In Dallas, Sanders' Tough Talk Fires up Thousands

[appalachiablue]

Source: The Texas Tribune

DALLAS- U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent running for president as a Democrat, rallied thousands of Texans here late Sunday afternoon with a progressive clarion call that included some tough talk for Democratic opponents who may be overlooking solidly red Texas in their campaign calculus.

"One of the problems that exists in American politics today, in my view, is that the Democratic Party has conceded half the states in the country at the national level, and that's wrong," Sanders told a raucous crowd inside a downtown hotel ballroom. "We've got to fight them in 50 states including Texas." "If we are serious about change in America, we can't just do it in blue states," he later added emphasizing the need for Democrats to have a "50-state strategy" to win the White House.

Organizers estimate the rally drew more than 7,000 people though a more official count was expected later in the day. In any case, the event appeared to be the largest held by any presidential candidate in Texas so far for this election cycle.
Sanders, who has emerged as the most popular alternative to front-runner Hillary Clinton, won loud applause for touting a host of items on liberals' wish list, including a $15 minimum wage, higher taxes for the wealthy and a constitutional amendment overturning the Citizens United decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that gave rise to a new era of campaign finance.
Sanders was scheduled to headline another rally Sunday evening in Houston.


Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2015/07/19/sanders-rallies-thousands-tough-talk-democrats/

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Bernie Sanders, 2016 Democratic candidate for president, speaks at a rally in Dallas, Sunday, July 19, 2015.

[George II]

1. Hmmm, novel idea, that "50-state strategy"

Hasn't Hillary Clinton been talking about that for a while now?

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-importance-clintons-50-state-strategy

[jeff47]

3. And her 2008 campaign that didn't use a "50-state strategy"?

Does that not qualify as "a while now"?

[George II]

5. She's been talking about it now since before she officially announced - this is the 2015/2016...

....campaign, not 2008.

[jeff47]

7. And if she believed it was so important, why'd she not do it in 2008?

Heck, the DNC was running a 50-state strategy in 2008 and she didn't.

It's not like we're talking about decades of time passing. Deeply-held beliefs should not change that quickly.

[George II]

8. She wasn't the nominee, Barack Obama was. Duh!

The DNC jumped in on the campaign after the nominee was chosen.

[jeff47]

39. Because there was no primary campaign. Duh!

Oh wait, there was.

[NealK]

16. It seems that Hillary only steals idea from Bernie and Elizabeth Warren.

[George II]

20. Not in this case

[NealK]

55. Whose ideas did she steal in this case?

[azmom]

25. LOL

[appalachiablue]

26. Sanderstorm is Here, Moving Fast! Check out Video Link below, wild 8,000 crowd!

[wordpix]

44. I'd rather have her getting their ideas than those of DINOs

Give Hil credit where it's due. She could be moving right instead of left

[NealK]

54. She delivers speeches that sound much to the left of what she used to say but she sure is not

moving to the left, not even by a micron. If she ends up at the White House you'll see a big bounce back to where she have always stood, center right, at best.

[appalachiablue]

19. *Watch this VIDEO! DALLAS, 8,000 Texans and Bernie ROCK the HOUSE! (excuse the interruption).

8,000 TEXANS Fired Up Today with Bernie in DALLAS

- Watch this Video, DALLAS, TEXAS CROWD GOES WILD FOR SANDERS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=227&v=cPARA_OrklM

[zeemike]

27. Wow he did have them fired up

At one point some guy yelled "Give em hell Bernie"...and the crowd got a chuckle out of that...at least those who remember Truman's whistlestop tour...where it made him.

[appalachiablue]

28. Fantastic Crowd, Event and Video. Pass the word! BARNBERNER EVENT!

Go Texas, Phoenix, Arizona, Dallas, next Houston and New Orleans! Summer of Sanders!

[glinda]

31. Love that

Barnberner!

[appalachiablue]

32. Look at Madison, Wisconsin here! And more to come- next up Houston, New Orleans! Go USA!

[snagglepuss]

29. To see later.. Can't wait.

[azmom]

40. And the crowds go wild!!!

Go Bernie Go

[appalachiablue]

36. Go Bernie! Go Texas! Sanders 2016- The President We Need! Wonderful, big state, TEXAS!

[Scootaloo]

9. Three months is "a while"?

Meanwhile, in Reality...

But when Howard Dean, in his capacity as DNC chair, first threw his support behind a 50-state strategy in 2006, he faced fierce resistance, most notably from then-DCCC Chair Rahm Emanuel. The pushback wasn’t necessarily absurd – parties have limited resources, so they have to take advantage of opportunities where they exist. When Democrats invest resources in uncompetitive areas, practically by definition, they’re denying resources that could be put to use in competitive races

Dean, however, largely ignored Emanuel, and the former governor got the last laugh when the 50-state strategy proved effective – Democrats rode a wave to the congressional majority in 2006 and fared even better in 2008, thanks in part to the Obama campaign’s embrace of a very similar strategy.

[George II]

11. Well it appears that Sanders just discovered it today.

[Scootaloo]

12. Keep trying n/t

[7wo7rees]

34. Concerned as to motives of your posts.

You have been showing up in most of the Dallas threads about today in Dallas questioning numbers in attendance because no hotel is that big.

You seem to be posting everywhere in a disparaging way. Not calling you out, just curious.
Why??

All of our candidate' s doing well should be a good thing, right?

[peacebird]

38. Not to some Hillary supporters. I noted a couple earlier today who appear like clockwork to diss

Bernie in hopes of discouraging those who feel the bern.

No worries.

[WinstonSmith4740]

35. Thanks for posting this.

I remember when Howard Dean basically took on Emanuel with this. Aside from his insistence that Democrats would only be successful by being "Republican Lite", Emanuel also felt they needed to only worry about certain states. The 50 state strategy worked then and it'll work again.

[appalachiablue]

42. +1 And look what Rahm has done to working people in Chicago. Not another one like him.

Dean's strategy should have continued, just look at the result of dropping it.

[appalachiablue]

50. +1 They were stupid to listen to Rahm, we see the results!

[TM99]

15. Yeah, too bad Clinton isn't doing it!

Smart man to see what Dean did worked.

So he is taking it to every state - red or blue.

Almost 12,000 in Phoenix, now almost 8,000 in Dallas, and I am not sure yet what the turn out is in Houston, but his campaign plan is working very well.

Clinton did a safe Dem Party event (that still cost you an arm & leg to attend) in Arkansas this weekend while Sanders kicked ass in the Southwest.

[appalachiablue]

17. + 1 Bernie Sanders Fires Up the Southwest, AZ, TX, next up New Orleans. Bring it ON!

~ SUMMER OF SANDERS USA ~ And it's HOT! Feeling the Bern in Every State in this Great Country!

Do NOT Underestimate Bernie Sanders!

[appalachiablue]

22. If you want a rush, check out the opening crowd in the Dallas Video Link below, WILD!

~ SUMMER OF SANDERS ~ Way to Go Texas and Arizona!








~ Sen. Bernie Sanders, Independence Day Parade, Waukee, Iowa, July 4, 2015 ~

[LanternWaste]

52. No doubt, the irrational mind believes that takes something way from the OP...

No doubt, the irrational mind believes that takes something way from the OP... lest we're compelled to believe it';s merely a petulant irrelevance.

[cantbeserious]

2. Settling For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils Is No Longer The Only Option - Go Bernie Go

eom

[appalachiablue]

30. Bernie's Crowd in Madison, Wisconsin. Go Bernie and USA!

[burrowowl]

4. Go Bernie!

[appalachiablue]

23. Way to Go Texas and Arizona! *Check out the 8,000 Crowd in the VIDEO LINK below! WILD!

~ SUMMER OF SANDERS ~ It's a HOT one!

[democrank]

6. Bernie just stands there and tells it like it is.

No need to run his words through a nuance meter on his way to an event. No need to hire Frank Luntz and ask him hook up 237 people to an electrified emotion recorder. No need to backpedal. No need to modify. No need to pretend. No need to say one thing to group A and another thing to group B. No need to hire handlers like Lanny Davis. Best of all, Bernie doesn`t have to move to the left, move to the right or move to the center based on which group he`s speaking to. He`s the same all the time, no matter what and no matter who.

The real deal and a giant breath of fresh air.

[Plucketeer]

13. And you've told it like it is!

Those vying for the Oval Office have to be IN AWE at the dynamic - TOTALLY new way of campaigning that Sanders is demonstrating here. The Dems and the Thugs all hoping to have a chance must be in SHOCK!!! Just IMAGINE the audacity of talking TO - FOR - and ABOUT the 99%. This as opposed to the usual contortionists stances of those trying SO HARD not to step on the toes of their BIG BUCKS financiers! LOL!!!
Personally, I LOVE this guy His stump speeches are music to my ears! Hats off to the first honest White House contender in AGES!

[appalachiablue]

24. SANDERSTORM IS HERE! Moving Fast! *Check out 8,000 Texas Crowd in Video Link below!

[appalachiablue]

14. You said it democrank. The Real Deal, Bernie Sanders! Integrity, truth, conviction and courage!

~ The SUMMER OF SANDERS ~ And it's a HOT one!

GO BERNIE!

[7wo7rees]

37. Yes, an amazing breath of fresh air!

Just simple truths, spoken from the heart, with conviction.

No teleprompter. No pages of notes to read from.

An honest man. A man of the people.

Not electable?? Really??

[appalachiablue]

10. Watch This VIDEO! BERNIE ROCKS THE HOUSE- 8, 000 TEXANS Fired Up in DALLAS today!

*WATCH: VIDEO, DALLAS, TEXAS CROWD- 8,000 ROCK THE HOUSE TODAY!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=227&v=cPARA_OrklM

[wordpix]

46. thank you for vid and thank you, Texans for Bernie

You give me hope for the SW region.

[appalachiablue]

51. This Video is great esp. the view of the crowds! It ends at 26 mins. but the entire 1-hour

BarnBerner speech was posted on the Front Page yesterday in 'Video'. Here's the link to watch, it's a close up version of Bernie speaking at the podium, he's riveting! There is HOPE for the South! and all the US! People have had enough and are inspired and motivated by Bernie! He'll be in NEW ORLEANS July 26, can't wait!

On July 9, I attended a Public Policy Forum (not a campaign rally) where Bernie was the main speaker. Similar 45 min. speech, then Q & A w/ the audience, Town Hall style in an auditorium w/ 500 people. Amazing and I've followed him for several years, have seen others. Incredible, encouraging and the presence he has in a room, and the strength of his message and voice I was unprepared for. Blown away, and high naturally afterwards for 3 days!



**VIDEO, BERNIE, DALLAS RALLY, FULL SPEECH, 1 hr., July 19
http://election.democraticunderground.com/1017279975

[wordpix]

47. youth unemploymt 33-51% (lowest rate white, highest rate black)

Add to this senior unemployment. Hard to get a new job if you're 50+ and if you're 60+, forget it.

[NealK]

18. Go, Bernie Go!

[appalachiablue]

33. Sanders 2016! The President We Need! (Madison, Wisconsin BarnBerner) More-Houston, New Orleans

[Thinkingabout]

21. Damn, I thought I heard the fifty state before, yes, from Howard Dean.

A DNC nominee will need about 2778 delegates unless it is increased, won't get that many in a couple states.

[snot]

41. Great speech. Wish the video didn't stop when he got started on the TPP.

[appalachiablue]

43. Here's the full 1-hour DALLAS Video posted on the Front Page in 'Video' yesterday.

It's shot from close up near the podium where Bernie was speaking powerfully as always with his tremendous passion and voice that project. Both videos are excellent; don't know why the one you watched in this OP cut off- tech issues maybe.

There were at least 3 OPs with the DALLAS video posted yesterday. It was a fabulous speech and super event with 8,000 attending. The *HOUSTON speech Bernie gave afterwards last night is on the Front Page now. Sanders sweeping the South!
Next up- Bernie will be in *NEW ORLEANS July 26.
Summer of Sanders, Feel the Bern!
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-Bernie Sanders DALLAS Rally, *VIDEO, Sunday, July 19, 2016.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017279975

[wordpix]

45. "here is our message to the billionaire class: your greed is going to end!"

Tell 'em Bernie! We're behind you!

[appalachiablue]

48. Bernie really had the big Dallas crowd Fired Up!

[democrank]

53. Kickin for the Bern Man

Go Bernie!