Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Nancy Pelosi, "Establishment Democrat," was elected the same year as Bernie & is the same age [View all]lapucelle
(18,413 posts)that HE imposed on them despite its negative impact on the quality of THEIR proximate environment and everyday lives exemplifies grassroots activism at its best: the people taking on the political establishment.
Not me. Us, indeed.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/10/bernie-sanders-faces-backlash-over-war-machine-he-brought-to-vermont.html
******************************************************************************
Dubious organizations grandstanding in a hall near Speaker Pelosi's office in the interest of staging self-serving, one-off, instagram-ready photo-ops borders on astroturfing.
It's not a "double standerd". It's a distinction with a difference.
******************************************************************************
https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cycle=2018&cmte=C00674697
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden