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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Bernie brings DNC to its feet in BRILLIANT 25 minute speech! [View all]
One of Bernie's best speeches he's ever delivered in my opinion-- and it was to the DNC, he kicked ass and took names!! WOW he made his message loud and clear, Enough is enough! They weren't kidding when they said he was going to tear establishment politics to pieces. Chants of Bernie, Bernie broke out several times during the speech.
Link here:
Some highlights:
"We must be clear: that the racist and un-American ideal that we are going to somehow round up millions of people in the dead of the night, is not what this country is about, and it's NOT GOING TO HAPPEN! (19:57)
"We need a political movement once and for all that will end institutional racism in our country once and for all and reform a very, very broken criminal justice system."(17:49)
"If a politician is too cowardly to face the voters, if a politician needs to think that he must suppress the vote in order to win, that politician should get another job!" (ad-libbed) (14:59)
"One of the first orders of business... to rehear and to OVERTURN citizens united..But we have to go even further than overturning Citizens United... We need to move towards public funding of elections!" (13:38)
"When Wall Street collapsed because of their greed and illegal behavior, the American people bailed them out, now it is their turn to help the middle class of this country!" (17:27)
"...And Brothers and sisters, that means DEFEATING the keystone pipeline!" (15:54)
"We need a political movement once and for all that will end institutional racism in our country once and for all and reform a very, very broken criminal justice system."(17:49)
"If a politician is too cowardly to face the voters, if a politician needs to think that he must suppress the vote in order to win, that politician should get another job!" (ad-libbed) (14:59)
"One of the first orders of business... to rehear and to OVERTURN citizens united..But we have to go even further than overturning Citizens United... We need to move towards public funding of elections!" (13:38)
"When Wall Street collapsed because of their greed and illegal behavior, the American people bailed them out, now it is their turn to help the middle class of this country!" (17:27)
"...And Brothers and sisters, that means DEFEATING the keystone pipeline!" (15:54)
Link to full speech here, although some was ad-libbed: https://berniesanders.com/remarks-at-the-democratic-national-committee/
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This!^^^^^^10000! "the most dim witted, self serving corporate toadies ever..."
2banon
Aug 2015
#290
He is a true Democrat, not the dino DLC corporatists that are running the party since Bubba.
peacebird
Aug 2015
#5
The Party has accepted him, he has just made a speech at a major meeting.......get over it.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
#6
it is gonna be a factor, whether sanders supporters wnat it to be or not. more burying their head.
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#12
right. then he should not separate himself from democratic, while running under democratic
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#65
making a point, once again, that will gain sanders support as opposed to yours and others
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#79
i get you do not like reminders of fails, but it is a relevant point. you are a demanding woman
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#100
i didnt read, cause i do not want this to continue... but, i knew you couldnt let it go. lol
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#111
I'm just happy she has recently put the S back on the end of Sanders' name.
DisgustipatedinCA
Aug 2015
#157
oh hell no i will not be sitting home. i will be his best cheerleader. bumperstickers, signs in
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#151
if you would quit talking to me, i would get out of your celebratory thread like you want me to
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#156
i would like for you to quit insulting me every post. not gonna happen, is it. lol
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#160
Calling you out is not insulting you. And I won't stop doing that, no.
beam me up scottie
Aug 2015
#163
We are not returning to the days of back-room abortions, when countless women died...
beam me up scottie
Aug 2015
#196
Yes! The Democratic party stands for women's rights, minorities, and the disadvantaged!
R B Garr
Aug 2015
#197
You're saying that Vermont doesn't have the death penalty because it's a white state?
beam me up scottie
Aug 2015
#204
So being pro-death penalty is all about "pleasing" one's constituents?
beam me up scottie
Aug 2015
#217
.."Clinton helped save a mentally handicapped blck man from the electirc chair."
R B Garr
Aug 2015
#226
YEah, I remember the right wing noise machine following Clinton at funerals, and
R B Garr
Aug 2015
#279
The funny thing is that they are white liberals, or at least they claim to be.
beam me up scottie
Aug 2015
#319
Yikes, yet another fail. If you want to work on progressive issues, you move to where
R B Garr
Aug 2015
#281
So New York is more progressive than Vermont because Hillary moved there?
beam me up scottie
Aug 2015
#321
"Bernie wouldn't have left New York 40 years ago to live a hippy life in Vermont"
beam me up scottie
Aug 2015
#325
You said "Oh dear, now you're confused about why Bernie moved to vermont?"
beam me up scottie
Aug 2015
#339
And thinks the definition of progressive has something to do with geographical location.
beam me up scottie
Aug 2015
#318
I live in Los Angeles. I love small towns. I live here because we moved here to get jobs.
JDPriestly
Aug 2015
#238
As I pointed out, he has been handling Washington, D.C. for many, many years. I'm sure he
JDPriestly
Aug 2015
#314
Bernie has been an outsider in D.C. That's one of the things VOTERS like about him.
JDPriestly
Aug 2015
#340
He quietly stood for what was right for all these years while others stole the spotlight
JDPriestly
Aug 2015
#346
because if there's anyone who's had the deck stacked in his favor, it's Sanders
MisterP
Aug 2015
#347
Because it was less progressive, yes you've repeatedly tried to establish that "fact".
beam me up scottie
Aug 2015
#326
I have family in both places and you've never lived in either and *I'm* the one who's confused?
beam me up scottie
Aug 2015
#334
well, lol. I think it's fantastic that you don't think his career path will be
R B Garr
Aug 2015
#285
"one of the hurdles he has to jump" sounds like the kind of thing some people will keep saying...
Beartracks
Aug 2015
#140
he went his own way as an independent. gotta respect that. he had his reasons. he has been able
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#141
Yeah, remember the good old days when we had true Dems like Lieberman running?
Live and Learn
Aug 2015
#85
Exactly, and if Republicans actually began supporting those kind of issues,
Live and Learn
Aug 2015
#136
Just like Bubba. And I loved the Big Dog. I trusted him. Nafta & glass steagal repeal happened.
peacebird
Aug 2015
#35
To say nothing of a draconian reform of justice, the welfare "reform," the Telecommunications
JDPriestly
Aug 2015
#63
Bernie won't run as an independent, he made it very clear when he announced. He will not give the
still_one
Aug 2015
#142
He doesn't have a party. He's an independent, WHICH IS NOT A PARTY.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Aug 2015
#32
Thank you! People don't seem to get that. I say he's a "small i independent" (eom)
mak3cats
Aug 2015
#90
The fact that there IS an "American Independent Party" tends to add to the confusion.
Buns_of_Fire
Aug 2015
#240
Sad, isn't it? Several people in this thread can't tell the diff between a label and
Nay
Aug 2015
#247
Good comparison. Ask them what they stand for and their answer is "Democrats".
rhett o rick
Aug 2015
#272
Like "I love you," we can't say the obvious enough. This party wing needs high visibility in the US.
ancianita
Aug 2015
#102
That really should not matter when you consider how fantastic his positions are, dont you agree?
randys1
Aug 2015
#107
He's one of the founders and was the first elected Chairman of what is now the largest Democratic
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2015
#117
Pre Ronald Reagan and before the GOP moved to the right of their moderates...
raindaddy
Aug 2015
#149
I am hoping the Birchers that took over the Republican party split off leaving the shell
Dragonfli
Aug 2015
#348
Exactly right! He's just an opportunist. who knows he's been too unconventional to be
R B Garr
Aug 2015
#165
He is the quintessential Democrat. Should be the leader of our party, he epitomizes what a Dem
sabrina 1
Aug 2015
#171
You should be thankful he's running as a Democrat for a whole bunch of reasons...
Indepatriot
Aug 2015
#203
Well the party sure isnt offering him any assistence. He is the best Democrat that i've seen in
CentralMass
Aug 2015
#304
I hope some of them will change and become real Democrats -- maybe more than just a few?
Cal33
Aug 2015
#14
I have to agree, Bobby Kennedy ended up being one of the best Democrats ever. Teddy wasn't
Snotcicles
Aug 2015
#23
Well we are about to find out who is really for the people, and who are for themselves. nt
Snotcicles
Aug 2015
#26
Bernie gives us someone to vote for, rather than voting against the other side's candidate.
jalan48
Aug 2015
#31
WTF? "ALERT!! Your arrest is being recorded online. CLICK HERE to see it now!"
99th_Monkey
Aug 2015
#51
Just a ridiculous advertsiement. Who the heck would want to view their record online anyway? nt
Live and Learn
Aug 2015
#88
Thankyou.............................+ the thousands that have ................
turbinetree
Aug 2015
#80
I have no problem with either, because in both cases, by running as a Democrat, they are Democrats
still_one
Aug 2015
#143
We must become the country in the world which invests in jobs and education, not in jails
Autumn
Aug 2015
#148
I watched the speech live, he got more than "polite" applause most of the times they clapped....
George II
Aug 2015
#169
I tried to watch her speech, I really did -- but got so bored couldn't finish it
Armstead
Aug 2015
#194
Was she reading it? Because if you are reading your speech, you are doing two things at once
JDPriestly
Aug 2015
#237
Walks right into that nest of Third Way vipers and KABOOOM! Drops a TRUTHBOMB
Indepatriot
Aug 2015
#181
My liberal Democratic Party activist brother says Sanders is right on all points
steve2470
Aug 2015
#191