r 1960, but a large segment of the voting public grew up in those times. Fla Dem Nov 2015 #17
Sorry--the Cold War got resurrected, and we're fighting it out in Syria. Didn't you get the memo? nt MADem Nov 2015 #29
The "Communist-Socialist-Marxist" libruls and other slogans have been deliberately invented and Cal33 Nov 2015 #11
Change is slow in coming. procon Nov 2015 #20
The 'red' thing hasn't resonated with a majority of people. They tried that right from the sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #32
#FeelTheBern2016 newfie11 Nov 2015 #5
IMHO it's the Corporations that won't allow Bernie to win. willvotesdem Nov 2015 #6
"buy some time for us to elect a real Progressive Democrat in the future elections" DCBob Nov 2015 #7
First of all, it's time to retire the "people don't know Bernie" meme lunamagica Nov 2015 #9
As great as she was as SOS? zalinda Nov 2015 #10
Feature Hillary Clinton's 9 most memorable moments as secretary of state lunamagica Nov 2015 #12
Weak list! jomin41 Nov 2015 #15
Sorry, but her history has already been written zalinda Nov 2015 #16
Versus: Orrex Nov 2015 #25
Bull zalinda Nov 2015 #26
Numbers, please Orrex Nov 2015 #31
And I'm sure you have a link to that considered analysis...or is that just your opinion? nt MADem Nov 2015 #33
Looks like a RW hit list. riversedge Nov 2015 #52
"Liberation" of Libya? Maedhros Nov 2015 #59
The "rebels" have imposed Sharia Law. bvar22 Nov 2015 #67
Didn't you notice the huge jump in the polls for Hillary right after the House Investigation? She Cal33 Nov 2015 #47
" it will mean the status quo" SoLeftIAmRight Nov 2015 #13
Socialism Nonhlanhla Nov 2015 #14
DU ought to draw up a list of who posters thought Joe Chi Minh Nov 2015 #18
Bernie would be offering the Americans a clear and definite choice: Do you want a government of, Cal33 Nov 2015 #19
Since the president is only 1/3 of the government, procon Nov 2015 #23
I don't expect much can be done by Bernie or anyone else in the first term. Bernie, like Cal33 Nov 2015 #38
I think its time to stop saying that many Democrats haven't heard of Sanders or... George II Nov 2015 #21
How about the poor, many of whom don't get to watch TV, listen to the news or own computers? These Cal33 Nov 2015 #22
Don't put your eggs in that basket Orrex Nov 2015 #28
"No political baggage" - not true... PosterChild Nov 2015 #24
He also has a lot of personal baggage, and the finger waggers will have a field day with it. MADem Nov 2015 #34
RE his many essays on a wide range of topics... PosterChild Nov 2015 #35
You don't think that the Republican candidates might also have some kind of "personal" Cal33 Nov 2015 #43
Do you think that laundry list will captivate voters who voted for George W. Bush because MADem Nov 2015 #45
What do you think made Elizabeth and Bernie so attractive to so many people, and in such a Cal33 Nov 2015 #55
Nobody on this site would disagreee... PosterChild Nov 2015 #61
Letting the poor and the middle-class know who the real cause of their misery and suffering is, Cal33 Nov 2015 #66
However pinebox Nov 2015 #36
Great! We can always point out that.. PosterChild Nov 2015 #37
I'm down pinebox Nov 2015 #39
Great! We can count on your vote! Only . ... PosterChild Nov 2015 #41
Not hard pinebox Nov 2015 #56
I'm not sure what.... PosterChild Nov 2015 #62
Anybody who thinks otherwise pinebox Nov 2015 #65
Exactly....I have been trying to get this through his supporters noggins VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #58
BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! MohRokTah Nov 2015 #50
NICE VISUALS, DO THEY HAVE A VOICE COACH ? orpupilofnature57 Nov 2015 #60
Bernie runs more like he's interested in the truth than the Job, that's why he has my total orpupilofnature57 Nov 2015 #51
I still wonder if he is serving as a stalking horse in exchange for a cabinet position. MADem Nov 2015 #53
I think Megalomaniac Trump might have ulterior motives,, but not Bernie, the truth . orpupilofnature57 Nov 2015 #54
I don't think that.... PosterChild Nov 2015 #63
Your right . orpupilofnature57 Nov 2015 #64
Democratic Socialist VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #57
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