Bernie says he wants a revolution - here's his chance

[EffieBlack]

UPDATE » UFA has just confirmed House Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) has agreed to file an objection against electoral votes tomorrow (Jan. 6) if we can find ONE Senator to join her. These are the top Senators to contact:

Sen. Al Franken (D-MN / 202.224.5641)
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY / 202.224.6542)
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT / 202.224.2823)
and YOUR local Democratic Senator

This is massive. Late last night a bombshell report was released by a team of legal experts uncovering over 50 Republican electoral votes for Trump that cannot be certified because they were cast in direct violation of state and federal law:

16 Republican electors lived outside the congressional districts they represented
34 additional Republican electors held dual offices as a presidential elector and a state official
The report also finds 16 Democrat electoral votes that were cast in direct violation of election laws.

https://www.uniteforamerica.org/newsroom/2017/1/5/rg8te4dktz8m41uodxz0wnisoj0l1o

Not sure why Bernie's not on this list, but he can certainly step up and stand with Rep. Lee on this.

[still_one]

1. It isn't going to change the results, but it needs to be done as a demonstration that

we are drawing a line in the sand

[Chasstev365]

2. I will call tomorrow!

Two other possibilities would be Ed Markey or Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts!

Remember the scene in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911 when African American House members were begging for a Senator for help? No one did!

Will they really let it happen again?

[hedda_foil]

9. You're mis-remembering. Barbara Boxer did.

And DU sent her thousands of roses to thank her. I remember every bit of it because I watched the goings on in the chamber from her office in D.C. with Andy Stephenson and a few other election integrity activists.

[Chasstev365]

13. Good catch!

[EffieBlack]

18. Chasstev was right - in 2001, no Senator stepped forward

That's what Michael Moore depicted in Farenheit 911.

Barbara Boxer did object in 2005 - partly because, she said at the time, she regretted not standing with the CBC in 2001.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.sfgate.com/politics/amp/Boxer-delays-presidential-vote-count-with-protest-2740511.php?client=safari

[HoneyBadger]

16. It would be strange for Warren not to do this

Considering how vocal she has been, and that she is probably running against him in 2020.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. He'll be there.

He's a real fighter.

[spin]

4. Interesting. Colin Powell could become our next President.

From the article in the OP:

WILL THIS STOP TRUMP?
It's possible in theory, but it would require the new Republican-led Congress to sustain all of the objections. This would bring Trump's electoral count below 270, and the House would then immediately vote for president out of the top 3 candidates with the highest electoral counts: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, or the highly-respected General Colin Powell, who received 3 electoral votes.
https://www.uniteforamerica.org/newsroom/2017/1/5/rg8te4dktz8m41uodxz0wnisoj0l1o

This is obviously a last ditch effort to stop Trump and I seriously doubt it has much chance of success. It would cause an uproar with conservatives and problably would precipitate a constitutional crisis.

Still in my opinion Colin Powell would make a better President than Trump assuming he would take the job. He's extremely intelligent and has an excellent background. Plus he definitely has good leadership skills.

[NWCorona]

5. I read that he was in the top three and was a bit taken aback

[spin]

7. It's been my opinion that a person has to be a little crazy to wish to ...

become the President of the United States. It's the toughest job in the world and it ages those who win it.

I doubt if Powell wants any part of the job.

[NWCorona]

8. I feel the same but still.

And you are right about the aging lol!

[True_Blue]

23. I would take Powell over Trump

But then I would take almost anyone over Trump. I think we could find a better POTUS just randomly picking someone from from the phonebook.

[spin]

24. Unfortunately the effort fell flat today. ...

Barring devine intervention Trump will be the President on January 20.

[NCTraveler]

6. Sanders is not a revolutionary. He is a career politician.

There was no revolution. He uses the term to keep his base of Independents filling the coffers. His use of the less than honest verbiage is a good move for his career and retirement on a personal level, not collective.

[Feeling the Bern]

10. More Bernie hate. Party of principle.

[NCTraveler]

11. I don't hate Bernie.

I do have serious issues with him. Some simply see hate in everything. I find the deitization of a career politician to be comical. I hear he was once a carpenter.

[Feeling the Bern]

12. Ted Kennedy was a career politician. So was Abraham Lincoln. John Adams. Thomas Jefferson

Joe Biden started his career in the Senate at 30 years old. I guess he sucks too in your eyes because he is a career politician that has been lionized.

As for a carpenter, my grandfather was a carpenter. Your point? Are you suggesting Bernie is viewed as Jesus?

There are alot of career politicians that DUer do that with. Face it. . .you just hate Bernie.

No, you have pure Bernie hate because there is an "I" in front of his names rather than a "D."

[NCTraveler]

15. What does any of that have to do with anything?

I do agree with you. Sanders is a career politician. His career shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence with such accomplished people like Kennedy and Biden.

The carpenter lines were some of the best to come out of the primary. The direct link at the deitization of a career politician with extremely limited success was outrageously funny. One of the few points of levity.

I don't hate Bernie. I actually hate very very few people in this world. Maybe that's why you don't get it and keep telling me who I hate. Hate is a debilitating emotion that can reside within anyone. I would self-reflect if I were you on how easy it comes to you. The only way you can go around telling people who they hate is if your hear is already full of hate. I wish you the best as it truly harms every area of ones life.

[Feeling the Bern]

19. :rolls eyes at the aloofness:

[NCTraveler]

20. Seems to be a go-to.

[Grey Lemercier]

14. Barbara Lee is a lioness! She was the ONLY Congressperson (out of 535) to vote against the HORRIFIC

2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) Act that spawned all the monstrous post 9-11 fallout (Iraq, Afghanistan, Patriotic Act, police/surveillance state, etc etc).

Ron Paul, Bernie, EVERY other member of Congress folded like a house of cards. It appears she trods on alone once again.

[True_Blue]

17. Absolutely!

This is the perfect time for a revolution. Americans should be revolting everywhere against this Russian takeover of our Country. This may be our last chance to save America.

Just wondering if Bernie has commented at all on this Russian coup over our democracy? Maybe he has, but I haven't heard anything from him regarding this.

[SidDithers]

21. Kick...nt

Sid

[HoneyBadger]

22. Warren did not step up

[bravenak]

25. Where was he?!?!

[BlueCaliDem]

26. Were Democrat Barbara Boxer still a Senator, she would've stood with House Dems, like she did in

2005.

I understand why Kamala Harris didn't (she's new) but I can't understand why 'anti-establishment' Sanders didn't, now that he's a senator. I thought it was right up his alley.

[EffieBlack]

27. I remember people on this board attacking Hillary for not standing up in 2001

Funny how Bernie can do no wrong, even when he does exactly what they lambasted Hillary for.

Hypocrisy...