Michael Moore: History was made tonight.

[madfloridian]

History was made tonite: A conscientious objector running 4 Prez, who believes in democratic socialism, stood & spoke & was wildly applauded

Michael Moore's Twitter page.

[liberal_at_heart]

1. yes, indeed. History was made tonight.

With all the support he is getting from the people, the argument that a democratic socialist cannot win has been blown out of the water.

[aikanae]

3. so has the myth that canidates need to sell their soul to win

[liberal_at_heart]

4. I agree. Many Americans were getting their first glimpse of Bernie tonight. I kind of wish he

had talked more about how he is the only candidate who does not have a super PAC. I do like how he gave himself a plug there at the end though. That was funny, and a good reminder. It certainly spurred me to donate again after the debate was over.

[JDPriestly]

5. Yes. I donated earlier today and bought a tee-shirt and A YARD SIGN

Can't wait to put up my yard sign and wear my tee-shirt.

[Ino]

8. I got a button & bumper sticker...

at the debate viewing party tonight. I am so happy!

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

33. Like I have said before.

Now is the time for a real progressive populist movement, but the message needs to be clear and not overly complex and it needs to be repeated over and over to drive it home into the minds of the people.

Then Bernie will win.

[hughee99]

36. Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

He still hasn't even won the primary yet, though I'm hopeful.

[cui bono]

2. k and fuckin' r

[Fearless]

6. Thank goodness someone posted something of value in the last twenty minutes

Instead of spamming the board with barely readable (as in poor quality writing) articles of someone's cut and paste meme based opinion.

[demwing]

22. Yes, my Trash bin runneth over

"cut and paste meme based opinion" nails it.

[Snotcicles]

24. I love the trash bin and ignore list. My favorite options lately. nt

[cprise]

7. Yes to this!!!

He couldn't be more right.

[Aerows]

9. It's a sad state of affairs in our nation

when a politician has principles and it's cause for celebration.

Oh, well, I'll take what I got!

[madfloridian]

17. Very true.

[Helen Borg]

10. So, is Hillary toast? I did not wach the debate.

[in_cog_ni_to]

12. No. The Corporate Owned MSM is all in for the Corporate Owned Candidate, Hillary, so

she's still in it. The actual VOTERS,WE THE PEOPLE, chose Bernie as the winner by a HUGE, OVERWHELMING margin, but the CORPORATE OWNED MSM must push their Corporate Owned candidate, Hillary. It's disgusting to watch how blatant they are we're told not to believe our lying eyes (and ears) apparently.

[nc4bo]

13. But of course they are. No surprise.

Sanders was excellent. He wasn't perfectly practiced but he was genuine.

It's up to voters to separate honesty from bullshit.

[NonMetro]

23. The New York Times Said HRC Won

Wow. Are we surprised or what?

Of course, they also said Carly Fiorina won the Republican one.

[Flying Shoe]

32. Well said.

Bernie was great, especially in our eyes, but Hillary has those kinds of one-liners that can blow up an audience. Plus the DNC debate head works for Hillary, Cooper is a member of the Clinton Foundation for crying out loud. That being said, many people saw Bernie and his message for the first time. That could do a lot of good.

[Helen Borg]

34. Lessig would have made a big difference in the discussion!

[arlington.mass]

38. Sloganeering

She is an expert sloganeer

She is also an expert at dodging a question

She has perfected the non-answer

She actually turned a question about gun control legislation into a boisterous attack on pro-lifers / defense of planned parenthood to thunderous applause...still didn't answer the question and AC quickly moved on

[NewJeffCT]

30. Nobody is toast this early

unless they're down in the 1-2% range like Scott Walker.

In November 2003, Howard Dean was the clear frontrunner for the Democratic nomination - Dean had 29%, Dick Gephardt had 21%, John Kerry was at 15% and John Edwards was at 8%.

In October, Gephardt was at 27% and Dean 26%

In December, Kerry had dropped to 9%, Dean was at 26%, Gephardt at 22% and John Edwards at 5%.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries,_2004

[in_cog_ni_to]

11. Yes Indeed! Tryng to smear Bernie with the boogieman "Democratic Socialist" label just isn't going

work. No one cares. If the greedy Wall St., Big Oil, Big Ag, Big Pharma Capitalists hadn't been so greedy by having to have it all, more, more, more, me, me, me - perhaps things would be different. Since CAPITALISM has obviously failed and everyone knows it, that "Democratic Socialist" tag is looking pretty good to them.

People know Bernie. People know he's good. People know he's served in Congress for 25 years. They know he's not some loony communist hell-bent on destroying this country.

Sorry folks, you're going to have to think of new angles to attack Bernie because the people seem to like what they heard.

[LWolf]

14. YES. nt

[Major Hogwash]

15. This should end all of the "Bernie is not a Democrat" equine excrement at the DU forum, as well.

But, it probably won't.

[madfloridian]

16. You are right. It won't.

That's just the way things are here.

[Ron Green]

19. I think you're gonna have to define "appreciate."

[geardaddy]

21. Did you forget your sarcasm smilie? n/t

[PowerToThePeople]

20. We are getting there.

Much more needs to happen. The conservatives of both parties will try their best to stop it. It will not be stopped.

[Enthusiast]

25. Hey, Michael! We have had about enough of the alternative!

[Sunlei]

26. I want Sanders and Clinton to TEAM UP

Team up you two

[jwirr]

28. Clinton has been suggested by someone here on DU as

head of Health and Human Services.

[Sunlei]

29. Team as President & VP, that team would win easy

[jwirr]

35. That is true.

[WillyT]

27. HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!!

[Uncle Joe]

31. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, madfloridian.

[stuffmatters]

37. The debate overall a great win for our party, but Bernie's got to represent better for Dem Socialism

And his record.He's got to "defang" that simple minded attack. Cooper," a Vanderbilt heir," as Patton Oswald tweeted, attacked Bernie for being a socialist! Also threw in a couple slurs about "honeymooning in Russia' and being a conscientious objector. Bernie seemed caught off guard, maybe because of the personal honeymoon reference. (It was actually one of those mayoral sister cities delegation so many mayors took in the eighties)

Time for Bernie to mention that the American working class is already massively financing socialism for the rich without enjoying any benefit from that. In our currently rigged system, corporate profits are privatized and hoarded offshore but corporate losses socialized & thrown onto the American working class to pick up the enormous tab. For example our socialized economy for the elite supports a tax code that rewards money making money over honest labor; this legalized corporate tax evasion greatly handicaps small businesses trying to compete with tax subsidized corps.

Bernie also doesn't need to stretch so often to Nordic countries to explain the benefits of Dem Socialism, where taxpayers actually enjoy enormous benefits from the taxes they pay. Medicare and social security, despite 75 years of Republicans and the wealthy trying to dismantle them, are easily understandable and respected examples of government programs that work for everyone. Their only financial challenges come from the wealthy and corporations driving to minimize their automatic contributions, which is why we need to scrap the cap for both millionaires and corporations.

[colsohlibgal]

39. Yep, And He Is Only Beholden To The People

As opposed to Hillary, Wall Street, the Defense/Security Complex, all that Big Business plutocrat money comes with strings attached.

Legalized bribery, but Bernie is getting his cash from we the people, no Super Pac money.

[YOHABLO]

40. And I say lets keep this train running.

[MasonDreams]

41. perspective yes, progress from Shrub to Sanity!!!