'Bernie is what we've waited 244 years for, we can't squander it. He's opened the minds of millions'

[Donkees]

Link to tweet

[CrawlingChaos]

1. "We can't squander it"

We certainly cannot. Bernie is our last and only hope.

Thank you for sharing!

[katmondoo]

6. Oh please, give me a break.

What nonsense!

[Celerity]

8. [phone]

[Fresh_Start]

11. +1000 NT

nt

[CrawlingChaos]

14. On climate change alone my statement is objectively true

And Bernie is going to win.

The momentum is unstoppable.

[dware]

21. .....

And Bernie is going to win.

The momentum is unstoppable

[onetexan]

35. ROTFL

[lapfog_1]

29. we are not going from Cult-45 to

Jesus-Bernie or JB for short.

Not joining the revolution... not going to welcome a new massiah.

IF he wins the nomination (which maybe should be the focus now for the Berners), I will vote for him come November.

But he hasn't won the nomination yet... and I really hope he doesn't.

[Green Line]

42. +1000

[Codeine]

13. Oh ffs. nt

[dware]

20. .....

We certainly cannot. Bernie is our last and only hope

[zackymilly]

2. LOL nt

[NNadir]

3. I knew he was desperately old, and buried deep in the past, but I never realized he was...

...that old and that much in the past.

What are his views on slavery?

[bucolic_frolic]

4. A 250 year old brain surgeon???

I'm just not getting the point of posting this drivel 58 times a day.

[IluvPitties]

10. Exactly.

[honest.abe]

7. Waiting 244 years?? They must be really old.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

9. DAMN RIGHT!! LET'S DO THIS!! GO BERNIE!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[Codeine]

12. Muad'dib! Muad'dib!

Good grief, do you hear yourselves? He’s a politician, not a messiah.

[Laelth]

34. Hey! Muad'dib was a badass!

These things can happen—in science fiction, at least.



-Laelth

[Codeine]

36. Dune is a warning against heroes.

Paul became a destroyer who wreaked annihilation across the galaxy. Heroes are for small children and the weak-minded.

[Laelth]

39. Perhaps, but Leto was a great God Emperor.

No?



-Laelth

[Codeine]

40. Uh oh. Bernie's son, the God Emperor of Dem!

[Laelth]

41. LOL. Nicely played.

In all seriousness though, Bernie’s VP pick will matter a great deal if he ends up being our nominee.



-Laelth

[Vivienne235729]

15. Holy hell. Bernie is NOT the messiah and Trump is NOT Jesus Christ.

[tritsofme]

19. The cult-like adoration from some is...scary.

[Vivienne235729]

23. It IS scary!!! I just can't believe it is coming from the left.

[MuseRider]

37. It happens here every election

season. Everybody thinks everybody else is worse than they are. It is like a slap match, stupid circle slap match. You should have been here when Howard Dean was running.

[Codeine]

38. The Left is as amenable to this sort of thing

as the Right. There will always be leftists who yearn for a strongman, for iron authority, and for control of the masses. It’s up to the rest of us to resist that tendency.

[Cal Carpenter]

16. Sad to see so many people dismissing the words of indigenous people

with snark and mocking.

[Codeine]

25. His ethnicity grants him no special wisdom,

nor does it proffer an immunity to falling under the influence of what has clearly become a cult of personality.

[Cal Carpenter]

33. I never said it grants the man "special wisdom"

I don't patronize or romanticize people in that way. And if you think this is about a cult of personality, you aren't paying attention.

I think even Sanders's most ardent supporters recognize that "personality" isn't exactly his strong suit. But his character, his consistency, and most importantly, his policies, are something that bring together the largest and most diverse group of Democratic voters we've seen in this primary.

Sanders connects to a significant amount of the Indigenous community through his policies, his consistent principles around self-determination, and his action (eg Standing with Standing Rock before it was fashionable).

[Moderateguy]

17. So now Bernie is the best thing that has happened to the US since 1776?

REALLY?

[Cal Carpenter]

18. To indigenous people from this continent

who have been genocided, forced off their land, and have had to watch the natural world and it's people get exploited for a couple centuries?

Quite possibly.

I suppose their numbers aren't statistically significant enough electorally to matter to many people here, though, so let's just mock this man for supporting Sanders, amiright?

[dware]

22. Not mocking this man,

the mocking is towards Bernie and those that think he's the next Messiah.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

24. Really

The whole cult-of-personality is off setting.

[Cal Carpenter]

27. The only people using the word "messiah" on this thread

are people who are trying to belittle the man quoted in the OP.

I know a lot of Sanders supporters, and I don't know anyone who thinks he is "the next Messiah".

[dware]

31. Oh bullshit,

there are many BS supporters who think he's the next best thing to the Messiah.

Here's a quote from someone in this very thread that thinks he's our last and only hope.

Bernie is our last and only hope.

[rzemanfl]

26. NTSA. n/t

[Mme. Defarge]

28. Great!

Another f’ing false messiah. Here’s a link to go with it: https://www.koolaid.com/

[David__77]

30. I get the sentiment.

...

[RandySF]

32. Take an increased risk of a Trump reelection for an agenda that won't pass?

No thanks.