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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why the Millinnials are following a 73-year-old Democratic Socialist [View all]DrBulldog
(841 posts)25. Maybe the young are starting to realize that . . .
. . . Bernie Sanders has stood up and WALKED THE WALK straight as an arrow on the side of history his ENTIRE life and has accumulated and developed many years of sharp judgment and deep wisdom so uncommon to today's politicians. He is one of a kind. He is one in a million, maybe a billion. He may also be our nation's very last chance to save it from mud-sliding into permanent oligarchy and economic oppression.
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Why the Millinnials are following a 73-year-old Democratic Socialist [View all]
Le Taz Hot
Aug 2015
OP
The one thing about Mr. Sanders that I liked before the campaign started
Betty Karlson
Aug 2015
#119
'They are uniquely positioned in time to bear an unusual amount of responsibility.'
PatrickforO
Aug 2015
#46
Well, I'm sure insulting them will convince them to vote for your candidate.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2015
#134
Kind of like our history of never electing a person of color as President?
bullwinkle428
Aug 2015
#146
Not many millenials here, I expect. Most of us are baby boomers probably n/t
PatrickforO
Aug 2015
#51
DU skews fairly old, in my experience, compared to other parts of the internet.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2015
#78
yes. they do like his tone. for sure. from day one i said he would get the university,
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#26
yes. again. day one, i said social network would work well for sanders. i agree. nt
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#27
LOL That is precisely the point. None of us are asking for much just fairness in the system.
Live and Learn
Aug 2015
#37
she and omalley have been forefront on these issues, you are just uninformed thinking they are
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#40
ya, see. i stopped reading at the insult. i support omalley firstly. secondly get your facts
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#53
i grew up in calif. college was certainly affordable. i am putting one thru college now and one
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#105
Not like the other side that drools at the prospects that fracking will increase oil company
rhett o rick
Aug 2015
#94
i am really fuckin tired that people cannot have a fuckin conversation without fuckin insults....
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#97
"I take it you are against free college and $15 min wage? " no, i do not buy into free college. yes
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#98
no. i have them all around me. i think they are desperate, smart, and kick most of our ass.
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#143
I am a Millenial, and my friends and family Millenials are tired of being fucked by rich people.
EEO
Aug 2015
#16
With what Congress? I look forward to Millenials recruiting House Reps and Senators
BlueCaliDem
Aug 2015
#113
Well, if you actually paid attention, Sanders is already saying he can't do it alone.
jeff47
Aug 2015
#151
No. *You* finally are. Understanding political realities is why I won't support Bernie Sanders.
BlueCaliDem
Aug 2015
#152
What the heck?? Who's calling whom a dumbass? Your words: "Well, if you actually paid attention..."
BlueCaliDem
Aug 2015
#167
Which is why we need to protect net neutrality and stop any assault on open, interactive media.
senz
Aug 2015
#31
Actually, you can thank Millennials for the dramatic sea change in public opinion on things like
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2015
#79
attack the typo...I'm so impressed. So you think all schools buy their textbooks from Texas
magical thyme
Aug 2015
#145
um, your words: Their school textbooks were written by Texas creationists and revisionists.
magical thyme
Aug 2015
#183
Wow..A welcome change from 30+ years ago when 20 somethings started supporting Ronald Reagan
whathehell
Aug 2015
#43
Ronnie got the young vote by talking about the 30% being taken out of the pay check.
LiberalArkie
Aug 2015
#77
The saying, "they do not suffer fools gladly" often paraphrased from Corinthians comes to mind.
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2015
#72
How much did the Iraq invasion and slaughter cost? Was Hillary concerned about its cost
Arugula Latte
Aug 2015
#123
Except he's already outlined how he plans to pay for it. You even quoted it, in brief
Scootaloo
Aug 2015
#158
Not just millennials. Fast growing Sanders constituency group on facebook is WOMEN
Catherina
Aug 2015
#88
He is ike the guy running for class president who wants what other modern high schools have
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2015
#96
A Man Of The People - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go
cantbeserious
Aug 2015
#106
Is there actually any data out there showing Sanders overperforms among millenials?
tritsofme
Aug 2015
#116
This older millennial (sometimes a millennial, sometimes an xer according to people who do demograph
MillennialDem
Aug 2015
#139
We have come a long way since Socialist Eugene Debs at the turn of the twentieth century.
gordianot
Aug 2015
#163
On what do you base "THE" Millennials following a 73-year-old Democratic Socialist?
George II
Aug 2015
#168