Vermont senator had trailed in polls by more than 20 points but opposition to free trade and growing African American support won votes in rust-belt state
“Sanders’s win in Michigan was one of the greatest upsets in modern political history.”Bernie Sanders made folks like me eat a stack of humble pie on Tuesday night. He won the Michigan primary over Hillary Clinton, 50 percent to 48 percent, when not a single poll taken over the last month had Clinton leading by less than 5 percentage points. In fact, many had her lead at 20 percentage points or higher. Sanders’s win in Michigan was one of the greatest upsets in modern political history.
From my recent diary, A nation of hope and opportunity for all:
Now a lot of people like to sound smart. They often speak of facts and figures, polls and statistics. They possess all the numbers. They're 538 smart, 'Bernie's stuck at 30%' smart. They are not really smart.
Don't listen to stupid people or people who have a vested interest in manipulating you. Listen to the smart people who are telling you the truth. We are in big trouble and we better do something big about it.
Doing the same stupid shit one more time, settling for fake change one more time, will seal our fate. Don't be stupid and don't be manipulated by people with bad intent.
And don't let anybody tell you that there is not a revolution under way. Anyone who honestly doesn't realize it is a fucking moron. The rest are liars. The oligarchy is real. The revolution is real. Only counter-revolutionaries or agents of the oligarchy have any interest in convincing you otherwise.
Many in the HRC camp want to characterize this as a “narrow victory,” but a stunning victory is a stunning victory.
Bernie Sanders beats Hillary Clinton in stunning Michigan primary upset
What The Stunning Bernie Sanders Win In Michigan Means
To everyone who could not, for whatever reasons, find their way to support the revolution, I'm sorry for your loss. I also hope you're able to explain to your grandchildren why you weren't part of the great people's revolution of 2016. I suppose you could just lie and say you were on board.
Go Bernie!
Show Bernie some LOVE!