Bernie Sanders Still Wants To Transform The Democratic Party

[bathroommonkey76]

As Bernie Sanders experiences renewed relevancy in the Trump era --and releases a new book, ‘The Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution: A Guide for the Next Generation, VICE News reports on what it means to feel the Bern in 2017.

[Warpy]

1. So do many, many Democrats.

Face it, he's not some embarrassing uncle, an old crank howling in the wilderness.

He's respected because so many people agree with him.

[elleng]

2. Right.

[Lunabell]

10. I absolutely agree

And the party needs to listen, or face problems again in '18.

[redstatebluegirl]

3. Right now I just want Bernie to shut up.

If we don't unite we are looking at 8 years of Trump and Ryan, do you really think that is worth "blowing up the system"?

[Warpy]

4. He won't and neither will the rest of us

Democrats have never been a lockstep party and never will be.

We unite on election day and that's it.

[elleng]

5. Nice, just 'shut up.'

[redstatebluegirl]

6. I voted for him in the primary, but never again.

Letting him decide to run as a Democrat was the wrong decision for the party. If you want to start a 3rd party go for it and then we will have Republican's right wing to the hilt for the rest of our lives.

He has an agenda that does not include me I'm afraid. Anyone who sided with Mrs. Clinton in the general do not fit your litmus test. I've been a Democrat for almost 40 years. I have walked until my feet hurt to knock on doors. I didn't agree with every one and NEVER bad mouthed a Democrat because the alternative was a group of facists.

Say of me what you will, this is the DEMOCRATIC Underground not Independent Underground.

[Lil Missy]

7. Bernie can go start his own party instead of fucking with the Democratic Party again. n/t

[0rganism]

12. you might want to think this through a bit more

nothing Sen. Sanders has done so far that you might call "fucking with the Democratic Party" would compare to the degree of fucking a Sanders-backed 3rd party would cause.

Sen. Sanders currently polls as the most popular politician in America. if Bernie goes and starts "his own party", what do you think is going to happen to the Democratic party? how many of its youth and its most fervent organizers and canvassers would a Bernie party strip away? Democrats are already in enough electoral trouble as-is, how much do you truly want to alienate Sanders supporters at this point?

[Lil Missy]

13. He can take his die hard supporters with him. And no he is not the most popular

politician in America. Read the article.

[0rganism]

14. i support continued growth of the Democratic party, and yes he is

i read "the" article regarding the recent Pew poll. over 2300 voters sample size -- quite accurate as far as polls go. he's not the most popular among Democrats or Republicans, but overall, across the electorate as a whole, he is the most popular. Democrats alienate Sen. Sanders and his supporters (die hard or otherwise) at our own risk.

[Me.]

8. Why Does Someone Who Doesn't Belong To Party Think He Should Set That Party's Agenda?

[Scoopster]

9. Then he shouldn't have quit after the convention.

He already had plenty of say in changing national party rules & basically writing the entire party platform. And then he quit & started complaining incessantly about the changes he just made.

Look, I've got no problem with Bernie's ideas or political orientation, which were already ideas that have been floating around with Dems and the left side of the political spectrum in general for decades. What I do have a problem with is hypocrites. THAT is what turns me off about Bernie.

[Me.]

11. Ditto