Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: You guys HAVE TO see this - Howard Dean’s Facebook page has been invaded! [View all]emsimon33
(3,128 posts)You may not remember, but I won a dinner with you in Washington a couple of years ago. I am shocked that you support Hillary Clinton. As a life-long rabid activist and volunteer for Democratic candidates, I will neither support in any way or vote for Hillary Clinton and I am very disappointed in your support of her. Other than on women's issues, Mrs. Clinton's record reads like any other neoliberal, Third Way Democrats' record. She already has aligned herself with Monsanto, the for-profit prison industry, Wall Street, the large financial institutions, Trans Canada (Keystone XL and other tar sands pipelines), TPP and other "trade" agreements that eviscerate the middle class. She was pushing for us getting involved in the conflict in Syria (there was no "good" side to be on) which makes her a hawk and a shill for the military-industrial complex, Further, she can not win and we can not have a Republican president. If, by some miracle she did win, we would have the Obama problem for at least four years--a Republican Congress, Senate, and Supreme Court. The country can not survive another four years of grid lock. This time around, another Clinton presidency would not have the blind support of the Democratic base as, for the most part, Bill Clinton and Obama had/have had. The irony here is that, despite the best efforts of the Beltway-Party insiders, the Democratic Party voters are returning to our roots. We do NOT want Mrs. Clinton as the candidate, despite the tens of millions she may raise from Wall Street, billionaires, the energy industry, the prison industry, banks, etc. As a volunteer for your 50-State Strategy (which was the real reason the ungrateful Obama won in 2008 despite never giving you or the strategy the recognition due), I know the power of grassroots organizing. You taught us! What irony!!!! And now, without central organizing (read "The Starfish and the Spider"
, we will use what we learned to not only defeat Mrs. Clinton (your candidate [have they threatened your family?]) but any Republican candidate. This is the revolution. It will not be televised (as the news media are corporate entities now), but it will be Tweeted, posted on social media, spread by word of mouth--the message of the people by the people telephone call by telephone call, door by door--no matter how many miles each of us must walk. We are taking back our country and you can be with us or you can be against us. This is not about Bernie Sanders. It is about the United States of America and what the people want our country to stand for. Bernie Sanders just happens to be the only candidate running in this election with a record of standing with the people and standing for these values throughout his career: The only candidate who is incorruptible and who will not sell out. I am so glad that he flies commercial airlines smile emoticon.