We are not Bernie worshipers, we just see what he supports and find that is exactly or almost exactly what we do too. Do not believe our sincere commitment to a progressive platform to be Bernie worship.
I wonder who you believe those who support Bernie are? it is not the weak kneed democrats that take no position without poll testing or being told by their so called leaders to do so. It is the older progressives within the democratic party joining , mentoring and appreciating the efforts of millenials to brighten the future of our people by working to stop unfettered capitalism and the oligarchy from destroying them and our planet.
We old progressive democrats have not actually had a candidate with our beliefs and values in my lifetime, For all the democrat party's stated admiration for Kennedy, we progressives knew he was not a great supporter of racial equality and there are many doubts if he would actually stand on the side of the people and challenge the oligarchy. Johnson took actions to support issues of racial equality but those that were there at the time recognize there was a great fear that blacks and whites would unite around a common cause, fighting wage enslavement and reducing the wealth and the control by the rich. Since that time, we have had Carter, a southerner with less than progressive beliefs when he took office but now we know h, e is probably the most honest democrat around. His willingness to speak out against the powerful around the world and now the oligarchy at home supports our vision. Then Bill Clinton, a triangulating, morally bankrupt leader who sold out the middle class with NAFTA and as a result destroyed much of the active opposition (Unions) to the oligarchy. Then we got Obama, who while not really a progressive was in our minds much more left than Hillary. Obama has been much better in many regards than we expected. But truthfully he has not done much to threaten the oligarchy and wins some minor concessions for the people but now reveals how much a servant of the oligarchy he is with his support of the Trans Pacific Partnership, a deal stripping all the member countries of national sovereignty as it invests great powers in the hands of the giant corporations and the billionaires.
Then comes Bernie Sanders. He ain't cool like Obama, he just tells us who he is, who we are, and what we are facing. and what we can do about it together. We activists know this is the long methodology of an organizers speech. We know it works to get volunteers because they are invited to do something great. We know so many believed it would be great that we elect our first black President, and now we know there are so many that think it would be great that we would elect our first female president. Yes this is a big factor in Hillary's support, and it comes for many with a belief that women are kinder and will better than men on social issues, war etc.
But when women look at Hillary they find she is running on being tough, being intelligent, capable, and pragmatic. But when progressives see her we see a a lack of idealism and an unwillingness to stand with the people. We care little about her clothes and less about her hair. We really, really, really, really hate many of her positions. But she does not get it. She seems to believe that we progressives who worked so hard to elect a black man are making her a victim of her own sex. We have to fight the impulse to elect any woman, and instead support a candidate whose stated positions coincide with ours and unfortunately for Hillary's campaign - with the majority of Americans. Hillary has a dilemma, she has the establishment democratic leaders who never challenge the oligarchy and she has the oligarchy's money to back her up, but history will show that progressives and the majority of America are mad at the oligarchy and their use of money. Bernie appeals to us because we are believers in a better future for ourselves, for our children, for working families and please do not believe it is Hillary's delivery of a speech that hurts her. People are actually listening to the words and the words just are not on her side. Bernie is no savior. We are the savior. Join us to do something great, take back our government from the oligarchs.
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