LA Feels THE BERN! Bernie Intro/Endorsement by actor Seth MacFarlane at LA Rally Spot On.

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Watch Seth MacFarlane, actor-comedian ('Family Guy') give a powerful and entertaining intro. and endorsement for Bernie at the Los Angeles rally for Sanders campaign last Wed., after Tuesday night's Democratic Debate in Las Vegas.

Seth's highest praise was for the candidate's Debate answer that CLIMATE CHANGE is the greatest national security threat now facing the US. With record droughts and wildfires, California knows the dangers well.

The actor warned with gravity and humor, "I don't want to have to fight y'all for water in 5 years" and emphasized that capitalism and some democratic socialism can co-exist successfully, given how the nation has moved so far in income and wealth inequality. >Check it out!

[CentralMass]

1. Great intro.. :-)

[appalachiablue]

2. Great job MacFarlane did in prep for Bernie's appearance. Sincere, funny & real, you can tell.

Go Bernie!

[cantbeserious]

3. When We Stand Together - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go

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4. bernbabybern

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[appalachiablue]

6. That works! Bernie's in the groove and everyone's feeling some Bern! CUZ...

[stopwastingmymoney]

5. K n R for later nt

[Iwillnevergiveup]

7. KICK!

Thank you, appalachiablue!

[appalachiablue]

8. For sure. Seth's speech has many good elements including FDR's New Deal dem. soc.

policies and programs and leadership in WWII. He has a strong voice and excellent delivery as well. Bravo Seth and Bernie!

[a kennedy]

9. Just kicking this for others to read....... eom

[JDPriestly]

10. Great explanation about the balance between capitalism and socialism.

Somebody on DU asked me if Sanders wanted to nationalize the banks.

No way. But he does want to break them up. That's the opposite of nationalizing them.

He's a socialist who wants real capitalism.

Right now, our banks are using FDIC insured money to gamble with. They are so large that if one or two of them teeter or slip a bit, our entire economy is endangered.

And so, when they have a problem, if they make mistakes, our government has to come in, give them money and rescue them.

In other words, our banks are so large that if they make mistakes, they get socialized, they are in a sense taken over by the government. It is under this out-of-control extreme so-called capitalist system that, in fact, our banks get nationalized from time to time (with big infusions of government money to keep them afloat).

What Bernie wants is a system in which banks are broken up so that no one or two of them can completely break our financial system down and so that THEY WILL NOT NEED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING and can actually remain essentially capitalist institutions that rely on private investment and not government bail-outs.

So in a sense, Bernie is more capitalist than our big banks.

It's kind of strange but that is the way it is. And if we regulate banks and do it well, theoretically we won't have to intervene in their management the way we did in 2008 and we won't have to bail them out. So regulation is the way to save the capitalist nature of our banks.

I hope people understand my explanation.

Please ask me questions is you don't.