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The candidate of the disenfranchised, Bernie Sanders. (Original Post) Live and Learn May 2016 OP
The candidate of the courageous Bernin4U May 2016 #1
Yep, I see us as both. nt Live and Learn May 2016 #2

Bernin4U

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1. The candidate of the courageous
Sat May 7, 2016, 03:28 AM
May 2016

...is how I see him.

Obama used to like the word "audacity". Bernie has it up to his eyeballs. He empowers us to see the way things could be, if only we choose to have the courage to stand up together.

Cowards and cynics choose incrementalism. Not us. We stand up and say, the old way ain't workin'. All it takes is enough of us to stand up together.

But as long as they keep us too afraid to stand, we'll be stuck crawling on our hands and knees.

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