2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: This. [View all]I hate liars
(165 posts)Wonderful post, FourScore. Let me offer a perspective from the other end of the age spectrum.
This is what resonates most for me: "When I look at Bernie Sanders, I don't see a 73 year old politician, I see a 22 year old activist."
It resonates because, although I was born a few years too early to participate in the demonstrations of the late 60s, that's the era that forged my political values - anti-war, anti-interventionist, anti-poverty, anti-violence, labor rights, equal opportunity, pro civil rights, pro-civil liberties.
And if you don't allow yourself to get bought, those values stick with you for the rest of your life, because they are truly democratic.
I feel the same pressure you feel to justify my support for Bernie. I don't want free stuff. I understand economics better than the next person. I'm not politically naive.
And since the supreme court selected GWB as president in 2000, I've gotten my news online, exclusively.
Although I'm only pushing 63, I still see myself as that 22-year old who was slow to awaken to the corrupt politics of our country, but finally got it. As I near retirement age, I'm becoming more politically active, and now have the ability to contribute to Bernie and other true progressives. There are more of us out there than you might suspect!