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Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
7. He and we are doing exactly that right now.
Sat Oct 24, 2015, 01:12 PM
Oct 2015

Bernie Sanders is always on message against corporatized agendas. He goes as far as to call the republicans corporate lackeys. He constantly speaks out against our corporitized political donation structure.
Every single question about Democratic Socialism has been answered repeatedly.
He has constantly been elected and re-elected for decades despite being "unelectable".

As to toughness, he has been doing it as an Independent is what is basically a two party system for thirty plus years.

We are facing the test and we just want everyone else to admit they have gradually drifted too far right. That we are running a country, not a corporation. We are not serving the investor class; there is no stock. We can't fire anyone for perceived incompetence. We can't fire anyone for insubordination.
The most disenfranchised, disease ridden, freezing cold bum living under a bridge is a part of our society; just by being here. And as one of us, that person deserves help if they will take it.

Let me be the first to unrec this thread. nt Snotcicles Oct 2015 #1
Yes, stop saying he can't win! treestar Oct 2015 #2
Well since we won't know the outcome of your... Autumn Oct 2015 #3
the better question is hillary ready for the endless restorefreedom Oct 2015 #4
Republicans have been doing that for the past 20 years. She has nothing. AZ Progressive Oct 2015 #11
whether or not she has been"cleared" restorefreedom Oct 2015 #12
The Democratic Party is a party of minorities and Hillary has their support AZ Progressive Oct 2015 #17
Not all of us artislife Oct 2015 #37
i don't disagree restorefreedom Oct 2015 #55
Based on 11 hours of testimony on Benghazi? I'm thinking "yes" brooklynite Oct 2015 #15
can she go toe to toe with them? restorefreedom Oct 2015 #16
Where as a self-identified socialist will be teflon-coated? brooklynite Oct 2015 #21
probably so, and truly if any dem cant beat cruz, restorefreedom Oct 2015 #56
This. Agschmid Oct 2015 #27
Are Bernie and his supporters tough enough? deutsey Oct 2015 #5
As George W Bush asked demwing Oct 2015 #6
+1 nt restorefreedom Oct 2015 #13
You know, they let Republicans vote in the General Election...and not all of them are from Vermont. brooklynite Oct 2015 #22
You mean the people she considers "the enemy"? Dawgs Oct 2015 #36
I had a scary post show up on my wall artislife Oct 2015 #39
Yep. They're going to line up for hours to vote COLGATE4 Oct 2015 #47
LOL, Dubya immediately came to mind. "What a waste it is to lose one's mind"! WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2015 #50
He and we are doing exactly that right now. Half-Century Man Oct 2015 #7
Bernie hasn't faced intense opposition on the national stage. Vermont is a small state and AZ Progressive Oct 2015 #10
Merely because Corporate/republican interests have kept the American public ignorant Half-Century Man Oct 2015 #25
Pfft artislife Oct 2015 #40
No he isn't..and neither are his supporters! haikugal Oct 2015 #57
Just maybe Bernie does not think of other people as 'low attention span average' and struggling Bluenorthwest Oct 2015 #58
A string of insults AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #8
Unrec. This assumes that getting news only from M$M. moabfan Oct 2015 #9
It also seems to assume deutsey Oct 2015 #42
Everyone here unrec'ing this can't stand criticism and thus is weak and not tough enough to win AZ Progressive Oct 2015 #14
last word ? olddots Oct 2015 #20
No, they forgot to add "So nyah!" n/t deutsey Oct 2015 #43
Post removed Post removed Oct 2015 #18
I wish we had a special ignoe section for the clueless . olddots Oct 2015 #19
A helluva lot tougher than Hillary and triangulation. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2015 #23
No, we're weak, but we do have subject-verb agreement nailed. DisgustipatedinCA Oct 2015 #24
. arcane1 Oct 2015 #28
Yes we does! demwing Oct 2015 #31
Is our children learning? deutsey Oct 2015 #44
What with all the food on my family, it's hard for me to expend the effort to see if they's learning DisgustipatedinCA Oct 2015 #60
He's been doing it his entire life! arcane1 Oct 2015 #26
Tough enough to stick to his principles and not vote yes Broward Oct 2015 #29
I remember one especially poignant moment in the 2008 Democratic primaries, when PatrickforO Oct 2015 #30
With the backing of hardened, battle tested Hillary supporters, he sure as hell is. Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #32
Yes, Bernie is tough. Are you tough AZ Progressive? Bernblu Oct 2015 #33
Sure. We are. LWolf Oct 2015 #34
Ha ha ha ha artislife Oct 2015 #35
Nope, he's never faced real competition before this primary. eom MohRokTah Oct 2015 #38
Really? HerbChestnut Oct 2015 #52
trashing thread. liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #41
~370 views and 1 rec. I think that says it pretty well. Motown_Johnny Oct 2015 #45
If we're tough enough to face Hillary and her corporate establishment jfern Oct 2015 #46
I believe Sanders is mythology Oct 2015 #48
Oh good grief. 99Forever Oct 2015 #49
I don't know. Is we? AzDar Oct 2015 #51
Yes, we is! eom rogerashton Oct 2015 #53
There's a whiff of Herbert Hoover in your OP... WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2015 #54
Stinky bait....more stinky bait. haikugal Oct 2015 #59
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