A Special Announcement from Senator Bernie Sanders

[freshwest]

From HillaryMojo, Skinner and EarlG's new site for all positive news (about Democrats). Video says live stream but move the button near the bottom to play. It's an inspiring video.

Watch Bernie Sanders’ Announcement And Read The Transcript

Posted by David Allen

Bernie Sanders entered the race for President of the United States in Burlington, Vermont this afternoon. Here at HillaryMojo we support Hillary Clinton to be the next president, but that doesn’t mean we don’t love Bernie Sanders, too.

So, welcome to the campaign, Senator Sanders. We look forward to a substantive and civil debate on the issues.

Video of Bernie Sanders’ Announcement

Bernie2016 - May 26, 2015

Transcript of Bernie Sanders’ Annoucement:

“Thank you all very much for being here and for all the support that you have given me over the years: as the mayor of this great city, as Vermont’s only congressman and now as a U.S. senator. Thanks also to my longtime friends and fellow Vermonters Bill McKibben, Brenda Torpey, Donna Bailey, Mike O’Day and Ben and Jerry for all that you do – and for your very generous remarks. Thanks also to Jenny Nelson for moderating this event and for your leadership in Vermont agriculture.

I also want to thank my family: My wife Jane, my brother Larry, my children Levi, Heather, Carina and Dave for their love and support, and my seven beautiful grandchildren – Sonny, Cole, Ryleigh, Grayson, Ella, Tess and Dylan who provide so much joy in my life.

Today, here in our small state – a state that has led the nation in so many ways – I am proud to announce my candidacy for president of the United States of America.

Today, with your support and the support of millions of people throughout this country, we begin a political revolution to transform our country economically, politically, socially and environmentally.

Today, we stand here and say loudly and clearly that; “Enough is enough. This great nation and its government belong to all of the people, and not to a handful of billionaires, their Super-PACs and their lobbyists.”

Brothers and sisters: Now is not the time for thinking small. Now is not the time for the same old – same old establishment politics and stale inside-the-beltway ideas.

Now is the time for millions of working families to come together, to revitalize American democracy, to end the collapse of the American middle class and to make certain that our children and grandchildren are able to enjoy a quality of life that brings them health, prosperity, security and joy – and that once again makes the United States the leader in the world in the fight for economic and social justice, for environmental sanity and for a world of peace.

My fellow Americans: This country faces more serious problems today than at any time since the Great Depression and, if you include the planetary crisis of climate change, it may well be that the challenges we face now are direr than any time in our modern history.

Here is my promise to you for this campaign. Not only will I fight to protect the working families of this country, but we’re going to build a movement of millions of Americans who are prepared to stand up and fight back. We’re going to take this campaign directly to the people – in town meetings, door to door conversations, on street corners and in social media – and that’s BernieSanders.com by the way. This week we will be in New Hampshire, Iowa and Minnesota – and that’s just the start of a vigorous grassroots campaign.

Let’s be clear. This campaign is not about Bernie Sanders. It is not about Hillary Clinton. It is not about Jeb Bush or anyone else. This campaign is about the needs of the American people, and the ideas and proposals that effectively address those needs. As someone who has never run a negative political ad in his life, my campaign will be driven by issues and serious debate; not political gossip, not reckless personal attacks or character assassination. This is what I believe the American people want and deserve. I hope other candidates agree, and I hope the media allows that to happen. Politics in a democratic society should not be treated like a baseball game, a game show or a soap opera. The times are too serious for that.

Let me take a minute to touch on some of the issues that I will be focusing on in the coming months, and then give you an outline of an Agenda for America which will, in fact, deal with these problems and lead us to a better future.

Income and Wealth Inequality: Today, we live in the wealthiest nation in the history of the world but that reality means very little for most of us because almost all of that wealth is owned and controlled by a tiny handful of individuals. In America we now have more income and wealth inequality than any other major country on earth, and the gap between the very rich and everyone is wider than at any time since the 1920s. The issue of wealth and income inequality is the great moral issue of our time, it is the great economic issue of our time and it is the great political issue of our time. And we will address it.

Let me be very clear. There is something profoundly wrong when the top one-tenth of 1 percent owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent, and when 99 percent of all new income goes to the top 1 percent. There is something profoundly wrong when, in recent years, we have seen a proliferation of millionaires and billionaires at the same time as millions of Americans work longer hours for lower wages and we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country on earth. There is something profoundly wrong when one family owns more wealth than the bottom 130 million Americans. This grotesque level of inequality is immoral. It is bad economics. It is unsustainable. This type of rigged economy is not what America is supposed to be about. This has got to change and, as your president, together we will change it.

Economics: But it is not just income and wealth inequality. It is the tragic reality that for the last 40 years the great middle class of our country – once the envy of the world – has been disappearing. Despite exploding technology and increased worker productivity, median family income is almost $5,000 less than it was in 1999. In Vermont and throughout this country it is not uncommon for people to be working two or three jobs just to cobble together enough income to survive on and some health care benefits.

The truth is that real unemployment is not the 5.4 percent you read in newspapers. It is close to 11 percent if you include those workers who have given up looking for jobs or who are working part time when they want to work full time. Youth unemployment is over 17 percent and African-American youth unemployment is much higher than that. Today, shamefully, we have 45 million people living in poverty, many of whom are working at low-wage jobs. These are the people who struggle every day to find the money to feed their kids, to pay their electric bills and to put gas in the car to get to work. This campaign is about those people and our struggling middle class. It is about creating an economy that works for all, and not just the one percent.

Citizens United: My fellow Americans: Let me be as blunt as I can and tell you what you already know. As a result of the disastrous Supreme Court decision on Citizens United, the American political system has been totally corrupted, and the foundations of American democracy are being undermined. What the Supreme Court essentially said was that it was not good enough for the billionaire class to own much of our economy. They could now own the U.S. government as well. And that is precisely what they are trying to do.

American democracy is not about billionaires being able to buy candidates and elections. It is not about the Koch brothers, Sheldon Adelson and other incredibly wealthy individuals spending billions of dollars to elect candidates who will make the rich richer and everyone else poorer. According to media reports the Koch brothers alone, one family, will spend more money in this election cycle than either the Democratic or Republican parties. This is not democracy. This is oligarchy. In Vermont and at our town meetings we know what American democracy is supposed to be about. It is one person, one vote – with every citizen having an equal say – and no voter suppression. And that’s the kind of American political system we have to fight for and will fight for in this campaign.

Climate Change: When we talk about our responsibilities as human beings and as parents, there is nothing more important than leaving this country and the entire planet in a way that is habitable for our kids and grandchildren. The debate is over. The scientific community has spoken in a virtually unanimous voice. Climate change is real. It is caused by human activity and it is already causing devastating problems in the United States and around the world.

The scientists are telling us that if we do not boldly transform our energy system away from fossil fuels and into energy efficiency and sustainable energies, this planet could be five to ten degrees Fahrenheit warmer by the end of this century. This is catastrophic. It will mean more drought, more famine, more rising sea level, more floods, more ocean acidification, more extreme weather disturbances, more disease and more human suffering. We must not, we cannot, and we will not allow that to happen.

It is no secret that there is massive discontent with politics in America today. In the mid-term election in November, 63 percent of Americans did not vote, including 80 percent of young people. Poll after poll tells us that our citizens no longer have confidence in our political institutions and, given the power of Big Money in the political process, they have serious doubts about how much their vote actually matters and whether politicians have any clue as to what is going on in their lives.

Combatting this political alienation, this cynicism and this legitimate anger will not be easy. That’s for sure. But that is exactly what, together, we have to do if we are going to turn this country around – and that is what this campaign is all about.

And to bring people together we need a simple and straight-forward progressive agenda which speaks to the needs of our people, and which provides us with a vision of a very different America. And what is that agenda?

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: It begins with jobs. If we are truly serious about reversing the decline of the middle class we need a major federal jobs program which puts millions of Americans back to work at decent paying jobs. At a time when our roads, bridges, water systems, rail and airports are decaying, the most effective way to rapidly create meaningful jobs is to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure. That’s why I’ve introduced legislation which would invest $1 trillion over 5 years to modernize our country’s physical infrastructure. This legislation would create and maintain at least 13 million good-paying jobs, while making our country more productive, efficient and safe. And I promise you as president I will lead that legislation into law.

I will also continue to oppose our current trade policies. For decades, presidents from both parties have supported trade agreements which have cost us millions of decent paying jobs as corporate America shuts down plants here and moves to low-wage countries. As president, my trade policies will break that cycle of agreements which enrich at the expense of the working people of this country.

Raising Wages: Let us be honest and acknowledge that millions of Americans are now working for totally inadequate wages. The current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is a starvation wage and must be raised. The minimum wage must become a living wage – which means raising it to $15 an hour over the next few years – which is exactly what Los Angeles recently did – and I applaud them for doing that. Our goal as a nation must be to ensure that no full-time worker lives in poverty. Further, we must establish pay equity for women workers. It’s unconscionable that women earn 78 cents on the dollar compared to men who perform the same work. We must also end the scandal in which millions of American employees, often earning less than $30,000 a year, work 50 or 60 hours a week – and earn no overtime. And we need paid sick leave and guaranteed vacation time for all.

Addressing Wealth and Income Inequality: This campaign is going to send a message to the billionaire class. And that is: you can’t have it all. You can’t get huge tax breaks while children in this country go hungry. You can’t continue sending our jobs to China while millions are looking for work. You can’t hide your profits in the Cayman Islands and other tax havens, while there are massive unmet needs on every corner of this nation. Your greed has got to end. You cannot take advantage of all the benefits of America, if you refuse to accept your responsibilities.

That is why we need a tax system which is fair and progressive, which makes wealthy individuals and profitable corporations begin to pay their fair share of taxes.

Reforming Wall Street: It is time to break up the largest financial institutions in the country. Wall Street cannot continue to be an island unto itself, gambling trillions in risky financial instruments while expecting the public to bail it out. If a bank is too big to fail it is too big to exist. We need a banking system which is part of the job creating productive economy, not a handful of huge banks on Wall Street which engage in reckless and illegal activities.

Campaign Finance Reform: If we are serious about creating jobs, about climate change and the needs of our children and the elderly, we must be deadly serious about campaign finance reform and the need for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. I have said it before and I’ll say it again. I will not nominate any justice to the Supreme Court who has not made it clear that he or she will move to overturn that disastrous decision which is undermining our democracy. Long term, we need to go further and establish public funding of elections.

Reversing Climate Change: The United States must lead the world in reversing climate change. We can do that if we transform our energy system away from fossil fuels, toward energy efficiency and such sustainable energies such as wind, solar, geo-thermal and bio-mass. Millions of homes and buildings need to be weatherized, our transportation system needs to be energy efficient, and we need a tax on carbon to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuel.

Health Care for All: The United States remains the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care for all as a right. Despite the modest gains of the Affordable Care Act, 35 million Americans continue to lack health insurance and many more are under-insured. Yet, we continue paying far more per capita for health care than any other nation. The United States must join the rest of the industrialized world and guarantee health care to all as a right by moving toward a Medicare-for-All single-payer system.

Protecting Our Most Vulnerable: At a time when millions of Americans are struggling to keep their heads above water economically, at a time when senior poverty is increasing, at a time when millions of kids are living in dire poverty, my Republican colleagues, as part of their recently-passed budget, are trying to make a terrible situation even worse. If you can believe it, the Republican budget throws 27 million Americans off health insurance, makes drastic cuts in Medicare, throws millions of low-income Americans, including pregnant women off of nutrition programs, and makes it harder for working-class families to afford college or put their kids in the Head Start program. And then, to add insult to injury, they provide huge tax breaks for the very wealthiest families in this country while they raise taxes on working families.

Well, let me tell my Republican colleagues that I respectfully disagree with their approach. Instead of cutting Social Security, we’re going to expand Social Security benefits. Instead of cutting Head Start and child care, we are going to move to a universal pre-K system for all the children of this country. As Franklin Delano Roosevelt reminded us, a nation’s greatness is judged not by what it provides to the most well-off, but how it treats the people most in need. And that’s the kind of nation we must become.

College for All: And when we talk about education, let me be very clear. In a highly competitive global economy, we need the best educated workforce we can create. It is insane and counter-productive to the best interests of our country, that hundreds of thousands of bright young people cannot afford to go to college, and that millions of others leave school with a mountain of debt that burdens them for decades. That must end. That is why, as president, I will fight to make tuition in public colleges and universities free, as well as substantially lower interest rates on student loans.

War and Peace: As everybody knows, we live in a difficult and dangerous world, and there are people out there who want to do us harm. As president, I will defend this nation – but I will do it responsibly. As a member of Congress I voted against the war in Iraq, and that was the right vote. I am vigorously opposed to an endless war in the Middle East – a war which is unwise and unnecessary. We must be vigorous in combatting terrorism and defeating ISIS, but we should not have to bear that burden alone. We must be part of an international coalition, led by Muslim nations, that can not only defeat ISIS but begin the process of creating conditions for a lasting peace.

As some of you know, I was born in a far-away land called Brooklyn, New York. My father came to this country from Poland without a penny in his pocket and without much of an education. My mother graduated high school in New York City. My father worked for almost his entire life as a paint salesman and we were solidly lower-middle class. My parents, brother and I lived in a small rent-controlled apartment. My mother’s dream was to move out of that small apartment into a home of our own. She died young and her dream was never fulfilled. As a kid I learned, in many, many ways, what lack of money means to a family. That’s a lesson I have never forgotten.

I have seen the promise of America in my own life. My parents would have never dreamed that their son would be a U.S. Senator, let alone run for president. But for too many of our fellow Americans, the dream of progress and opportunity is being denied by the grind of an economy that funnels all the wealth to the top.

And to those who say we cannot restore the dream, I say just look where we are standing. This beautiful place was once an unsightly rail yard that served no public purpose and was an eyesore. As mayor, I worked with the people of Burlington to help turn this waterfront into the beautiful people-oriented public space it is today. We took the fight to the courts, to the legislature and to the people. And we won.

The lesson to be learned is that when people stand together, and are prepared to fight back, there is nothing that can’t be accomplished.

We can live in a country:

* Where every person has health care as a right, not a privilege;
* Where every parent can have quality and affordable childcare and where all of our qualified young people, regardless of income, can go to college;
* Where every senior can live in dignity and security, and not be forced to choose between their medicine or their food;
* Where every veteran who defends this nation gets the quality health care and benefits they have earned and receives the respect they deserve;
* Where every person, no matter their race, their religion, their disability or their sexual orientation realizes the full promise of equality that is our birthright as Americans.

That is the nation we can build together, and I ask you to join me in this campaign to build a future that works for all of us, and not just the few on top.

Thank you, and on this beautiful day on the shore of Lake Champlain, I welcome you aboard.”

http://www.hillarymojo.com/2015/05/26/watch-or-read-bernie-sanders-announcement/

[eloydude]

1. While I'm glad there is a website for good Democratic news, but....

HillaryMojo?

Come on...

I think we can do better than that. That domain name has a lifetime span of maybe 3 minutes.

[hrmjustin]

4. Thats what they said about du.

[eloydude]

5. So where's BernieMojo then?

Fair is fair...

I think we can all agree if this website is going to be an aggregator for Democratic good news, then it should be more neutral name, not pro-Hillary - it shows bias.

... speaking of which.. where's MartinMojo when O'Malley announces, or LincolnMojo when Chaffee announces.

Get my drift?

[hrmjustin]

6. Start one.

[eloydude]

10. Sure, send me money for it.

It costs money to create it.

And since it was both Skinner's and Elad's idea, I think it lies on their responsibility to bring fairness to the Democratic Party.

It's their website, so I don't have any input on it.

I suggest Skinner be fair to all Democrats and make a BernieMojo and others...

[hrmjustin]

12. You did know he is a big Hillary supporter?

[hrmjustin]

15. You are saying skinner is making people feel uncomfortable?

[eloydude]

19. Yes. I'm starting to feel uncomfortable here..

^T^H^I^S

The hillary avatars

HillaryMojo

and very little support for Bernie. Dammit, He is a Democratic candidate for the Democratic nomination of the President of the United States, and should be given equal air time here in DU.

[hrmjustin]

25. You just got here and your complaining already.

Gee what a sport!


Show the courage of your conviction and tell him.

http://election.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1259

[eloydude]

26. So you have nothing of substance to offer

and I'm not complaining - I'm merely noticing that there is a bias on the website name.

Maybe a neutral tone without bias would sound better.

Of course you'd be attacking me - you're a Hillaryite, and you have to defend your candidate.

I respect you for that. But not everything is 100% Hillary all the time.

[hrmjustin]

33. You just spent the last few posts complaining about skinner and you are now trying to

say you are not complaining.


If you wish to be taken seriously here try being consistent.


And the whole point of his new site is not to be neutral. People on DU know where he stands.

He doesn't ask them to follow his lead.


If you are consistent you should complain to him now.
http://election.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1259

[Cha]

43. HAHA.. "you have nothing of substance to offer.." coming from mr "nothing to contribute but

negative bullcrap on a positive thread."

[hrmjustin]

46. I hope he shares his.

concerns with skinner.

[Cha]

54. Yes, right effing now! So, "uncomforable and concerned".. Give. Me. A. Break.

[hrmjustin]

48. And how can you say you respect me when you posted this?

http://election.democraticunderground.com/12808711#post2

[eloydude]

49. It's been hidden. I learned from this.

Do you see me attacking anyone else's character?

[hrmjustin]

51. You posted this as well.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6731864


And your posts in this thread tell me you learned nothing.

[Hekate]

93. You are hilarious. The world does not revolve around you. Go start your own website: it's free.

Really. Free. There's even do-it-yourself graphics.

But building it up will take time and effort. Although, with Bernie as popular as you say he is, maybe it won't be that hard to attract tens of thousands of posters, who all agree with you.

[Cha]

129. ..

he's gone.. again!

[Hekate]

132. Oh joy. Why do people fall for it?

[Cha]

134. Give you one guess..

[dlwickham]

30. you have the patience of a saint

[hrmjustin]

34. .

[Agschmid]

38. Yup.

[Cha]

39. Oh, he's "starting to feel uncomfortable here"..

Should we all have a ?

[eloydude]

50. Hypocrisy is abound....

When Hillary Clinton is for Keystone XL and you have a banner that says "Stop Keystone XL" - so who's right - you or Clinton?

http://uspolitics.about.com/od/CampaignsElections/a/Hillary-Clinton-On-The-Keystone-Xl-Pipeline.htm

[Cha]

55. Too bad you're starting to feel uncomfortable.. Go Tell Skinner all About your feelings.

[one_voice]

56. There are Bernie avatars...

and HillaryMojo is a separate entity from DU.

DU has a ton of support for Bernie. How do you figure he's not given equal time? Has anyone been prevented from posting articles about him? Does he have his own group--which by the way has more posts than Hillary's group and has been around less time.

[eloydude]

57. I give up.

You can do whatever you want.

I'm not playing with Hillary Mojo. It'll be a fun idea for a few weeks, but then it'll be deader after August debates, the path to the nomination will be much more clearer for Bernie, and cloudier for Hillary, but at the same time, our goal is to get a damn good Democratic candidate in place. The GOP candidates, whoever it is, has no chance of winning anything beyond the usual 32%.

[BainsBane]

102. I predict your discomfort won't last very long. nt

[okasha]

107. I'm pretty sure Skinner still has

Grandma's Granite and Peach Pits Cookie recipe.

[Hekate]

112. He's been here a whole month and already knows how the site ought to be run. Amazing.

I can hardly wait to see his wise plans implemented ...... somewhere else.

[MADem]

108. Well, MOVEON, then, if that is the case. Don't expect people to beg you to stay here.

This place is self-regulating through the jury system. All candidates have groups. And trashing the admins that run the place is bad form.

If you can't deal, no one is FORCING you to stay here.

I have to laugh at you, crying about "HILLARY AVATARS" when you have an avatar that says .... what? What does that avatar of yours say? Could it beeeeeeeee.......???????? BERNIE?????!!!!



Go fire up a GOFUNDME, get all your fellow supporters to contribute, and make your OWN BernieMojo. Go to town! Put in the work! No one is stopping you. NO ONE.

You do realize that site is SEPARATE from this one? A completely different enterprise, with a different outreach? Naah. You probably don't realize that. Well--now you know.

[malokvale77]

78. Wow ...

Skinner worked for the DLC. That certainly explains a lot of what I have seen here on DU lately.

I guess DU doesn't need money from us little folk. The admins at DU seem to be well taken care of.

File that under: Info worth knowing.

[hrmjustin]

82. Explains what?

[JI7]

85. a democrat supporting a democrat on a democratic site is making some uncomfortable ?

[eloydude]

87. Especially on a big website, Skinner and the admins should be neutral

That's my opinion.

I'm a huge Bernie Sanders supporter, but if I was an admin, I would keep my stances neutral and make it fair on both sides.

That's just me...Skinner can do his own thing on his website.

[JI7]

88. but they have never been neutral which is why they made the site in the first place

[eloydude]

90. I've known that DU has always been DLC-affiliated

so why change the spots of a leopard?

[JI7]

91. nobody is forced to post on this site

[BainsBane]

104. No one is forcing you to participate in such an site you think

unfair or biased.

[Agschmid]

122. He can.

And it appears he did. I'm glad to have this place where everyone is entitled to their views, etc.

[Agschmid]

121. Yup.

[Mojorabbit]

94. I did not know this

I have supported this site for years thinking it was impartial and I loathe the DLC. This really sucks.

[JI7]

96. so are you going to stop posting here ?

[Mojorabbit]

98. I don't know. I have been here for years. I have to take this information in.

I am so disappointed.

[hrmjustin]

100. Disappointed in what? he designed a website.

Not exactly earth suattering news here.

[BeanMusical]

99. That new site should be called DLCMojo.

[dreamnightwind]

128. Agreed

I did not know it either, good to know.

[BeanMusical]

106. Thanks for the link.

Very interesting.

[MADem]

105. Do a GOFUNDME and start working on it. That site is unrelated to this one.

You want it--go get it. Don't expect people to hand it to you just because you demand it.

That's separate from this website, where there are groups for all the candidates.

[Cha]

7. I'm betting on Skinner.. not your predictable negative bull.

[eloydude]

11. I'm being negative?

Excuse me - but HillaryMojo has bias in the name alone. That is a negative.

[freshwest]

13. How about celebrating the video and Bernie's ideas? Do you think he runs about dissing websites? n/t

[eloydude]

16. I love the video and Bernie's ideas

But HillaryMojo as a name of a good-news Democratic aggregator website? I think it's a mistake. It still shows pro-Hillary bias, and not show equality for Bernie.

That's all I'm concerned about.

And I'm still waiting for any Hillary supporters to tell me what they have problems with Bernie about in terms of issues...

So far the latest attack about Bernie not supporting people of color was debunked hours ago.

[freshwest]

28. I don't focus on things to fight about. Our candidates don't. And no one posted that video at DU.

I only found it at Skinner's site. If you don't like the way his site is set up, join up and say so.

There is another positive post on Bernie there, too, if you want to find it. And it's not like going to Breitbart or something like that.

Did you enjoy the video? It's rather long, it's the full speech. I found it inspiring, that's what I'll vote for in the primary, even though Bernie already had my primary vote anyway.

I won't toss people under the bus by not voting or voting for someone who won't win in the general, because lives are at stake and that's why Bernie caucuses with the Democrats.

They are not his enemy. His brand of Democratic politics is recognized by the DNC and welcomed. He will get funding.

He is a Democratic Socialist is a branch of the Democratic Party and has been for a long time. That is who is in the CPC:

The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) consists of one United States Senator and seventy five members of the United States House of Representatives, and is the largest caucus within the House Democratic Caucus. Established in 1991, the CPC reflects the diversity and strength of the American people and seeks to give voice to the needs and aspirations of all Americans and to build a more just and humane society.

The Co-Chairs of the CPC--U.S. Representatives Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07) and Keith Ellison (MN-05) welcome your interest in the caucus.

Our Caucus members promote a strong, progressive agenda, what we call “The Progressive Promise--Fairness for All”. The Progressive Promise is rooted in four core principles that embody national priorities and are consistent with the values, needs and aspirations of all the American people, not just the powerful and the privileged. They reflect a fundamental belief in government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

The four, core principles of the Progressive Promise:

1. Fighting for economic justice and security for all;
2. Protecting and preserving our civil rights and civil liberties;
3. Promoting global peace and security; and
4. Advancing environmental protection and energy independence

The CPC is committed to helping progressives, both inside and outside of Congress, to work together more effectively, in order to bring all of us closer to making good on The Progressive Promise.

Again, we appreciate your interest in the CPC and we look forward to working together to build a strong progressive network throughout America and beyond.

http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/what-is-cpc/

Good news about Democrats is a good thing. Hillary supported Obama after she lost in 2008. She will support Sanders if he wins. It's more about ideas than personalities for our leaders. That's why they're called leaders.

[eloydude]

31. Dude, I'm on your side...

*sigh*

I give up.

[L0oniX]

68. Give up. They're going with the money.

[eloydude]

70. Say what? My money that is going to Bernie

is currently being diverted to Hillary? Say it ain't so!

[delrem]

80. I don't think that was the meaning.

By her campaign's own estimates, they're going for approx. $2.5billion for campaign outreach. That's "billion" with a "b". Her campaign doesn't need your money. It needs to find ways to spend the absolutely enormous funds it's been given, by that sector of the economy that can afford to spend $2.5billion on a Dem candidate, and a similar amount on a Rep candidate.

Now think about it. How would a Dem campaign spend that portion of $2.5billion allocated for the Dem primary?

[eloydude]

81. They can certainly spend 2.5 billion on voter outreach and education

so they know exactly what each candidates stands for.

[delrem]

83. Sorry, that doesn't make much sense.

You're saying that Hillary Clinton's campaign will spend the $2.5billion (think about it!) to find out what each candidate stands for?

[Cha]

22. Bernie is exponentially better than some of his supporters who give the campaign a mean spirited

smell.

[eloydude]

23. I'm being mean spirited?

Excuse me, but I'm merely showing concern about the pro-Hillary bias, and that is a problem.

Bernie is on the rise, and will continue to rise as people learn about him every day.

People are sick of the same status quo - Hillary is exactly just that, status quo.

I believe Bernie can offer better solutions and take on everyone by the horns.

Bernies stances on nearly every issues are better and consistent. You have to admit not even knowing where Clinton will stand on key issues - example: TPP

She is still waffling on that matter. Bernie said no on TPP, and I agree with him.

[Cha]

27. Yeah, you are.. especially when you refered to the Hillary Group as a "toxic wasteland".

[eloydude]

29. Sorry that you don't like the wording

but it is what it is.

And it got hidden, so why are you dwelling on it?

[Cha]

32. I wasn't the only one who thought it was vile and says more about you than anything about Hillary's

supporters.

[eloydude]

36. I respect Hillary, but....

The Hillary supporters are left to be desired.

Not naming names this time. We just want a damn good Democratic candidate for the POTUS job. My job is to try to put Bernie in a positive light, and I've been working VERY hard in the last few days (since the last hide, FWIW) to be more positive about Bernie and indifferent about Hillary. I want to show everyone that Bernie is a damn good candidate and a far better one than Hillary Clinton will ever be, and the Hillary supporters are just making it very nasty and hard.

I can tell you it is 2008 all over again.

[Agschmid]

40. And who were you in 2008?

[eloydude]

41. A lurker

I've been a long-time lurker since 2001, actually.

[Agschmid]

42. It's awfully hard to lurk and not participate...

You have incredible will power.

[eloydude]

44. I have participated before in another name..

but forgotten the password and the email account involved was gone in the world of mergers that started shortly after the dot.com busts... Emails were sent and was never answered.

[Agschmid]

45. Got it.

Welcome back.

[BainsBane]

86. Were those emails, by chance,

highlighted in a recent thread by EarlG?

[eloydude]

89. Nope.. all my emails were polite

I have enjoyed the Hate Mail since its inception.

[hrmjustin]

71. What made you sign up now?

[Cha]

58. Actually, it was you.. a Bernie Supporter who calls Hillary's Group "A toxic Wasteland".. Hillary's

supporters have more class than to say anything so insultingly disgusting.

[eloydude]

59. FFS, the post was hidden, and you're still hung up over it?

What do you want? An apology?

Fine.

[Cha]

63. Don't talk about "The Hillary supporters are left to be desired." then if you don't want your

toxic post brought up.

Say something again about Hillary's supporters and I will bring it up. Guaranteed.

[eloydude]

72. Then I challenge you and your fellow supporters to answer the question about TPP... in this thread..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6743998

[Cha]

75. I'm not taking any "challenges" from you. Just drop your ugly personal insults about Hillary's

Supporters.

[Pat Jackson]

126. Well let's get started

I don't know who or where you are but the media doing a damn fine job of completely ignoring B. Sanders. What is it going to take to light a fire under everybody and get him some recognition? I may be preaching to the choir, but the corporate funded media is simply ignoring the fact that some people are really fed up with this system. Will this country repeat history and end up in a revolution orchestrated by the very people you and I abhor - not the wealthy, but the "salt of the earth", the sort of people who'd love to string up free thinking people like you and me? I'm in a professional business and it's scary in the way I hear some people talking about their protecting "freedom"and their loved ones and pit bulls (sorry, I'm in Florida). Anyway, my 2 cents. History does repeat itself.

[hrmjustin]

127. Interesting.

[hrmjustin]

47. Here is one of your hidden posts. You called me out by name.

http://election.democraticunderground.com/12808711#post2

[bravenak]

52. Not cool.

[hrmjustin]

53. Thanks.

[Cha]

60. Oh wow, calling out you out by name along with the other Hillary supporters on his little list..

unreal!

[hrmjustin]

62. And barely hidden.

[Cha]

64. Yeah, but it was!

[hrmjustin]

65. True.

[freshwest]

114. I wish I could see that hot mess. My browser says it's gone.

[Cha]

119. It's not gone.. I don't why you're not able to see it.

I'll PM it.

[freshwest]

120. Thanks. Every time I click on it says 'no there' and 'Apache' etc 'not detected'.

[freshwest]

113. That must have been some insult. It's been erased from the server.

[hrmjustin]

115. He called me and a few others out for supporting hillary.

He got a hidden post but barely.

[freshwest]

116. Such things are hostile and undemocratic. I hope DU improves soon. n/t

[hrmjustin]

118. Me too.

[Scootaloo]

35. I think you're a little confused there, Cha

[Cha]

17. And, you have no clue.. figures. Yeah, Skinner has it goin' on.. you, not so much.

[eloydude]

21. Fine. Clue me in.

[Vincardog]

66. Skinner created it to be a POSITIVE way of helping HRC.He said so in his thread.

[MohRokTah]

79. It's Skinner's house. He can do as he likes with it.

If you don't like Skinner's house, you can go buy one of your own.

[hrmjustin]

125. bye bye eloydude

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=322772&sub=trans

[freshwest]

130. He was that willtwain libertarian dude, right? Sounded just like him. Good riddance. n/t

[hrmjustin]

131. Yep. no dounbt he will be back.

If he already isn't.

[freshwest]

133. With his tail between his legs until he get enough posts in. Then he'll start yapping again. n/t

[hrmjustin]

136. He was just banned again.

No doubt we shall see him again.

[freshwest]

139. Oh, wow. He needs to go back to the Daily Paul. Maybe they're running a contest on it. n/t

[orpupilofnature57]

2. + 1000 !! Thanks

[DisgustipatedinCA]

3. Thank you. I appreciate you posting this.

This is a civil thing to do, and I wanted to say so.

[myrna minx]

8. K&R!

[freshwest]

20. He's very easy to understand, isn't he? I prefer plain talk. Maybe it's my age. n/t

[myrna minx]

135. I really appreciate that he is plain spoken and clear about where he stands and is

Comfortable fielding questions from regular folks. For years I've enjoyed his "Brunch with Bernie" q&a on the Thom Hartman show - so I feel connected to his world view.

I'm so happy that he'll have the opportunity to define what a Democratic Socilist to a national audience - instead if the definition coming from FOX news and the Rw noise machine. This is a wonderful opportunity to reach people who may find his ideas exciting rather than being turned off and or frightened by the label "socialist". I'm looking forward for his sensible ideas hitting the mainstream. Like Thomas Piketty's book on economics - these ideas have been completely shut out of the discussion for 40 years, until now. I think it's really exciting. Thanks for posting.

[Cha]

9. Skinner is so Cool.. K^R, fresh! Thank you!

[freshwest]

18. Yes, he is. And I hope this gives help to those seeking to make an informed choice.

It's our candidates' ideas that are important, not swatting at each other online.

Speaking of dissing, isn't that what Cruz, Palin, Paul, etc. do?

Isn't the Democratic Party better than that?

I'm proud of our candidates and that our party atracts people who are open-minded and working for all of us.

[Cha]

24. So am I proud of all our Candidates.. And, proud that we have Admins who lead so

brilliantly in that Spirit here on DU! Very encouraging~

[sheshe2]

37. Well done, freshwest.

KnR~

[SoapBox]

61. Thank you for posting...bookmarked for future reference.

[freshwest]

74. Hope you find the time to watch. I appreciate transcripts, too. Faster for me. n/t

[JDPriestly]

67. K&R.

[Marie Marie]

69. Hey freshwest...

Thank you for your gracious post.

[freshwest]

73. Thanks for your kind words, Marie Marie. n/t

[whereisjustice]

76. HillaryMojo, Skinner and EarlG's new site for all positive news (about Democrats)

Excellent. Good to see this is in no way a cynical, patronizing move against Sanders.

I'm sure people will love to go to HillaryMojo to hear all the positive things about our amazing corporate Democrats (*).

Yes. I'm bookmarking it now for all the positive news! Finally a place where everyone with above average income and a stock plan managed by a top shelf Wall Street broker can read about the inspiring stories of Hillary's lifework.

Put on your smoking jacket, pour yourself a bit of Rémy Martin and join the world of Hillary as she protects her disadvantaged grandchild against the evil liberals threatening Wall Street's existence.



(*) and what's his name.

[delrem]

77. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[Hekate]

97. Yeah, because DU is sooooo positive in terms of electing Democrats. Too many DUers....

....would rather see all Dems defeated so they can spend the next decade whining about how victimized they are.

[whereisjustice]

103. Seems to me DNC leadership fucked themselves when they shit on liberals at mid-terms.

You'll never win the hearts and minds of a party that claims to be morally correct by defending NSA, torturers and Wall Street crime passing that pile of dung called TPP.

If you want to elect democrats, DNC needs to stop representing institutions and start representing real people.

[Hekate]

109. So you & your friends don't like the Admins. It begs the question: Why hang around here?

I mean really: what's in it for you guys?

[whereisjustice]

110. we just want to be loved by corporate democrats... those socially liberal,

fiscally conservative superstars who rock our world.

Now, let's get this TPP thing passed so we can put social security back on the table, get Hillary into the White House and beef up the military.

[Hekate]

111. My standard answer since 2002 for those who feel abused by the Admins is go start your own site

[whereisjustice]

117. you keep putting words in my mouth. let's see where I said I was abused...

hmmm, hang on

....

...

...

...

Sorry, cant seem to find it. Shockingly, you've been disingenuous.

Now, if you credit me with saying I am amused... well I might be willing to give you a pass,

[L0oniX]

124. Obama immediatly threw progressives & the professional left under the bus 2009.

Mid-term was payback. Now this current high jacking of our Democracy with the 1%'s money by our own party is intolerable and will cause Hillary to lose 2016. Fuck us once shame on ... fuck us twice ...were done with this shit. Democracy is dead.

[L0oniX]

123. "Too many DUers would rather see all Dems defeated" <----- What a huge pant load.

[Hekate]

84. Hey! When did he do that?

Bless his little heart.

[freshwest]

95. May 26th? It was his official 'greet the world' event although he said so elsewhere.

What a beautiful location and day it was. Honestly, way above me to be attend such things. I can barely make it to precinct and advocacy meetings locally.

I did see a 'chance to meet HRC' on the website and I know some people that might be up to doing a meeting with her. Although they are disabled. It would ease the minds of many to see some solid support, as they saw when Obama added 'differently abled' in the list of people he is looking out for. We still have disputes on how it is to be carried out.

I have real life concerns about who gets in the White House in 2016 regarding such people. They are just refuse to the GOP. These are real, loved people who need that helping hand to have a humane society.

Even though I feel certain that HRC will carry my state, if Sanders got in I doubt he would let anything be lost as he supports SS expansion. But the composition of the Congress and state houses is essential to allow Him or Her to do anything. That cannot be accomplished by going with negativity and fear - that the GOP tool, not ours.

My senators and representative voted for expanding SS, but I don't think it's a done deal. I did find a HRC piece on her about SS expansion specifically, child care, health care, etc. but it's a core part of His philosophy of government and not always gone into detail.

In any case, we can argue how to have a humane society with a Democrat in office; with a GOP, it's a non-starter. They will not even discuss expansion and are deeply opposed to all of that.

[Hekate]

101. Sorry for not being clear -- I meant Skinner!

Bless Bernie, too, of course. He's a good man; I just don't think I'll have an opportunity to vote for him out here in California.

Nonetheless, I'm glad Skinner has opened a new site to focus on the candidate of his choice in a positive way. I predict it will do quite well. God know DU is not doing well just now.

[olddots]

92. now I have the song in my head forever

I got my mojo working but it just won't work on you .

[kentuck]

137. Can we agree that America faces a lot of problems?

It does no good to simply talk about polls and personal attacks in such a situation..

[suffragette]

138. Appreciate you posting the transcript

K&R