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eridani

(51,907 posts)
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 07:15 AM Feb 2016

The Revolution Is Real, Bernie Can Win It All

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/35109-the-revolution-is-real-bernie-can-win-it-all

71% of New Hampshire Democrats voted for the candidate who shared their position on the issues, while only 29% voted based on experience.

Income inequality and jobs were the most important issues to Democrats, and most sobering for Hillary Clinton. Two-thirds of voters support replacing the current health care system with a “single-payer Medicare for all,” a policy Sanders has championed.

The Clinton campaign can claim that Bernie had the home field advantage, but in reality they are losing to a better candidate. People know what Bernie Sanders stands for and they believe in his message. Hillary Clinton’s only argument is that she has the experience to take the helm. The problem is people aren’t looking for someone with the experience to maintain the status quo. They are looking for someone to shake things up. They want someone to change the political and economic system.

I remember when the Clinton campaign said they had a firewall in the South. Bernie’s campaign manager correctly responded by saying it’s a weakness to need a firewall and we’ll show them that a firewall can’t stop a prairie fire. Bernie has that kind of momentum now.

Van Jones on CNN argued that the myth that Bernie can’t win enough African American votes in South Carolina is wrong. He predicted Sanders would get over 30% of the African American vote and that just as Bernie dominates with young women, he could do equally well with young black voters.

It looks like the general election is shaping up to be a race between the anti-establishment candidates: one who has been fighting the establishment his whole career, and the other who has an ownership stake in the establishment but is running as the candidate they can’t buy.
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The Revolution Is Real, Bernie Can Win It All (Original Post) eridani Feb 2016 OP
Notice Chris Matthews, Tom Brokaw, and Brian they're trying to slip me in the backdoor, and they're orpupilofnature57 Feb 2016 #1
 

orpupilofnature57

(15,472 posts)
1. Notice Chris Matthews, Tom Brokaw, and Brian they're trying to slip me in the backdoor, and they're
Thu Feb 11, 2016, 07:27 AM
Feb 2016

blank look when someone hits them with one of Bernie's Accomplishments, They've usurped authority on our views since 9/11 and have INFORMED us about nothing, Perception Management on the behalf of the 1% is getting tougher and it's Bernie's fault along with people who don't subscribe to the fabricated narrative, but are connecting the dots .

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