2016 Postmortem

MrMickeysMom

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17. Key phrase: WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN...

Reply to Bread and Circus (Original post)

Sun Nov 29, 2015, 10:19 AM

Nov 2015

Sanders believes people can make a difference. He stated this from the beginning, and that believe has been the basic text of every political office for which he's run.

When I announced I was going to run for president, I said it would take a political revolution for a democratic socialist from Vermont to win the presidency. A lot of pundits thought that was an acknowledgment of impossibility. It wasn't. It was a statement of what would be necessary to undo the damage that has been done and to reclaim our country from the oligarchs. The pundits and the political consultants still have a hard time understanding this. But the people get it. They are turning out by the thousands, by the tens of thousands, for our rallies. They are sending contributions of $5 or $10 because they understand that if we all give what we can then we might yet be able to beat the billionaire class.

This has been and continues to be born out by his experience in believing in what we have been saying (as DU was saying as more of a community especially during the Bush administration)... REMEMBER?

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Who fights more for what they believe in? O'Malley, Clinton, or Sanders? [View all] Bread and Circus Nov 2015 OP

Yeahup..... daleanime Nov 2015 #1

Without mentioning any names in the OP Android3.14 Nov 2015 #2

The fights for leadership are led by the media, we don't even support our current President who has Todays_Illusion Nov 2015 #3

No one expects Bernie Sanders will win is why they (the GOP and media) ignore him moobu2 Nov 2015 #6

So you are already capitulating when not a single vote has so far been case? The media is choosing Todays_Illusion Nov 2015 #7

lol the media isn't choosing anybody moobu2 Nov 2015 #8

That corporate media has in fact spent the last three years telling you Hillary is the only possible Todays_Illusion Nov 2015 #9

I think this has had a significant impact on a broad slice of the electorate psyche. The Big Lie... Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #14

So its actually you letting the MSM pick. lol. nt BootinUp Nov 2015 #23

So you admit that poster is right about the media then AgingAmerican Nov 2015 #29

Nope, thats why I lol'd at the knots one must tie BootinUp Nov 2015 #34

I am a Bernie Sanders supporter. I don't think the media likes Bernie at all. Todays_Illusion Nov 2015 #37

Who is most likely to win a fight? firebrand80 Nov 2015 #4

That is a different question for a different thread. Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #10

Simple... MrMickeysMom Nov 2015 #16

You really think Third Way is 'fresh thinking?' PatrickforO Nov 2015 #27

That person never, ever defends his/herself when faced with this AgingAmerican Nov 2015 #30

wrong question ibegurpard Nov 2015 #5

"does whatever it takes" including taking both sides of issues AgingAmerican Nov 2015 #32

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2015 #11

Hillary. Scuba Nov 2015 #12

I'm more concerned with what they ACTUALLY believe in. 99Forever Nov 2015 #13

O'Malley Recursion Nov 2015 #15

Yes he HAS! elleng Nov 2015 #20

Key phrase: WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN... MrMickeysMom Nov 2015 #17

Mrs Clinton doesn't believe in anything for very long, so it's hard to say Doctor_J Nov 2015 #18

O'Malley. What is wrong with mentioning him? elleng Nov 2015 #19

I should have. Sorry. Added. Bread and Circus Nov 2015 #21

Thanks. elleng Nov 2015 #22

Principles, beliefs, consistency = Bernie. nt Live and Learn Nov 2015 #24

O'Malley, Clinton, Sanders. Nt NCTraveler Nov 2015 #25

Clinton. She fights damn hard for herself and the rest of the 1%. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #26

Clinton fights harder than hell... CoffeeCat Nov 2015 #28

Hillary Clinton obviously. moobu2 Nov 2015 #31

That's an easy one, Clinton fights most for what she believes in Fumesucker Nov 2015 #33

O'Malley Andy823 Nov 2015 #35

Thanks, Andy. elleng Nov 2015 #36