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emmaverybo

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26. Good article. His conspiratorial talk bothers me. I think it bothers a lot of people who want

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #18)

Fri Mar 13, 2020, 10:43 AM

Mar 2020

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less drama and more sanity in the next president.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Bernie Sanders and "Movement Politics" [View all] MineralMan Mar 2020 OP

I remember that time as well PatSeg Mar 2020 #1

Like Pete Buttigieg said, we're long past due for a political reset. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #2

Exactly. As Democrats, we need to stop focusing primarily on Presidents. MineralMan Mar 2020 #9

Yes PatSeg Mar 2020 #10

Thank you for your thoughtful reply. MineralMan Mar 2020 #6

The term "unbending" PatSeg Mar 2020 #11

Exactly. That was what turned me off from the movement at that time. MineralMan Mar 2020 #13

Any study of the Russian revolution PatSeg Mar 2020 #14

Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago" is a pretty MineralMan Mar 2020 #16

Me too PatSeg Mar 2020 #17

I was so much older then musicman65 Mar 2020 #19

I agree Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #3

I agree with some of them, although Hayden's understanding of many MineralMan Mar 2020 #7

Just a side note here PatSeg Mar 2020 #12

Too cool! MineralMan Mar 2020 #21

He was there the day PatSeg Mar 2020 #22

I followed that trial pretty closely. MineralMan Mar 2020 #23

Yes, that is what I recall PatSeg Mar 2020 #24

Patriarchy, absolutely. MineralMan Mar 2020 #25

For a lot of young men, PatSeg Mar 2020 #33

disagree with something from that piece. wyldwolf Mar 2020 #4

You're right about that, I think, although I don't like the word "white trash" one bit. MineralMan Mar 2020 #8

Movement politics Todd79 Mar 2020 #5

Tom was a good Irishman. H2O Man Mar 2020 #15

The Establishment Didn't Destroy Bernie Sanders. He destroyed himself Gothmog Mar 2020 #18

Good article. His conspiratorial talk bothers me. I think it bothers a lot of people who want emmaverybo Mar 2020 #26

Great post. brush Mar 2020 #32

The movement described in that piece resonates for me... The Sanders movement does not Blasphemer Mar 2020 #20

I have been poor. True Blue American Mar 2020 #28

Thank you for that! True Blue American Mar 2020 #27

the democratic party has been a party of movements rampartc Mar 2020 #29

It's interesting that you mention Ralph Nader. MineralMan Mar 2020 #30

a hero to many of us of that age rampartc Mar 2020 #35

I'm of that age, as well. I do not consider Ralph Nader to be any sort of hero. MineralMan Mar 2020 #36

Agreed, his favorite phrase, "fighting the establishment" is pure '60s campus radical... brush Mar 2020 #31

As we're seeing, though, young people are not flocking to the polls MineralMan Mar 2020 #34