sadoldgirl
sadoldgirl's JournalWe have a serious problem
imo. Bernie wants us all to participate in the
experiment called democracy. Great, I agree, but
I don't want another President, who is somewhat
powerless against the Congress.
Take my state (CO), my Rep is okay, but the one
Dem Senator is a Third Way one. For instance he
will sign on to Fast Track. There is no primary,
nobody is contesting his run, except for the
Repugs.
Many states have these kinds of problems, which leaves
us in the dilemma of a centrist-conservative Congress
again. For myself, I consider voting green for that
Senate seat, but am not totally sure of that.
Bernie is on the national platform, so what are we
supposed to do about Congress and state offices?
The town meeting in Denver was well organized as
well, except that most here know the difficulty to park
in the area. This may have been the reason for less
than the 7,000 to come. Still, it was a crowd.
The part that impressed me most was how Bernie
handled the crowd. He let them cheer or boo for
a bit, but it took only his raising his hand for people
to sit down and let him continue.
Obviously most of the crowd knew the key words
and started clapping before he had finished his sentences
at some points. All this did not phase him in the least.
Obama has cool, Bernie has a confident calmness.
Very impressive.
Minor question
After Bernie has been elected President will he automatically
become the head of the Democratic Party?
Considering who runs it right now that would seem weird.
Bernie is coming to Denver
on Saturday and one can sign up for it.
I checked it today: The gym has 2600 seats and
over 2700 people have signed up already.
Makes me happy, but a bit worried about
people who might not get in.
Since we are now getting to the primary
season I would like to know whether anyone knows
about a different Dem as candidate against
M. Bennet.
More and more he appears to be part of the
Third way, and I would like to see a primary
( or caucus argument) for his seat.
For those of you, who tried to
help me with that Henry Ford rose: It recovered
somewhat, but it took a lot of babying and some
dug in coffee grounds to help it.
I have now 5 little sprigs with a flower, but don't
know whether they survive the heavy rain together
with the hail.
I tried last year for propagation, but took the
cuttings out to early. May be I will try again in
the fall.
I start to get a bit worried
about a new line of attack on Bernie. Several people
claim that he is too close to Israel. I may be wrong, but
this starts up an ugly ethnical or religious grievance
about Bernie being jewish. After all, Hillary has embraced
Bibi for years, yet there comes no complaint about her
extreme support for that country.
Am I overly sensitive or is this a real issue used as
a controversy?
Simple question about Bernie's age
Yes, don't give me the usual ageism discrimination.
I have heard and read it all.
It does seem to matter to the older folks a lot and
they know their own weaknesses.
Sure, I wished Bernie would be 50 years old, but it
is not so.Many remember Reagan and his health problems.
I try to look at Bernie's passion and engagement, and tell
them about it, as well as HRC's age as well.
Still, it does not seem to come across very well.
Anybody with good advice?
Just a reminder, though it may not be needed:
I talked to quite a number of people about Bernie, and
some were seriously interested. It turned out that some
had no idea that the main issues right now are the
caucuses or primaries. Many thought about the general
election. If they are Green they would have to change
their registration, and if they are independents they
have to become Dems,- at least in my state.
I am sure all of you know this, but we cannot be sure
that the people we talk to do.
Questions: Have the unions announced
any support? Are they only doing that after
the primary?
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Name: Marianne TecklenburgGender: Do not display
Hometown: Denver,CO
Home country: USA
Current location: Denver
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