2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBrent Budowsky: Sanders rattles Trump, Clinton
Source: The HillFor more evidence that American politics is engaged in the summer of Sanders and not the summer of Trump, witness the fun and fascinating events that unfolded on Wednesday.
Breakfast brought news of a stunning poll of New Hampshire voters from Franklin Pierce University and the Boston Herald showing that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has vaulted to a 44 percent to 37 percent lead over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. This poll ... is consistent with trends showing a surge of support for Sanders, who is drawing overflow crowds that are stunning to serious practitioners of politics.
By lunchtime Wednesday, political aficionados were greeted by the news that Donald Trump had launched into a scathing denunciation of Sanders, who as a young man had attended Martin Luther King Jr.s I Have A Dream speech, for showing respect for Black Lives Matter supporters, giving them time to address his well-attended rallies. That will never happen at my rallies, bellowed Trump! Of course not. Donald Trump sharing his microphone with anyone is less likely than Napoleon Bonaparte sharing his brioche with the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo! ~snip~
Clinton has good reason to worry about Sanders ... My hope is that Clinton finds her bearings, seizes her moment and defines her vision in clear and compelling terms. But until she does, she will have more reasons to be rattled.
As for Trump, after his campaign ends he has a brilliant future in real estate, but not real politics. While he pursues his candidacy in the style of reality television, it is Bernie Sanders who has the really large crowds and the really big ideas and the really large heart of a man on a mission, unlike the rattled real estate mogul who keeps praising his own wealth and running a perpetual commercial advertising the wonders of himself.
MORE: http://thehill.com/opinion/brent-budowsky/250976-brent-budowsky-sanders-rattles-trump-clinton
840high
(17,196 posts)ruffburr
(1,190 posts)7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)like this in my lifetime and I am so thankful to be still be on this planet witnessing it now!
That is all.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)and I've been in politics on & off since the 60s
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)Ms. 7wo7rees volunteered to work the event and just so we didn't have to hassle with traffic or heat we spent the Saturday nite at the hotel event was held in on Sunday.
It was great to be there!
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)Last edited Wed Aug 12, 2015, 09:58 PM - Edit history (1)
Don't know what else to say but that I believe we are feeling "The BERN'!!
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)but i think you meant "BeRn" .. lol ... yep.
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)Tommymac
(7,263 posts)"My house's out of the ordinary
That's might don't want to hurt nobody
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
Burning down the house"
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)chknltl
(10,558 posts)"Donald Trump sharing his microphone with anyone is less likely than Napoleon Bonaparte sharing his brioche with the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo!" KnR
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)WillyT
(72,631 posts)99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)They're on meme patrol 24/7 - busy recycling the old stuff, cobbling together new talking points, it's Hillarious.
PatrickforO
(14,592 posts)He can win this thing.
I mean, look at the dialog:
Bernie's a longshot. He's a socialist. He'll plateau at 25% max. He can't win.
Then, he's weak with minorities.
Then, well this surge shows people are impressed, but gee, they still think of Hillary as the nominee.
You know what I think? I think the pundits and the establishment candidates are misreading the mood of Americans badly. I think Bernie's gonna win primary after primary, and go to the general election. And he'll win that too, because he's got us!
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)PatrickforO
(14,592 posts)And then that guy did that logo that reads 'I'm for the FRINGE candidate' and shows a silhouette of Bernie's flyaway hair.
You know, it's so REFRESHING that we aren't supporting a guy who wastes his money on $300 haircuts! Isn't it?
I think I converted two more people to Bernie's cause today - or at least got them to look into what he's saying...
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)A great DUer from the Bernie Group added the 'I'm for the FRINGE candidate, Jackpine Liberal, to the hair. Sadly he passed away suddenly and we miss him very much.
The hair also made it to the Vt Teddy Bear's 'Bernie Bear'.
Turning lemons into lemonade. And the Socialist thing was a real loser as they didn't realize that today's generation WANT a Democratic Socialist Government by 7 out of 10 polls show. Lol.
All that money spent to try to smear him. They need to hire better smearmongers, they seem to be very out of touch with the people.