"Feel the Bern": The BERNIE SANDERS Thread

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Hilary is the lesser of two evils?

With the exception of maybe Kasich, yes

 

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This is a great article IMO.

https://medium.com/@zacharyleven/the-case-for-hillary-3564233d524f#.zf6uz0c0x

I like Bernie. He is a likable guy with his heart in the right place. But I think he's out of touch with reality, and could do much more damage to the left than good in the long run.

I was 21 when Obama was running for office. So I know what it's like to be young and swept up in an exciting political movement with big, bold, ideas. I can totally sympathize with being disillusioned with the system and connecting with a candidate representing change that seems more like a real person than a politician. It's the same thing fueling Trump's movement.

I'm not looking to bash on Bernie, but I do wish more of his supporters would take a closer look at Hillary and not paint her with such a broad brush. IMO "Bernie or Bern it" is very dangerous thinking that could lead us straight to President Trump.

It's not just the fact that he's likable and idealistic or as his delusional opponents calling it "giving away free stuff". What appealing to me about him is he's been consistent and absolutely correct on major issues over the last 20+ years that have had a serious negative impact on this country. Sure his policies are a bit extreme and will never see the light of day because they'll never get through Congress anyway but he's been speaking for the people for the last two decades and that's why his message is getting across now. He was the one sounding the alarms for years while the other braindead politicians (Democrats and Republicans) were asleep at the wheel or being bought pushing through deregulation, voting for dumb wars, ignoring what wall street was doing. That's another reason he appears to me is because he has clashed with both parties.

Clinton's repeal of the the Glass Steagall Act was a monumental f**k up. Bernie "Nostradamus" Sanders voted against it and predicted the consequences in fire and brimstone right down to the last detail. This stupid decision snow-balled into economic catastrophe. Under a Sanders presidency this wouldn't have happened.

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The main thing Sanders warned everyone about over and over and over was throughout the 2000's was Wall street and their gambling with America's money and he predicted it would be the American people to bail them out when it all came crashing down. And when the 2008 crash happened every dummy in America was shocked about Americans losing all their livelihoods....except Bernie because he was telling everyone and their mother what was going on for almost a decade and the dullards never listened. And guess where 800 billion in tax dollars went? To wall street and the big banks just as he predicted. Some of those CEOs laughed to the Cayman Islands with millions in bonuses for running their banks into the ground while regular Americans lost their jobs, homes, and retirement.

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The Iraq war. Bernie had the guts to vote against the Iraq war when it was very unpopular to do so after 9/11. Dumb Americans wanted blood at any cost after we were attacked and the spineless politicians (Hillary included) bowed down to peer pressure because they thought Americans would think they were weak if they didn't fall in line. Sanders didn't believe what the Bush administration was selling and called out every single thing that could go wrong from rushing into conflict. And guess what? Everything he said happened. He had the foresight to vote against a stupid war which cost us 2+ trillion in war spending, 5000 American lives (thousands more injured and maimed), and de-stabilized the middle east which as a consequence we're still pouring money and resources into never-ending conflicts this very day. Once again under a Sanders presidency this wouldn't have happened.

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These dumb decisions and monumental mistakes by Republicans and Democrats alike have cost this country trillions of dollars and ruined millions of lives along the way. This dude has been calling it right all along and it's like people are just now starting to listen to the grumpy old man lol. I don't even think Bernie believes he can win the nomination. There's just too much stacked against him. However, I do think he likes having a national platform where he can drill this stuff into the heads of the American people and push the eventual Democratic nominee towards truly serving the people. So yeah, people can call him a "socialist" or whatever other name they can think of but fact of the matter is his judgment has been been consistent and on point.

 

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