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sabrina 1

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18. Excellent OP Tom especially the last paragraph.
Sat Jan 16, 2016, 12:37 PM
Jan 2016
It took Bernie Sanders a slow tenacious life time of hard political work directly pitted against prevailing establishment interests to rise to the rank of Senator from the small state of Vermont, where it was possible for many of his constituents got to know and respect him personally. It took a global financial melt down in 2008 to provide Sanders with a platform dramatic enough for his message to break through nationally. It's a message that resonates easily though when people finally hear it, because they already know it in their bones. It is a call to action, and the frog is feeling the Bern.
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It is puzzling to the status quo to see how rapidly the people respond to Bernie's message as soon as they hear it. Which isn't surprising because the people were never a priority with the ruling class over the past several decades.

Their reaction, rather than learning something from the people's reaction, has been the worst possible reaction, to attack the messenger hoping for what, I wonder. Lashing out like spoiled children will only further prove the truth of Bernie's message.

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Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jan 2016 #1
Right on and straight to the heart of the matter dreamnightwind Jan 2016 #2
Yep I did. Thank you. n/t Tom Rinaldo Jan 2016 #5
No, thank you dreamnightwind Jan 2016 #7
Excellent essay, thanks for this. n/t A Simple Game Jan 2016 #22
K&R Paka Jan 2016 #3
You ought to submit this to a newspaper like the NYT as an Op-Ed column. Green Forest Jan 2016 #4
Thanks for doing that phonebanking Tom Rinaldo Jan 2016 #6
True. Green Forest Jan 2016 #13
That's a really good metaphor. nt thereismore Jan 2016 #8
That is one fine piece of writing you got there, Mr. Renaldo Luminous Animal Jan 2016 #9
I am and I will go look for it Tom Rinaldo Jan 2016 #10
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Jan 2016 #11
K&R CharlotteVale Jan 2016 #12
One of your best, Tom! in_cog_ni_to Jan 2016 #14
K & R mog75 Jan 2016 #15
K&R down with 3rd way Katashi_itto Jan 2016 #16
K&R..... daleanime Jan 2016 #17
Excellent OP Tom especially the last paragraph. sabrina 1 Jan 2016 #18
K & R ! TIME TO PANIC Jan 2016 #19
I remember the first time I heard the frog in water thing, SheilaT Jan 2016 #20
" I honestly think the establishment simply has no clue at this point..." Tom Rinaldo Jan 2016 #21
The other huge problem is the whole SheilaT Jan 2016 #23
Well said. Tom Rinaldo Jan 2016 #24
knr Douglas Carpenter Jan 2016 #25
Yeah, $250K per year is upper class plain and simple TexasBushwhacker Jan 2016 #26
Kick for a great post. madfloridian Jan 2016 #27
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