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NorthCarolina

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15. The will of the people carries no weight anymore.
Wed Jul 13, 2016, 10:21 AM
Jul 2016

Bernie Sanders did America a HUGE favor by putting forth ideas and values that Democrats abandoned long ago to win favor of wealthy and corporate mega-donors. In doing so he has defused the terms "Liberal" and "Socialism", which can no longer be used by either party to incite fear in the voters minds just by someone uttering the words.

Recall Claire McCaskill and her proclamation against Bernie on Hardball..."He's a socialist for chrissakes"... "a SOCIALIST" (to her credit she didn't follow that with "Boo" though...but it was implied). Her effort, and the effort of the other comfortable class legislators and their media mouthpieces to issue the same dire warning went nowhere, and in spite of all the establishment forces against him, Bernie amassed a contingent of over 19 million faithful followers.

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