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4. Yes it is. And I say that as a Hillary supporter.
Sun May 10, 2015, 01:02 PM
May 2015

I think he brings a BOATLOAD to the table. And I'm a big fan! The more he talks, along with Elizabeth Warren and others - Russ Feingold getting back into it, and Sherrod Brown and Barbara Boxer while she's still in the Senate, and Al Franken - with those folks pressing these issues, and Bernie Sanders out front with an even bigger megaphone these days, OUR concerns as progressives and proud liberals will gain legitimacy and clout and attention. OURS will get bigger. OURS will get more notice. OURS will gain traction. OURS will get taken more seriously. OURS will start outshouting and overpowering the crap from the other guys - that shit that they keep trying to push on us that NEVER holds water and NEVER stands up to fact-checking or reality.

I appreciate Bernie Sanders VERY much. And whether he pushes Hillary farther to the left and holds her there so she realizes this CAN'T be ignored or avoided, OR he keeps gaining ground to the point where HE becomes the nominee - I don't care. And I'd be DELIGHTED to vote for him if he's our standard-bearer, much as I want to see a woman in the Oval Office.

I was looking rather fondly at a Clinton/Castro ticket. But wouldn't it be cool if we could have both Hillary and Bernie on there?

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