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In reply to the discussion: Bernie, you're killin' me. [View all]sheshe2
(83,793 posts)98. OMG. Read this!
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The brilliant manager of Bernie Sanderss 2016 presidential campaign shows how Bernie took on the entire establishment and changed modern American politics for good.
When Jeff Weaver hopped in a car with Bernie Sanders in the summer of 1986, he had no idea the Vermont backroads would lead them all the way to the 2016 presidential campaign.
In How Bernie Won, Weaver shows how Bernie sparked a movement that would sweep America and inspire millions. He vowed not to run a negative campaign. He would focus on policies, not personalities. He would not be beholden to big money. He would actually make America work for ordinary people. Weaver also shows how they overcame significant challenges: A media that thrived on negative campaigns. A party controlled by insiders. And a political system dependent on big money. Weaver explains how Bernie beat them all and, in doing so, went from having little national name recognition when he entered to the race to being one of the most respected and well-known people in the world by its end―because, Weaver argues, Bernie won the race.
He moved the discussion from the concerns of the 1% to those of the 99%. He forced the Democrats to remember their populist roots. And he showed that an outsider with real ideas and ways to get them done could compete and win against the establishments hand-picked candidate.
From holding bags of Bernie buttons and picket-stick signs, to managing thousands of campaign workers, to looking ahead to 2020, Weaver chronicles the birth of a revolution that didnt end in November 2016. Its only just begun.
https://www.amazon.com/How-Bernie-Won-Revolution-Country/dp/1250144752
The brilliant manager of Bernie Sanderss 2016 presidential campaign shows how Bernie took on the entire establishment and changed modern American politics for good.
When Jeff Weaver hopped in a car with Bernie Sanders in the summer of 1986, he had no idea the Vermont backroads would lead them all the way to the 2016 presidential campaign.
In How Bernie Won, Weaver shows how Bernie sparked a movement that would sweep America and inspire millions. He vowed not to run a negative campaign. He would focus on policies, not personalities. He would not be beholden to big money. He would actually make America work for ordinary people. Weaver also shows how they overcame significant challenges: A media that thrived on negative campaigns. A party controlled by insiders. And a political system dependent on big money. Weaver explains how Bernie beat them all and, in doing so, went from having little national name recognition when he entered to the race to being one of the most respected and well-known people in the world by its end―because, Weaver argues, Bernie won the race.
He moved the discussion from the concerns of the 1% to those of the 99%. He forced the Democrats to remember their populist roots. And he showed that an outsider with real ideas and ways to get them done could compete and win against the establishments hand-picked candidate.
From holding bags of Bernie buttons and picket-stick signs, to managing thousands of campaign workers, to looking ahead to 2020, Weaver chronicles the birth of a revolution that didnt end in November 2016. Its only just begun.
https://www.amazon.com/How-Bernie-Won-Revolution-Country/dp/1250144752
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Cha
Jun 2018
#38
I realize you said this yesterday, but there are posts about that book party now on DU.
George II
Jun 2018
#104
I agree..and as I said earlier ...moving the party to the left by stripping it of all power and
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#88
The damage to the environment is catastrophic and in some cases irreversible. The Greens should
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#91
That has not happened ...after losing the courts in this quest for 'revolution' , we will be lucky
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#89
Each day since trump took office is worse than the day before. Millions of people are suffering
lunamagica
Jun 2018
#11
No doubt. He and Sarandon can pontificate from their ivory towers. Nothing trump
lunamagica
Jun 2018
#15
Unfugging believable that they are so brazenly admitting it...but we knew it all along, didn't we,
lunamagica
Jun 2018
#118
Well, his supporters got their tariffs, reneging on trade agreements, immigration control, and
Hoyt
Jun 2018
#33
Many of us...and there are Clinton supporters in that mix here on this board , who did not like the
JCanete
Jun 2018
#69
Most Sanders supporters voting for Clinton, didn't cost us the election -- just a few thousand did.
Hoyt
Jun 2018
#74
I don't think so. No one voted for trump based upon Russian lies, unless they were leaning that way
Hoyt
Jun 2018
#83
hey, we agree on something here. ON the other hand, our media has been doing a powerful
JCanete
Jun 2018
#116
What damage. If Sanders supporters came out in the same ratio for Clinton that Clinton supporters
JCanete
Jun 2018
#114
I disliked the TPP...and I supported Clinton...I also believe in fair trade, but Trumps mess will
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#84
I couldn't be more over Bernie. We need a real Democrat in that seat.
Bleacher Creature
Jun 2018
#36
holy fuck...people won't let this absolutely unfounded line of bullshit lie. Why are you spouting
JCanete
Jun 2018
#68
And its the same thing Maher said when he interviewed him, the point being that
JCanete
Jun 2018
#67
Well look, I agree with you that if Sanders is talking about the overall results of not just his
JCanete
Jun 2018
#73
Yeah...and losing the courts for a generation makes this so worthwhile...not
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#86
Pulling the party to te left was not worth losing the courts for a generation...it just wasn't.
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#87
except that you cannot point to any evidencde that doing so lost us the election. Its frustrating
JCanete
Jun 2018
#111
We all have our opinions on this...but the idea that somehow this is a silver lining...I don't
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#112
well overall it might be a silver lining, but i"m as cynical as you are here, but I"m not sure that
JCanete
Jun 2018
#115
Sanders said that we really won in 16. I didn't make that up...his words. Sorry I don't think we
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#113