2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If Bernie is courting progressive voters, why Liberty University? [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)as long as we have a Republican Congress.
As long as we refuse to tell our story and present our ideas to Republican audiences, we will have a Republican Congress.
Some grass-roots Republicans will be drawn by Sanders' message on the TPP and other trade agreements, on banking especially the Federal Reserve Bank, on Social Security, on free college education at state schools and on social welfare.
I think it is great that Sanders is reaching out to voters in the South and in the Republican Party. And it is not true that all devout Christians are conservative. Many read the Bible regularly and are moved by Jesus' message about caring for the poor and the imprisoned, etc.
A few of the Liberty University students may be searching for new ideas. Who knows? Bernie may start some students on rethinking the conservatism they were raised with.
Too bad Hillary wasn't invited yet. Or was she and if so was she just too snobbish to accept?
Maybe talking to people who disagree with her on some issues is just over Hillary's head?