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sabrina 1's Journal"Sitting next to Bernie on flight home very proud that he's from VT. Feel the Bern!"
https://twitter.com/johncohnvtSitting next to Bernie on a plane when i got this on FB. Showed him...and he liked it ! #FeelTheBern
Sitting next to Bernie Sanders on flight home very Proud that he's from VT. Feel the Bern !
Bernie is still mingling with ordinary people, on planes, on trains and I've read he often just drives with a friend to get to DC from Vt.
People do worry about him but I guess he wants to stay in touch with the people he feels most comfortable with as long as he can.
Phish for Bernie! Bernie has the most cool supporters!
Hilarious! Billionaires Try To Shut Down Bernie Sanders Headquarters!
Lol! Bernie's supporters are fantastic!
It will definitely make you laugh.
PPPolling: Bernie Sanders is the most popular candidate on either side of the aisle in New Hampshire
This is from Public Policy Polling:
Ayotte/Hassan a Toss Up; Clinton/Sanders Generally Lead GOP Field
He's doing better than Hillary by one point against Bush.
And better than Clinton against Trump and Rubio!
More and more polls are showing Bernie closing the gap with Clinton as more and more people get to know him.
#BernieCanWin
West Virginia Poll: Clinton 36%, Sanders 32%!
W.V. Poll Clinton 36% Sanders 32%The report noted that all respondents knew who Hillary was, while one third did not know who Bernie was. Yet!
Poll: Democrats running for WV gov locked in dead heat
Clinton was recognized by nearly all of the survey’s respondents while Sanders could not be rated by a third of respondents.
Bernie rises in polls as people get to know him. Several polls are now showing him going into the 30s while half the country still doesn't know who he is.
So a lot of work still to be done to introduce Bernie to as many people as possible, but amazing work considering its only been a few months, Bernie is doing it without Corporate money, without the backing of the DNC, and starting out with practically zero name recognition.
Watch Young Senator Barack Obama Campaign for Bernie Sanders in 2006
Watch Young Senator Barack Obama Campaign for Bernie Sanders in 2006?t=28
Obama also teased Sanders about his cult following in Vermont.
"How do you campaign where everybody knows you?" he asked. "I mean, what's the point?"
Sanders would go on to win his race with 67% of the vote.
Biden Will Not Accept Corporate Money If He Runs! Money in Politics 'Corrosive & Corrupting' he says
About one month ago, Joe Biden issued a challenge to Democrats after calling the Money that is so corrupting to our system of Government "A Hell of a Way to Run Democracy"
Biden said that Democrats MUST 'disarm' from this money and lead the way to getting it out of our system of government:
That's a pretty strong statement so I am sure that if he enters the race, he will be joining Bernie Sanders and leading the way to END the takeover of our government by a small group of wealthy donors.
In fact, like Bernie, Biden believes that getting 'Private Money out of politics' is and should be a #1 issue for Democrats:
And like Bernie Sanders, he believes that it CAN BE DONE, but of course, only if Candidates REFUSE to accept it, as Sanders is doing:
– And he believes change is possible: “You know, we have to speak up. You have to speak up. I know a lot of what I just said sounds Pollyannish to you. But I’ve been around longer than these other guys. I’m telling you it can be done. It always is done with generations like yours.”
The American People HAVE ALREADY wakened up. Over 80% of Americans across political lines, now say this IS a number one issue for this country.
And here Biden echoes, though he doesn't mention, Bernie Sanders on HOW it is possible to NOT accept money from Private Corporations:
As everyone knows, Bernie Sanders has made Citizens United, which he calls 'one of the worst SC decisions ever made' a central issue of his campaign.
And as always, Bernie isn't just talking, he refuses to accept money from big donors and is taking small donations only from the PEOPLE who he hopes to represent and work for if elected.
He is demonstrating that it is FALSE to claim that candidates cannot run effective campaigns WITHOUT taking Corporate Money.
Biden NOT talking about Hillary he seems to want us to know, OR himself, I hope should he enter the race:
So, I personally look forward to Biden joining Bernie in refusing to take the 'corrupting, corrosive' Corporate money now even more corrosive due to Citizens United IF he enters this race.
If he does NOT then he risks, as he stated himself, losing the trust of the people.
We are, Mr. Vice President, we are! See Bernie Sanders' Campaign and join his Political Revolution which would benefit greatly with not one, but two Candidates for the WH running WITHOUT the influence of Corporate Money!
All highlights of quotes are mine ...
And if you want to know who else AGREES with Bernie, and now Biden, see here:
“Yes, We’re Corrupt”: A List of Politicians Admitting That Money Controls Politics
From Jim Hightower, one of the many from that article, both Repubs and Dems, who have now spoken out about this issue:
Two Democratic Presidential Candidates running WITHOUT taking Corporate money would totally undermine Citizens United.
Let's hope more will join them in what is the #1 issue of this campaign!
Dear Bernie Supporters! You are AMAZING!
We Bernie Supporters have been receiving a lot of 'love letters' lately with lots of 'advice' etc.
But this one is to actually applaud the amazing, awesome job those who have been supporting Bernie's campaign have done in just over three months!
From day one when Bernie announced he was going to run, he had an instant army of volunteers ready to prove the naysayers WRONG but mostly to get his Progressive Left Message out to the people without the use of Corporate Money, knowing that the Corporate Media would not be promoting a non-Corporate Candidate.
And that army has steadily grown as his volunteers spread the word to more and more people.
Though we still have a long way to go regarding NAME RECOGNITION, just LOOK at what the people working together have achieved so far:
The Largest Crowds of any other Candidate in this Campaign:
Everywhere he goes he is attracting the largest crowds of any other candidate in this campaign! How is that happening, the status quo people are wondering?
He isn't buying expensive ads or getting much help from the Corporate Media, and yet, the crowds keep on coming, growing bigger and bigger all the time, including in RED STATES!
It is because of his SUPPORTERS. They are using all the tools available to them, to get the word out to as many people as possible, and so far no one can argue, they have proven to be better at promotion than all the expensive, Corporate Funded 'promoters' working for all the other candidates!
Advancing Steadily in the Polls:
When he began this campaign, he had the equivalent of ZERO name recognition and was polling at around 3%. I remember being told 'he doesn't stand a chance, he's at 3% for crying out loud'!
Well now he has already beaten the Dem Front Runner in one very important state according to polls and in now more than just a few outliers has broken into the 30s always trending upwards, while the Front Runner has fallen below 50% for the first time in a recent poll.
Not to mention he beats the top three Republicans, including the Reality TV Star, the Repub current Front Runner (lol) proving WRONG the notion that even if he won the Nomination, 'he can't beat the Repubs'.
Donations from hundreds of thousands of us have made it possible for him to finance this campaign.
All the credit for the success of Bernie's campaign so far goes to:
1) His obviously skilled and savvy Campaign managers who are organizing all his events, and who clearly are in touch with the people, as Bernie himself is.
2) US, his Supporters who are working beautifully with his campaign to keep his amazing momentum going until every last voter in the country knows who Bernie is and hears what he has to say!
Bernie's Supporters are most likely the ENVY of all other candidates for so many reasons.
Bernie doesn't have to pay us being one major reason. To have that kind of enthusiasm, not to need paid promoters and/or expensive ads, probably equals millions of dollars in 'campaign funds' which they have to get from entities to which they will become beholden.
Most importantly, Bernie's volunteer supporters make it possible for him to remain free to SPEAK OUT AGAINST those who are harming this country, to TELL THE TRUTH to the American people without fear of having his funding taken away.
Bernie has the most awesome, amazing supporters of any other candidate, not to mention how much FUN they are too!
And if we keep up the good work, imagine what we can do over the next three months!!
Latest CNN/ORC/Int Poll Shows Sanders closing gap on Clinton
Democratic Primary TightensTwo things are clear in the latest CNN/ORC International poll of Democrats and Democratic leaners: 1) Hillary still leads; and 2) Bernie has significantly cut into that lead over the last several months. From Clinton's high water mark of 69 percent to Bernie's five percent in April (a 64-point deficit) to Bernie now trailing Clinton by 21 points, this race gets tighter every month.
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Overall, more Democrats say Clinton is the best person to handle the economy (Clinton 46 percent/Sanders 24 percent), race relations (Clinton 49/Sanders 25), foreign policy (Clinton 61/Biden 20/Sanders 10), and the income gap between rich and poor (Clinton 42/Sanders 33).
As some of the commenters to the thread stated, polls at this point are more about name recognitions than anything else.
As Bernie's name recognition increases, so do his poll numbers.
He is trending upwards every month, which means that the more people who are getting to know him, they more they are supporting him.
We need debates and I hope all the candidates will join O'Malley in his demand for those debates.
Why I do not Support Hillary Clinton
It could be summed up in one word: Judgement.
It is vitally important when choosing someone for the most important job in the country to look at their records and their positions on some of the major issues that faced them during their political careers. How they dealt with those issues, either by their votes if they were elected to represent the people, or their public positions on those issues tells us a lot about what kind of leader they will be.
If someone is in a position where they had the power to influence the lives of millions of other human beings then it better be someone who has shown they have the ability to judge the issues before them, to be able to asses the consequences that will result from their decisions and to judge those who are asking them for their support.
IF the record shows that on far too many important issues, a candidate has had to admit that their judgement was wrong, so wrong that they have to continually change their minds, to evolve and/or to apologize for their decisions then in my opinion, it is necessary to find someone else, someone who has demonstrated that they have made the correct decisions when asked to do so.
Hillary voted for the Iraq War stating she believed Bush/Cheney regarding the lies they told, which many ordinary people were able to see even though they did not have the access to the information Hillary had. I am sure there is no need to expand on the horrific consequences of that invasion still ongoing, to millions of human beings.
Hillary supported the horribly discriminatory Right Wing Welfare Reform Bill which statistics now show disproportionately adversely affected single minority mothers and their children. She public lauded the legislation and continued to do so in her last campaign for the WH in 2008. She has been silent in where she stands in this campaign.
Hillary supported the TPP while in her position as SOS and has not stated her position on this grotesque, labor killing Corporate written NAFTA on steroids, proposed secret deal so far.
When asked for her position on the Environment Destroying Keystone Pipeline, she is again evasive, stating she will let us know after she is elected. That is unacceptable for any candidate to say.
On Civil Rights for Gays Hillary touted the 'Sanctity of Marriage' in her opposition to Marriage Equality for Gays as late as 2013.
She also publicly supported all of President Clinton's devastatingly wrong policies on Tough on Crime Legislation which were responsible for expanding the prison population to the shameful rate of incarceration of mostly poor minorities which led to the destruction of families, voting rights and expanded the horrific Private Prison Industry which profits from locking up as many Americans, poor minorities mostly, as possible.
On the removal of regulations on Wall St which was signed into law by Bill Clinton, and which led to the Global Financial Meltdown, Hillary has stated she would not reinstate Glass Steagal.
On one of the most important issues finally being highlighted in this campaign, Campaign Finance Reform, the corrosive, corrupting influence of money on our electoral system, Hillary says she wants to rescind CU, while at the same time taking advantage of it.
For these and other reasons, I did not support Hillary in her last campaign, I supported Obama and do not support her in this campaign, I support Bernie Sanders.
I support Bernie Sanders because of his long record of GOOD JUDGEMENT on most of the major issues he was asked to make decisions on as an elected official.
Mostly for his prescience when he cast votes on the Iraq Wars, the Patriot Act, Welfare Reform, DOMA, and his long history on Civil Rights for AAs.
He has shown amazingly good judgement back when many politicians voted the wrong way either because they 'got it wrong', or because they were afraid of losing elections.
I cannot support anyone who has to evolve on major issues. It's great when people evolve on issues they were wrong about. Ordinary people have the time to evolve.
However, leaders do not have that luxury, their decisions will affect the very lives of millions of other people and for that reason it is our duty to make sure we choose wisely when choosing leaders.
Bernie Sanders Draws More People Than Clinton Or Trump With Crowd That Stopped Iowa State Fair
Bernie Sanders Draws More People Than Clinton Or Trump With Crowd That Stopped Iowa State FairChuck Todd reported on Meet The Press that Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders drew more people to the Iowa State Fair than Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. Todd said that the Sanders crowd was so big that it stopped the fair.
Before bringing in Sanders for an interview, Todd said, “From my three days in Iowa, it’s clear to me that the Bernie Sanders phenomenon is very real. The Vermont Independent Senator is attracting huge crowds.”
After bringing in Sanders, Todd continued, “I have to say I was both in Clear Lake watched you there, watched you in Soapbox. You had so many people, the fair stopped. Forget Trump. Forget Hillary Clinton. I think you might have had the biggest crowd yesterday.”
Bernie2016TV tried to livestream his event in Dubugue but there were technical problems which they say, they are encountering at other Bernie events.
I haven't found any information on how big that crowd was yet.
His next event is tomorrow, Tuesday in Reno!
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