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Lori Learned Robinson:
I was the last Dean delegate elected (Kansas caucus) in the US in the 2004 election cycle. I worked for you because of your ideas and continued to hold out even after Kerry was assured the nomination. Why? Because I believed in the ideas you espoused, I believed you were a breath of fresh air that wasn't going to cave to what the powers-that-be dictated and because you connected to people and got them interested in the political process again. You gave me hope. You gave a lot of us hope that change could start at the grassroots level.
I went to Boston and proudly told everyone that I was a Dean delegate. I gave up my credentials so my alternate could cast her vote for Kerry's nomination because I couldn't do it.
You came to hometown, Lawrence, Kansas as the DNC chair. I stood proudly on the stage at Liberty Hall with you because you were working for the people. You later attended a gathering at the home of a friend of mine and accepted a painting I gave you that my brother painted and which you told me you would hang at the DNC offices in DC. This gathering was something that many of us Deaniacs worked to put together.
Afterward, I helped organize a training through the DFA to help others become better advocates for the political system. I thought you still believed in people like me. Now I realize that you have either given up on listening to those of us whose passions drive us to support candidates who inspire us or maybe you never believed in us at all.
I #feelthebern because I believe in Bernie and the dream he has for America. I will fight for Bernie's nomination, the way I once fought for you. I believe in Bernie, the way I once believed in you.
It broke my heart when I saw that you became a shill for the establishment. I will vote for Hillary if she wins the primary but I will do my damnest to make sure she doesn't.
I was the last Dean delegate elected (Kansas caucus) in the US in the 2004 election cycle. I worked for you because of your ideas and continued to hold out even after Kerry was assured the nomination. Why? Because I believed in the ideas you espoused, I believed you were a breath of fresh air that wasn't going to cave to what the powers-that-be dictated and because you connected to people and got them interested in the political process again. You gave me hope. You gave a lot of us hope that change could start at the grassroots level.
I went to Boston and proudly told everyone that I was a Dean delegate. I gave up my credentials so my alternate could cast her vote for Kerry's nomination because I couldn't do it.
You came to hometown, Lawrence, Kansas as the DNC chair. I stood proudly on the stage at Liberty Hall with you because you were working for the people. You later attended a gathering at the home of a friend of mine and accepted a painting I gave you that my brother painted and which you told me you would hang at the DNC offices in DC. This gathering was something that many of us Deaniacs worked to put together.
Afterward, I helped organize a training through the DFA to help others become better advocates for the political system. I thought you still believed in people like me. Now I realize that you have either given up on listening to those of us whose passions drive us to support candidates who inspire us or maybe you never believed in us at all.
I #feelthebern because I believe in Bernie and the dream he has for America. I will fight for Bernie's nomination, the way I once fought for you. I believe in Bernie, the way I once believed in you.
It broke my heart when I saw that you became a shill for the establishment. I will vote for Hillary if she wins the primary but I will do my damnest to make sure she doesn't.
FEEL THE BERN!!!
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