Bernie Sanders for President

And the good news is that announcement is getting Bernie some much needed MSM coverage.

http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/the-nation-makes-its-2016-endorse...

Diane Francis (Nat'l Post) wrote that Trump is "paving the way" for Sanders by his criticism of the Clintons.  He even dares to say that

Hilary "created"  ISIS.  He also dares to criticise Israel and tells Israel supporters "I don't need your money".  What he says about M&Ms (Mexicans and Muslims) is none of my business. Some Lefties, though, don't like Sanders because he's not a TRUE SOCIALIST!

Easy peasy... He'll call upon the Raging Grannies and Granddads!

NorthReport wrote:

Hard to believe but it now appears Trump with be the one for the GOP.

Does Sanders have a better chance of defeating him than Clinton is what the Democratic primary voters have to start asking themselves now.  

This is the U.S. It's hard for me to believe that a 75 year old Jewish self-described socialist with a Brooklyn accent from Vermont can win the presidency. Can you imagine how a scared Wall Street/corporate media would react? But Trump might be the one person he could beat.

But then nearly half of Americans would start liking Muslim terrorists.

Aristotleded24 wrote:

jjuares wrote:

I don't know how Bernie can possibly fight this! http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2016/01/15/78837198/

Same way he has fought against everything else, by saying "people are sick and tired of this same crap and want to see action on the issues."

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I was just being ironic. The video of girls singing about crushing enemies is sad, hilarious, and scary.

The red scare stuff is so bad that it is funny. They are attacking things Eugene Debs said in 1918? But Clinton's people made a big mistake in attacking Bernie for his age. She is 68, and er, patriarchy still reigns. She is most obviously facelifted and must have a hair stylist on every means of transport she takes. If she let her hair go grey and not be restyled to a millimetre of its life, she'd get the OLD insults 100 times more than Bernie does.

No, I'm not being ageist or sexist. I'm some years younger than Clinton and considerably younger than Sanders, but I'm far from young and have let my hair go grey. Just pointing out the sad reality of sexism and ageism, which always hits women far harder in public life, unless they are the Queen. Her team would be well advised to steer far away from that attack mode.

NorthReport wrote:

What took them so long?  

Don’t be fooled by Bernie Sanders — he’s a diehard communist

After reading this article I must admit to liking him even more. He has been speaking truth to power for a long time. I still remember my union in conjunction with other unions sending a boatload of things like trades tools to support the Sandinista government and movement.

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In 1985, he traveled to Managua to celebrate the rise to power of the Marxist-Leninist Sandinista government. He called it a “heroic revolution.” Undermining anti-communist US policy, Sanders denounced the Reagan administration’s backing of the Contra rebels in a letter to the Sandinistas.

His betrayal did not end there. Sanders lobbied the White House to stop the proxy war and even tried to broker a peace deal. He adopted Managua as a sister city and invited Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega to visit the US. He exalted Ortega as “an impressive guy,” while attacking President Reagan.

“The Sandinista government has more support among the Nicaraguan people — substantially more support — than Ronald Reagan has among the American people,” Sanders told Vermont government-access TV in 1985.

I've been a fan of Bernie Sanders since he was Burlington's Mayor.

His message is clear and he never flip flops. He'd be the best thing to happen in America in my lifetime. Sadly,I see Donald Trump winning the GOP nomination. If Hilary is the Dem candidate,say hello to President Trump. Americans are too stupid to vote for a candidate that sincerely cares and will fight tooth and nail for your average Joe Public's best interests.

How anyone living an average income existance would vote Repugnican is a real mystery to me.

It always amazes me that people can understand the immense influence that Madison Avemnue has in getting people to buy shit they don't need especially potentially harmful products but fail to see the obvious point that Americans are subjected to the biggest propoganda industry on the planet and it sells rule by plutocracy as freedom and democracy.

They are brain washed is the answer Magoo.

170 Top Economists Pen Letter Backing Bernie Sanders’ Plan To Break Up The Biggest Banks

Whenever the subject of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and his economic plans come up, the Republican response is always the same. “SOCIALISM!” they cry, swiftly followed by hyperbolic imagery that invokes the bread lines of the Soviet Union and massive famines in China, entirely ignorant of the vast differences between democratic socialism and totalitarian communism – like their refusal to distinguish between “free market capitalism” and “unrestricted plutocracy.” It’s nothing but a fear-mongering campaign attempting to smear the sound and reasonable policies of democratic socialism that would strike at the very heart of American oligarchy, that would put a stop to the funneling of wealth to the top 1% of Americans and the overwhelming power of the gargantuan financial institutions of Wall Street. 

It’s very ironic, because time and time again the data shows that collections of corporate handouts and subsidies for the ultrawealthy that the right tries to pass off as “tax plans” would be disastrous for both the American middle class and our economy as a whole. On the other hand, Bernie Sanders’ comprehensive financial reform plan has been endorsed by over 170 respected economists and financial analysts, who have gone as far as to sign a letter endorsing them as critical to the financial health of our nation:

"In our view, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ plan for comprehensive financial reform is critical for avoiding another “too-big-to-fail” financial crisis. The Senator is correct that the biggest banks must be broken up and that a new 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act, separating investment from commercial banking, must be enacted. Wall Street’s largest banks are now far bigger than they were before the crisis, and they still have every incentive to take excessive risks."....

voice of the damned wrote:

kropotkin1951 wrote:

It always amazes me that people can understand the immense influence that Madison Avemnue has in getting people to buy shit they don't need especially potentially harmful products but fail to see the obvious point that Americans are subjected to the biggest propoganda industry on the planet and it sells rule by plutocracy as freedom and democracy.

They are brain washed is the answer Magoo.

So, then if they're all brainwashed, do you absolve them of responsibility for how they vote? Because it seems to me that the word "brainwashed" is usually used to imply that the people so-described aren't making a free choice.

Hard to say. Were the people who voted in Hitler after Goebels convinced them they should responsible for their choices? Are people who vote for politicians who deny climate change responsible for their own actions or not? Brainwashed has various subtle meanings like most English words.

synonyms:indoctrinate, condition, reeducate, persuade, influence, propagandize, inculcate

Both Trump and Sanders are appealing to the protest vote but Trump has been much more successful in gathering the extremists and crazies. When Trump disintegrates, as he must for the R's to survive, Sanders stands a good chance in getting many of his supporters. It's just a question of whether or not it can happen in time to beat out Clinton. Currently, he appears to be at least holding close enough to even to keep his chances alive

And the reason why Canadians should have an interest in seeing Sanders success is because he is the only one that shows any inclination of being opposed to his country's further wars. Even though he can't be completely honest in that respect because it's not a popular platform in that country.

If not Sanders then it's a sure thing that we will see more US led wars in the ME and that means that the Iran nuclear deal will be abandoned in order to please the hawks and the Israeli demands. For Syria, it's going to be a crapshoot on whether Obama and Putin can hold the status quo long enough to see the next president improve on it or if not Sanders, see US bombing of Syria under a US hawk for president. Clinton included, if not one of the worst of their hawks.