He's Already Facebook Royalty

[BrotherIvan]

6. The "experts" on DU and in the media have definitely gotten two things wrong

1) Bernie Sanders has been embraced by young people, which is the reason for his social media popularity

2) his age and hair so far have been embraced as well

Let's hope they are wrong (I'm pretty sure they are) about the word "socialism." I think you have to be 50+ for that word to mean anything. When people online ask what is socialism and then they get an explanation--that he's a Democratic Socialist who believes programs such as Social Security and Medicare--they say, "Oh, what's the big deal then?" They understand the idea that these things are good for the people as they will understand Bernie's education bill.

Let's hope the idea that only money can win is also wrong. This worries me the most because I have seen the GMO labeling bill go down in California of all places because of the tons of money poured into the opposition campaign. People really will believe anything and one of the laws of marketing is that if you hear something enough, it gets in your brain.

But I also think the Hillary campaign has made a critical mistake: by having her make money in politics/Citizen's United one of her "four pillars", she is just highlighting an incredibly hypocritical position. She isn't even talking to reporters, just fundraising for two PACs, doh. It also brings up constantly the foundation donation problem. I am definitely scratching my head and wondering how the campaign strategists can be so stupid. Did they just read a focus group report on people's issues and copy them without even thinking it through? Dumb, dumb, stupid. If she didn't talk about it at all, it would be far better.