This is unlike any presidential campaign in history. The Democratic primary pits a rich and powerful oligarch against a people’s champion and person of relatively modest means. It’s not our usual lesser of two evils scenario. We have a real choice. This is not presidential politics as usual, this is not the usual billionaire’s game, this time the people have a real stake...because of Bernie Sanders.
“Injustice is rampant. We live in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. But most Americans don't know that. Because almost all of that wealth and income is going to the top one percent.”
Bernie Sanders
I've been frequently and more-or-less constantly disappointed by establishment dems since the days of the war on poverty, the civil rights act, the voting rights act and the Church commission. Eight years of Reagan followed by four years of Bush Sr. got the class war ramped up nicely, then Bill Clinton fed right into it with 'welfare reform,' repeal of glass-steagall, NAFTA, CAFTA and SHAFTA, etc.
Bill Clinton made it okay for democrats to hoover up corporate money and screw the little people just like the republicans. Bill Clinton chose sides in the class war and he most emphatically did not choose our side. Look how filthy rich he's become as a result. George W called Clinton his brother from another mother while Clinton grinned and lapped it up – this after all the horrors W stupidly visited on the nation and the planet.
Bill reads W Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton broadcast their unlikely bromance on social media Tuesday when Clinton posted a picture of himself reading Bush’s new book.Snip
This is not the first public display of affection between the two former presidents. Clinton often refers to himself as the “black sheep son” of the Bush family, and Bush challenged Clinton to the ALS Ice Bucket Challengeearlier this year. Their bipartisan friendship is all the more remarkable given that Clinton beat Bush’s father, President George H. W. Bush, in the 1992 election, ousting Bush Sr. after only one term in office.
George W. Bush Says Bill Clinton Is His ‘Brother From Another Mother’ Just a couple of oligarchs Power and money are awesomeSo don't forget who we're talking about when we talk about the Clintons.
In 2000 came Al Gore's inexplicable capitulation to George W and the SCOTUS presidency, and without much of a fight. Then came all hell, spearheaded by the republicans and enabled by the dems. Why did we never prosecute any torturers or bankers or those who blatantly lied our nation into a disastrous war? Because establishment dems were in it up to their eyeballs, that's why. Most of them voted for the Iraq war, the Patriot Act and many other legislative horrors. But not Bernie.
Bernie is not the typical democrat. And thank what gods may be for that. He's certainly not a Clinton democrat. He's a Tom Joad democrat, like me. He's my kind of democrat.
Bernie cares about the little people, and more importantly, he's one of us. And he has the proven integrity not to turn his back on us. He is in no way comparable to the Bushes or the Clintons. He's nothing like those one-percenters. And that's a damned good thing for ordinary Americans hoping to catch a break in this despicable class war that, so far, we've been losing and losing badly. Only Bernie can make the Democratic Party democratic again. Only he can lead our fight against the billionaire class. Only a person of true integrity, with no strings attached, clarity of vision and the heart of a lion could hope to restore the integrity, not only of the Democratic Party but that of our nation. Bernie’s that guy. Only Bernie can help us all turn this train-wreck around.
It's time we got serious about change and not fritter away the next fifty years like we have the last fifty. We're out of time.
"For many, the American dream has become a nightmare.”Bernie Sanders
Bernie is the antidote to class warfare. He means to stop the billionaires. Rather, he means to help us stop the billionaires. And he can do it, he can lead us, because he hasn't taken their money.
"This campaign is sending a message to the billionaire class: Yes, we have the guts to take you on."
Bernie Sanders
Let's not overlook how huge it is to start a presidential campaign by rejecting corporate money. Not only was that bold, brave and unprecedented, it was the key to a new future for us all. This is how you break the cycle of corruption. That's what Bernie understood when he promised us that he would not take their money. You break the cycle of corruption when you stand tall and tell the billionaires to keep their filthy money. A president not beholden to corporate money can actually do something about the mega-corporations and the ultra-wealthy who have an iron grip on our political machinery. It's the only way we're ever going to break the logjam in American politics and fix the corruption in our system. Our only chance is to elect a true people's champion with no strings attached. NO STRINGS ATTACHED! Think about that. This is our chance.
“The truth is, you can't change a corrupt system by taking its money.”Bernie Sanders
By virtue of having rejected their money Bernie has placed himself in a singular category. This has never happened before. It's absolutely unprecedented. Until now it would have been unimaginable. Just think what it would mean to have a president not indebted to Wall Street and the monstrous machine that distorts and corrupts our system with mountains of dirty money. Only a president with clean hands can be free to act in the best interests of the American people without regard for the misplaced power and deranged policies of the greedheads who have seized a corrupt, twisted and perverted power in this country by virtue of their obscene wealth.
Only Bernie and his grassroots political revolution can turn this ship around before it's too late.
“I don't work for big corporations and I don't want their money.”
Bernie Sanders
Why is the fact that Bernie explicitly rejected corporate money such a HUGE DEAL? Watch this: x YouTube VideoBernie Sanders, an unknown senator from a small rural state taking on one of the most famous people in the world, a multimillionaire and one of the most connected politicians in the history of this country. He was counted a hopeless case by damn near everyone in the beginning. Look at him now. And he’s done it while swearing off corporate money, dark money or billionaire money. He’s done it without $600 haircuts, SuperPACs or millions of dollars worth of pollsters and consultants to tell him what to say. It’s a Cinderella story, David and Goliath. Sometimes, when you try you win.
Bernie represents an opportunity for real change, change we desperately need...and deserve.
x YouTube VideoAs Bernie says, he can't do it alone. It will take millions of us. That's why it's called a revolution. We must rise up and be counted. We need to not only elect him president, we need to sweep progressives into congress who will push the people's agenda and work with Bernie to make real change happen in this country at long last.
This is our chance, quite possibly the last chance we will ever get, to change America and the world. Let's not blow this. x YouTube Video Rise up and be counted!