Inside the mind of Bernie Sanders: unbowed, unchanged, and unafraid of a good fight

[yuiyoshida]

The diplomatic overture was dispatched to Hu Yaobang, chairman of the Chinese Communist party, on 29 October 1981. A near-identical letter was sent to the Kremlin, for the attention of Leonid Brezhnev, general secretary of the Communist party of the Soviet Union.

“Like an unconscious and uncontrollable force, our planet appears to be drifting toward self-destruction,” the newly installed socialist leader of somewhere called Burlington wrote. He urged them “in the strongest possible way” to disarm militarily and begin immediate negotiations with other world leaders.

Bernie Sanders, the ardently leftwing mayor of Vermont’s largest city, dispatched similar missives to Downing Street, the Élysée palace and the White House, before releasing a statement declaring: “Burlingtonians cannot calmly sit back and watch our planet be destroyed – with hundreds of millions of people incinerated.”

The correspondence, unearthed by the Guardian, confirms what has long been said of America’s longest-serving independent member of Congress who, at the age of 73, recently launched a bid for the Democratic nomination for president. Bernie Sanders is unafraid of punching above his weight.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/19/bernie-sanders-profile-democrat-presidential-candidate?CMP=fb_us

[sabrina 1]

1. Bernie Sanders has three of the most important qualities of a great leader.

1) Foresight

2) Good judgement which it is clear has always been based on his clear vision of the consequences of any action taken, see his votes on Iraq, the Patriot Act, DOMA eg.

3) Courage, the courage to do what is right no matter what the consequences might be.


That is why America needs him right now. He can be trusted with the awesome power of the president, NOT to make decisions that have longtime adverse consequences for millions of people. He has proven that repeatedly.

We do not need anymore leaders who make bad decisions then later on, when it is way, way too late, apologize for them.

[aspirant]

2. Promoting world peace, even as a mayor

[Stardust]

3. K & R!