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Topic subjectRE: his stats are a pretty damning indictment of bernie as a candidate.
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13343102, RE: his stats are a pretty damning indictment of bernie as a candidate.
Posted by reaction, Wed Aug-14-19 12:10 PM
>simply running on 'rich people hate me so i must be doing
>something right!' isnt an effective campaign strategy lol.

As I outlined Bernie is leading a movement of the underclass and those empathetic to it. In many ways he is more an activist than
a typical politician. It amazes me that hip hop is supposed to be rooted in compassionate politics and love for the underdog but Bernie is so reviled on here. He is a once in a lifetime candidate and if people blow this opportunity there won't be another one soon. No one can question Bernie's authenticity, his tirelessness and his dedication to helping others, that is why the overwhelming majority of activists support Bernie, from Danny Glover (https://www.facebook.com/berniesanders/videos/danny-glover-you-cannot-meddle-around-the-middle/356769618356179/), to Harry Belafonte (https://twitter.com/zachjcarter/status/982392714061926405?s=20) to Bobby Seale https://twitter.com/BlackSocialists/status/961229366272413697?s=20 down to J Cole https://twitter.com/billboard/status/1046083458076995584?s=20

>elizabeth warren...running essentially on the same
>platform...is pulling 5x as much support from a group that
>bernie is completely failing with. so its not the
>policies...its the candidate.

If she's running on the same platform then why didn't she cosponsor many of his Senate bills over the years (except Medicare For All which she has continuously waffled on) and didn't endorse this "same" platform in 2016. She's not a fighter or an activist. Where was her plan for Standing Rock when it was happening or her plan not to vote for Trump's military budgets repeatedly. I think Warren is the establishment's best weapon to stop the Sanders movement and that she is actually a wolf in sheep's clothing against radical change. When you have CAP and Third Way and Neera Tanden and the media in Elizabeth Warren's corner it doesn't take much to ask why am I being fooled?

I know OKP well and know that I will be vehemently disagreed with by 98% of the people on here but the bottom line is this, do you want to see a more fair and just world for the working poor, the sick, the uninsured, the underinsured, the innocent in places like Yemen, those who can't afford a higher education, the imprisoned, as opposed to just your own bottom line. If so there is only one campaign that will provide that. If you truly don't want that then vote otherwise, just don't complain about any of it not being fixed in 2020 and beyond.


>politics (especially democratic party politics) is about
>coalition building. bernie and his campaign actually being
>emboldened by appealing to less people is weird to watch lol.

Please print out this map and stare at it until you can see the blue. https://twitter.com/TweetingYarnie/status/1157352649060225024?s=20