Wow! Bernie Sanders kicks butt like a gentleman! His performance is stunning!

[ViseGrip]

I've never been so proud of a politician in my life!

[Hepburn]

1. He is game on tonight!

[roguevalley]

17. an aide says they have the race they wanted with all this stuff

[ViseGrip]

2. Wow, breathtaking to watch. He is exactly what the United States needs, right now.

[itsrobert]

3. Seems to be losing his cool

Comes off as an angry white man.

[Hiraeth]

7. !

Look at the man in the mirror

[saltpoint]

8. If there is no economic justice in U.S.

policy, some tone of admonition is required because it reflects a moral offense that the wealthy have exclusive advantage and the poor must struggle for basic participation and dignity.

His campaign appearances this year have been made to packed venues.

[merrily]

9. At least he doesn't come off as a high school mean kid.

Saw that heart attack post of yours that got hidden. Disgraceful.

[artislife]

12. wow...afraid to see it...nt

[Dont call me Shirley]

13. Yes, it's high time the 99% get angry!

[roguevalley]

18. some people sleep walk through their life and wonder why they

have nothing but lumps on their heads when they die.

[Dont call me Shirley]

23. They may not even be aware that they are gone when they go.

[JonLeibowitz]

16. Let's leave racism to the GOP, mmmk? Thanks. n/t

[Hepburn]

19. Racist much?

[Fantastic Anarchist]

21. You have got to be kidding.

Holy shit, the delusions I've read today.

[Voice for Peace]

25. There are a lot of angry white men who vote.

[JTFrog]

26. Yea, they usually vote Republican.

[Voice for Peace]

27. not all of them are idiots though.

also: Hillary's people keep shouting BERNIE'S NOT A DEMOCRAT

[AlbertCat]

29. Comes off as an angry white man.

So? An old white man can't be angry with what this country has become and the direction of the Democratic party?

Besides, that's an old meme. Try a new smear.

I don't see how being a white man, angry or not, has anything to do with anything?

Hillary comes across as a queen awaiting her coronation? That's much worse!

[saltpoint]

4. The GOP relies on bluster (Trump),

while the three Democratic candidates tonight are using fact-based arguments and seasoned points of view.

I think the job they're all applying for is best held by practitioners of the second model.

[madfloridian]

10. Saltpoint...have I been missing your posts?

Or have you not been posting?

So good to see you. Heck I remember you before the name change time.

[saltpoint]

40. And here we are in another election cycle --

-- where the fur tends to fly. Very good to see you. I'm not on the boards nearly so much these days but have found projects out on the hustings to keep me occupied.

Good tidings for the holidays and on into 2016.

[AtomicKitten]

22. Hey you. So nice to see you posting and hope to see more.

[saltpoint]

39. Hey AtomicKitten. Here's a

hello right back and thanks for the kind words.

Hope all's well your way.

[Samantha]

32. I will not back you into the corner and ask which of the second models you prefer

but I will and tell you how good it is to see you.

Regards,

Sam

[saltpoint]

38. Sam, howdy right back, and

good to see you are alive and kicking here on the boards.

I lean left so Bernie's my guy in the primary, and the blue ticket is my ticket in the general.

The GOP primary field -- no matter which year -- usually either scares me or makes me sick to my stomach. Usually both.

[Samantha]

43. I am glad you are okay too -- I was concerned about you (and the Magistrate as well)

It makes me uncomfortable when DU'ers I like suddenly disappear. One wonders if some disturbed Republican driver is eliminating Democratic voters in a new but deadly run 'em off the political road" maneuver. Always check your rear view mirror....

Stay safe,

Sam

[saltpoint]

44. Good advice, yes. I'll try to

pop in a bit more frequently and enjoy the crossfire here on DU.

[earthside]

5. Bernie is definitely not 'low energy'.

Meanwhile, Hillary is so pedestrian in her delivery ... I want to take a nap for her.

[Hiraeth]

6. Class act and HRC, too. Also O'Malley. Any of them are

Head and shoulders above what R has to offer.

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. yay for sane voices! Although I think this debate falls flat.

[elmac]

11. Gov O. made a snide remark about socialism

He must be a commie!

[Dont call me Shirley]

15. Just turned it on! Bernie already kicking ass!

[ViseGrip]

20. The beginning is the best! Make sure you see it! And then it just continues on.....he's the best!

[Jack Rabbit]

24. The reports look good, guys

By the time I go to bed on the West Coast, the MSM will have declared Hikllary the winner, no matter how disastrous it was for her by any objective standard, and the residents of Camp Weathervane will try to rub in it our faces all day tomorrow as if the MSM is any more reliable an observer of these matters that DWS herself, and then tell us the Bernie just isn't ready for prime time and call any notion that system is rigged a conspiracy theory. just like Tony Blair used to tell anti-war protesters whe he and Frat Boy plotting to turn Iraq's oil over to their corporate cronies.

[840high]

28. poll from drudge

Thank you for voting!
SANDERS 59.03% (15,604 votes)


O'MALLEY 34.07% (9,005 votes)


CLINTON 6.9% (1,824 votes)

[bigdarryl]

34. Drudge? really

[840high]

36. from Time

Poll Icon
The Democratic presidential candidates took to the stage for a debate Saturday night. Who do you think won?

Hillary Clinton
13 %
Bernie Sanders
84 %
Martin O'Malley
3 %

[truedelphi]

30. Well as long as the American People think that the people

Who are responsible for bringing us the debates are independent of the outcome, that is how long we will have this situation.

Wasserman Schultz is as corrupt a they come, and yet she gets to be front and center.

here is what one writer over at Salon said, and I think they make some very good points.

I mean, a debate on the Saturday before Christmas?

http://www.salon.com/2015/12/19/debbie_wasserman_schultz_must_go_and_the_case_bernie_sanders_must_make_tonight/

[ViseGrip]

31. ^^^this^^^

[Scuba]

45. Well, look who owns the MSM. Of course they're going to support a war-mongering ...

... Wall Street backing, pro-fracking, pro-H1B Visa, pro-TPP shill.

[Uncle Joe]

33. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, ViseGrip.

[WillyT]

35. Yep...

[ViseGrip]

37. Your're welcome. Bernie Sanders is the best to be our President. For sure. He was great!

[Katashi_itto]

41. K&R!

[silenttigersong]

42. He was a Gentle person

I was so infuriated,about this data stuff ,but he handled it so well.Not only that Sec.Clinton agreed to an Independent audit .This should be interesting.He did well .Reached a few more people.My greatest hope is that poor kids have access to education.I cry when I see the deprivation of our citizens.

[ViseGrip]

46. Bernie won the debate. He was also better on foreign policy. Of course the spin has begun...

[Rosa Luxemburg]

47. Bernie was much better on middle eastern policy

got to get ISIS first! That's what people want to hear.

[BeanMusical]

48. Kick and R