Long but worth a read

[TexasBushwhacker]

http://theantimedia.org/bernie-sanders-can-still-win/

"There's one way Bernie Sanders can still win, but it's not the way you're thinking."


"What’s really at the heart of the 2016 presidential election is that for the first time, the establishment knows that we know that the system is rigged, and we know that they know that we know. There is a standoff going on, but for the first time, most of us finally know who the enemy is — and the establishment, on both the left and the right, is shitting in their pants.

True momentum will not be sustained by sending a democratic socialist into the bank as a negotiator; he will just become a hostage. In fact, the Bernie movement is more powerful and verdant with Sanders not in the White House.

Bernie Sanders has already accomplished the unthinkable. He has rivaled the financial power of SuperPacs with grassroots organizing. He has shown that when enough individual contributors rise up, they can challenge the political influence of big money. There is simply no way to overstate how incredible this is.

The Sanders campaign has generated 7.4 million contributions from 2.4 million donors, totalling $210 million. This makes even the groundbreaking Obama campaign pale in comparison. As much as we like to think of Obama has having risen to office on a grassroots populist wave, small contributors donating $200 or less only provided 32 percent of Obama’s war chest. The rest came from Wall Street, SuperPACS, and special interest money."

[rhett o rick]

2. I fear for his safety. You don't want to piss off the Wealthy Class. nm

[hopemountain]

4. yes. the reality of this possibility

concerns me. he has already had death threats. the other candidates have, too - but somehow the the corporate candidates tend to survive more so than our grassroots leaders.

[hopemountain]

5. the morning after obama's inaugural speech

- i did see the look on his face and heard his voice - and though the author of the article asks the reader to "imagine" the particular scenario of a meeting which took place. on the morning after, the president's expression and voice were haunting and i not only imagine such a scenario - i believe such a meeting took place. don't forget, soros followed up with a personal visit shortly after obama's first days at the white house.

this is a good read. your mind will expand.

[Jennylynn]

6. I remember not seeing Obama for quite a while after the festivities.

It was like he had disappeared into that other world of "them".