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grasswire

(50,130 posts)
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 01:40 AM Jan 2016

Are you PROUD to be standing on the right side of history tonight??

Standing for traditional Democratic values.

Standing against warmongering.

Standing against rapacious Wall Street greed.

Standing for a living wage for all workers.

Standing for integrity and truth in politics.

Standing for reform of campaign finance -- dumping Citizens United.

..........and so much more

Are you PROUD?????

I am so proud to be a real, true DEMOCRAT.

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Are you PROUD to be standing on the right side of history tonight?? (Original Post) grasswire Jan 2016 OP
absolutely. and i forever will be. nt retrowire Jan 2016 #1
me too grasswire Jan 2016 #3
I'm grateful to Bernie for being the one retrowire Jan 2016 #8
+ 1,000,000,000 flor-de-jasmim Jan 2016 #5
Very. n/t TDale313 Jan 2016 #2
Without Doubts And Without Regrets cantbeserious Jan 2016 #4
Yes. JDPriestly Jan 2016 #6
Oh hell yes! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2016 #7
Indeed! Snarkoleptic Jan 2016 #9
I'm proud of the leader we're supporting and the wonderful people supporting him. Jarqui Jan 2016 #10
you STREAKED against Nixon???? grasswire Jan 2016 #12
To bring back streaking? Heaven forbid! ErisDiscordia Jan 2016 #22
It was just another protest in many ways Jarqui Jan 2016 #24
I'm literally snorting my morning coffee... Docreed2003 Jan 2016 #26
Look at the graph on this link: Jarqui Jan 2016 #11
Standing for morality and for justice. Yes. JDPriestly Jan 2016 #13
I've always been a Blue Collar Democrat.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #14
Yes! SoapBox Jan 2016 #15
Oh hell ya! Unknown Beatle Jan 2016 #16
yes! hopemountain Jan 2016 #17
Proudly! vercetti2021 Jan 2016 #18
K&R nt Live and Learn Jan 2016 #19
Totally. K&R senz Jan 2016 #20
Yep davidpdx Jan 2016 #21
Extremely proud! in_cog_ni_to Jan 2016 #23
Oh Yes! ypsfonos Jan 2016 #25
Yes, and I was a Green until a few weeks ago. roody Jan 2016 #27
Always! hedda_foil Jan 2016 #28
Bernie is a good honest decent public servant... tokenlib Jan 2016 #29

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
3. me too
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 01:43 AM
Jan 2016

...and forever grateful to Bernie for having the courage and the vision to start a political revolution.

The people, united, cannot be divided.

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
8. I'm grateful to Bernie for being the one
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 01:50 AM
Jan 2016

to inspire me to get involved in the first place.

like Eugene Debs is his socialist political hero, Bernie is mine.

Jarqui

(10,126 posts)
10. I'm proud of the leader we're supporting and the wonderful people supporting him.
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 02:04 AM
Jan 2016

I'm honored to stand with you and fight for everything you've listed. They are things that are desperately needed (I'd add single payer to stop those folks who don't have it from dying).

I protested the Vietnam war and streaked against "I have nothing to hide" Nixon. It's been a long fight but I feel fortunate to still be swinging and to do so for such a great human being as Bernie.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
12. you STREAKED against Nixon????
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 02:36 AM
Jan 2016

WOW

You ought to make that into an OP. I'll bet that many young people would be inspired by that.

 

ErisDiscordia

(443 posts)
22. To bring back streaking? Heaven forbid!
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 05:30 AM
Jan 2016

That was one of the more incomprehensible fashions of the 70's.

Jarqui

(10,126 posts)
24. It was just another protest in many ways
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 09:15 AM
Jan 2016

It did get more media attention than most though.

Not sure there's much to say about it. It was a just a fairly impromptu thing at college. It came together within minutes - maybe an hour. I just got back from classes to the dorm, ate and then minutes later I'm running around naked. It was fairly dark at that point.

Since it was college, most of us didn't feel like standing around in the cold like George Costanza after a shower with the ladies we hoped to hit on - so we ran. There might have been three girls - nearly all guys. My best friend was so keen to go but had a broken ankle. He went anyway trying to hobble on his walking cast. Suddenly, he's way behind and then standing there alone surrounded by a couple of thousand - mostly girls - stark naked. That was kind of funny.

The guy who was wearing a Nixon mask standing in the back of a truck or on a car got his photo in the paper with the letter J covering his dick. That was also amusing. It got us the publicity we wanted. But we weren't the leaders - a lot of colleges had done it before us.

We hated Nixon (and Johnson to some extent) for Vietnam, lying, Kent State - so many reasons. So we were delighted to see Nixon go down. He was a lying scumbag his whole political career -way before he got elected. Hillary's giving him a run for his money in terms of a lengthy political career with a lot of lying.

Jarqui

(10,126 posts)
11. Look at the graph on this link:
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 02:17 AM
Jan 2016
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/ia/iowa_democratic_presidential_caucus-3195.html

Bernie announced his candidacy at the end of April.

At that time in Iowa, he had 6.6% support to Hillary at 60.8%

For months, nobody gave him a chance. The mainstream media almost completely ignored him.

Here we are on the eve of the Iowa primary ... and he's got a respectable shot (not a favorite) to win it If he gets a good turn out, he will win it.

Win or lose on Monday, Bernie and the rest of you should be very proud of that. It's been something to witness.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
13. Standing for morality and for justice. Yes.
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 03:36 AM
Jan 2016

Standing for clean government. Yes.

Standing up for the environment. Yes.

Feel the Bern! Yes.

Unknown Beatle

(2,672 posts)
16. Oh hell ya!
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 03:59 AM
Jan 2016

Let's get it done and send a message to the oligarchs that we mean business. No more writing laws that only benefit the wealthy fat cats.

Dream ticket: Bernie Sanders President / Elizabeth Warren Vice President

hopemountain

(3,919 posts)
17. yes!
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 04:14 AM
Jan 2016

signed back in just to join in the toast to bernie and and all of his supporters -
he stand for all of the things my heart and mind agree upon and it is so affirming to have him as a candidate to stand for the working class - the people who built this country and who are getting ready to reclaim our democracy and rebuild a future for generations to come.

vercetti2021

(10,156 posts)
18. Proudly!
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 04:17 AM
Jan 2016

I was always stand on the side of progress. Bernie will win, too much enthusiasm and polls don't mean jack especially with MOE.

in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
23. Extremely proud!
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 08:06 AM
Jan 2016

I see this as a fight between the rich and poor, the people with power against those with no power and evil against good. Oligarchs against WE THE PEOPLE.

We're going to win! 99% > 1%!

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

tokenlib

(4,186 posts)
29. Bernie is a good honest decent public servant...
Sun Jan 31, 2016, 06:28 PM
Jan 2016

And we should all be proud that he chose to stand up for us. But it is up to all of us, to stand together now.

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