Bernie Sanders Appreciation Thread.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Say something positive about him. I'll start. He brought important issues like wage equality and lack of equal acces to medical care to the forefront.

[FarPoint]

1. Bernie is a good Senator for Vermont.

[The Magistrate]

3. Oh, Well Played Sir

Very nicely done....

[SiliconValley_Dem]

2. He has brought Larry David back which is great

[LizBeth]

4. Five years, I've got nuthin'

[USALiberal]

17. classy! nt

[LizBeth]

18. Sanders is still running ads for $ and still creating a battle. That is lack of class.

[llashram]

19. me either

[Demsrule86]

6. Sen. Sanders has served in Congress honorably for many years and has always fought for the

little guy. He inspired a movement.

[W_HAMILTON]

7. Most of his supporters seem to genuinely like him.

[OrlandoDem2]

8. We would be crazy not to fight for some of the things he envisioned!

[HarlanPepper]

9. He's out of the race.

[Politicub]

10. I loved his vision for the country.

I hope we see pieces of his agenda implemented.

[aikoaiko]

11. He kept me in the Democratic Party with his vision of what could be

And he showed that old hippy leftie could fight as hard as anyone for the presidency if enough everyday people gave their support.

[totodeinhere]

12. I'm sorry that he did not get the nomination. Ideologically he was closest to my views.

He will now return to the Senate and do good work there.

[moriah]

13. He cares FAR more about Democratic voter's lives...

... than the Supreme Court does, or than he cares about a new job title.

He also cares about the platform we devise, and getting Trump out.

[flamingdem]

14. Bernie has contributed A LOT and his legacy is huuuuge

He deserves our love and appreciation.

Let's just do that and forget the bs regarding his followers.

There are more of us and they'll get with it.

[femmedem]

15. He understands the urgency of climate change.

He was among our best candidates on that issue and on income inequality.

[democrattotheend]

16. He showed that one could mount a serious campaign fueled by small donors

I don't think anyone had ever managed that until 2016. Obama took some important steps in that direction, but Bernie was the first candidate to mount a serious challenge without closed door fundraisers, bundlers, or any corporate $. I'm proud to have supported him in 2016 and I'm proud of him for doing the right thing today.

[bullwinkle428]

20. Bernie may not realize it right now, but in MANY significant ways, HE WON.

Just look at how much the party platform has shifted, even if you're talking about going back to 2008. Look at the way that Joe was quick to adopt a number of Elizabeth Warren's specific plans to address several issues, and it would be intellectually dishonest to fail to acknowledge that her candidacy was the most direct "spin-off" of Bernie's 2016 campaign.

[femmedem]

23. Absolutely. His ideas became mainstream within a few short years. n/t

[zackymilly]

21. His hair is nicer than trump's.

[BlueWI]

22. Bernie helped strengthen support for real structural change.

Health care is a human right.

Our future generations deserve more than a mountain of college debt before they enter a profession.

Wall Street extracts too much profit and privilege from outsized lobbying influence.

Without a strong majority of everyday people demanding change at the ballot box, oligarchy will continue to gain ground.

Red state America is being hoodwinked by the Republican leadership it votes for, and the right appeal can build support for real change.

Even without Bernie as a candidate, these conditions remain. Who will stand up tall and make real structural change happen? That's the question.