Bernie Sanders: "All These Ideas .... I Knew In My Heart ....

[sabrina 1]

All these ideas, I knew in my heart would resonate with Americans, I didn't believe they'd resonate so fast.- Bernie

You were wrong for once, Bernie!

We knew if we just had someone to speak for the PEOPLE the people would respond, as they have!

Thank you Bernie for BEING that Voice!

[Demeter]

1. Amen

[pinebox]

2. He's truly a great guy

and the closest thing we'll ever see to FDR in our lifetime.
My dream ticket would be Bernie/Warren or Bernie/Stein.

We need change in this country and it can happen. The dream for millions to be able to stand on their own while working to serve on others in the Arby's drive-thru is attainable. There's only one candidate though who can provide that. Bernie.

[sabrina 1]

7. I'm torn about Warren leaving the Senate, though I love the idea of a Sanders/Warren ticket.

We're going to need to fill Congress with Democrats who are not just dinos and replace those who are. So while I want to see her with Bernie, I also want MORE of her and Bernie in the Senate.

Barbara Lee who joined Bernie in voting against the Patriot Act and the War in Iraq, showed the same courage in doing so at that time as he did.

Wouldn't mind seeing her as VP for Bernie. However, I have a feeling all Congressional Dems are being pressured not to endorse him but to endorse the Corp candidate.

[Autumn]

3. Please post this in the group

It made my day.

[sabrina 1]

6. I will do that!

[think]

4. Integrity

The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.

"he is known to be a man of integrity"

synonyms: honesty, probity, rectitude, honor, good character, principle(s), ethics, morals, righteousness, morality, virtue, decency, fairness, scrupulousness, sincerity, truthfulness, trustworthiness

"I never doubted his integrity"

[Zorra]

5. Nice!

Great post, sabrina 1.

[tokenlib]

8. For once, a candidate who is not the lesser of evils...n/t

[sabrina 1]

9. Like a breath of fresh air! n/t

[cosmicone]

10. They have resonated with 25% of the people

rest of us ... not so much.

[HerbChestnut]

11. Thank you, Hillary Brigade, for bringing down another positive thread.

[cosmicone]

12. I didn't bring it down. I cited a fact. n/t

[sabrina 1]

14. Of course you didn't, that would be impossible for you to do. You TRIED I suppose, but one has

to have credibility on an issue to succeed.

[cosmicone]

15. 25% is credible and supported by scientific polls by multiple pollsters.

But .. then .. some would like to believe that Bernie is winning all 50 states.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251650529

[pinebox]

29. I'll cite you another poll.

We'll take that 25% of DEMOCRAT voters and then the majority of indy and third party voters along with some Republicans and WIN in a general while doing BETTER than Hillary against a Republican opponent.

[sabrina 1]

31. That's what they choose to ignore. The polls they repeatedly cite do not account for all the

crossover support Bernie is accumulating, nor do they even account for the newly registered Dems, former non-voters here in NY eg or former Repubs, Greens, Indies who had to register by Oct 9th here in NY, another attempt to suppress the vote btw, by requiring that members of other parties had to register BEFORE the first debate.

That's fine, I'll now focus on registered Dems and non voters.

Their polls are only of a limited number of registered Dems, some not even polling young Dems.

[cosmicone]

41. And if my aunt had a mustache, I'd have called her "uncle." n/t

[sabrina 1]

40. And then, there are those who contribute nothing to this forum but stalking and

bad snark, nasty personal attacks etc. I have no clue what the goal is, it is losing support for their candidate, from people who don't particularly care to be represented by such actions. Maybe that IS the goal, to lose the election for Hillary?

Do you have any OPs on ISSUES btw that we could look at to see where you stand on issues?


All I have seen is this kind of nebulous, non-substantive participation in the stalkish thingy, which has gone nowhere btw, so I don't want to misjudge your contributions by THAT if there is something else to go by.

I think I asked this already re election rules, which you didn't seem to be very familiar with, but what state will you be voting in for the primaries?

I'm in NY eg, where the rules are restricting people who might want to switch parties, as many have already. to vote for Bernie, from doing so. We are trying to get that changed as it is totally not acceptable.

[cosmicone]

42. Wasn't Bernie already winning NY along with the other 49 states?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251650529

[sabrina 1]

45. Like I said, thanks for digging in, stalking. What state will you be voting in, and what are the

rules re the primaries in your state? Open, Closed, Blue, Red???

Trying again to get you on the issues rather than personally stalking other DUers.

I love that thread btw, it got a lot of people very upset for some reason.

[cosmicone]

46. The primaries will be decided a long long time before my state.

But, not to worry ... it is one of the 50 that Bernie is winning !!

[sabrina 1]

47. Is ther some reason why you don't want to discuss the issues, the rules of your state eg

re open or closed primaries? Does your state have open or closed primaries?

[sabrina 1]

13. You're really worried about Bernie aren't you? Don't, he'll make a great president and will

represent you as fairly as he will represent the majority who help get him elected.

It's amazing how far he has come considering how unknown he was and still is. But we are working hard to fix that. Just signed up a new voter for him btw.

People are so psyched to find a politician who actually represents them.

[cosmicone]

17. He doesn't impress me .. long on rhetoric and lofty populism

short on specifics and policy.

[sabrina 1]

22. Lol! I sense a bit of desperation in that false, and it is false, drive by!

[cosmicone]

23. ummmm yeah whatever n/t

[sabrina 1]

32. I like specifics better than 'whatever'. I present facts, but if 'whatever' is okay with you

that's your choice!

[cosmicone]

36. Specifics like Bernie is winning all 50 states?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251650529

[sabrina 1]

48. Stalking is creepy!

[pinebox]

30. She's a DINO.

[hootinholler]

16. It seems you're a wee bit behind the times

RCP average has Bernie at 32ish right now.

[cosmicone]

19. Ohhhh whoopie

Bernie is surging !!! He is at 32% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hootinholler]

24. It seems he's nearly closed the Biden bump that Hillary got.

Those polls don't reflect the MSNBC forum effect yet.

Yeah, he's doing ok for this point in the primaries.

[sabrina 1]

33. Yes, you got that right. He is surging with Indies, Greens, Libertarians, formerly non-voters,

inspired for the first time by someone who is speaking for them. Repubs, sick of their own party's extremism, also crossing over to Bernie.

It's amazing to be campaigning for someone who is so easy to 'sell'. He speaks for the people, all of them and they are rushing to get on board with his campaign.

I've never seen anything like it frankly.

[cosmicone]

35. You know that those people cannot vote in a democratic primary in most states

don't you?

Don't you?

[sabrina 1]

37. You know that all they have to do is register as Dems to vote in closed primary states? Don't you?

THAT is what we have been working on here in NY. I made sure that those who were signing up as Dems for Bernie did so before the vote suppressing cut off date of Oct 9th. It was easy, no problem.

Now we will work on registered Dems and as many non voters as we can.

Do you know anything about how all this works btw? Doesn't seem so. We'll be happy to explain it to you.

[cosmicone]

38. mmmm yeah ... they will be doing just that

[sabrina 1]

39. They ARE doing just that. But seriously, you don't seem to know much about our electoral

process. What state are you in?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

43. I remember in 2007

they said that about Obama. He was ridiculed.

[cosmicone]

44. um hmmmmmm

Bernie and Obama are identical in every respect.

The resemblance is striking.

[sabrina 1]

49. Amazing that he has taken a chunk of the Dem base vote. That wasn't really his targeted

demographic, but hey, that's fantastic. He can add that to the Indie, formerly non-voter demographic, moderate Repub, Libertarian support he is getting across the political spectrum.

So, let's see, the Dem base is now ONLY 32% of the electorate. Down from nearly 42% in 2008. Bernie is taking one third of that vote already, and probably will take more as time goes on.

So how can Hillary win with just two thirds of one third of the entire electorate? Answer, she can't!

[Scootaloo]

27. Well cone, if you oppose Sanders, then I'm even more happy to support him.

[hootinholler]

18. Where was that quoted?

UofC? That was a powerful speech.

[sabrina 1]

25. Yes, I believe it was from his speech at his Alma Mater.

“All of these ideas, I knew in my heart, would resonate with the American people. But I did not believe they would resonate do fast.” Bernie fifteen minutes before speaking to an overflow crowd at his Alma Mater.

[hootinholler]

26. Found it

[sabrina 1]

28. Thank you. Photo was taken outside the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, h/t to Fawke Em

for that information.

That was a great speech!

[CharlotteVale]

20. K&R. They've always resonated with me.

[Live and Learn]

21. K&R I love that photo. nt

[sabrina 1]

34. I do too. The photo was taken at the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel (thanks to DUer Fawke Em for

finding it) at Bernie's old Alma Mater, the University of Chicago. The quote is from his recent speech there ...

[kristopher]

50. K&R

[glinda]

51. I think he has listened to people for a long time.

I am not from Vermont but had written to him (over the last two years) personal stories about what has happened to my family and myself.My concerns about the Planet... The strangest thing is that it really feels like he read them and I am sure others whose stories must be similar no doubt.
This is one of the reasons I am supporting him.
He is directly on the pulse of the people and has the integrity and strength to work towards helping the Country.
I would be immensely proud if he were our President.

[sabrina 1]

52. I bet he did read them. I think he feels deeply for ordinary people and in a way that is a burden

for him to bear because it drives him to keep on fighting against almost impossible odds.

The powerful have accumulated so much power now that it's impossible for any one person to do much without the support of millions of people.

That's our job, to keep building that army of support for him.

Fortunately he is a great candidate to 'sell'. People are amazed that such a great person is also a politician.

[glinda]

56. definitely

[Enthusiast]

53. Kicked and recommended to the Max!

[Art_from_Ark]

54. This thread should have hundreds of recommendations!

[Enthusiast]

55. Yes, indeed!