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Bernie Names Names [View all] Scuba Apr 2013 OP

Becoming? It always has been. But the time has finally come for the people to rule. reformist2 Apr 2013 #1

That'll never happen, but the least the rich bastards could do is toss us crumbs. nt valerief Apr 2013 #7

Yeah, they could have given a million to each American hoping to buy us off. Bigger game afoot here. freshwest Apr 2013 #34

We Agree Bernie - However We No Longer Have The Power (Citizens United) Or The Will To Change cantbeserious Apr 2013 #2

FALSE--we have the power, but we have to seize it. lastlib Apr 2013 #21

Don't See That Happening - Which Means That Citizens United Has Had The Intended Effect cantbeserious Apr 2013 #48

Please be specific. How do we seize power? nm rhett o rick Apr 2013 #56

We organize.* Demand of every candidate for every office from dog-catcher to president.... lastlib Apr 2013 #62

"Do we have the will?" Of course we dont if you are including the American people. rhett o rick Apr 2013 #63

Bernie makes a lot of sense.... Let's overturn that discriminatory law that favors speech for midnight Apr 2013 #3

+1000 abelenkpe Apr 2013 #4

Let's overturn that discriminatory law that favors speech for those JDPriestly Apr 2013 #11

Actually Siegelman reappointed the guy to the board bigbrother05 Apr 2013 #23

+1000000000000000000000 blackspade Apr 2013 #5

Its just like the oil companies swindling us on gas prices INdemo Apr 2013 #6

IF we could convince Bernie dotymed Apr 2013 #13

We would need about 60 more INdemo Apr 2013 #24

If we had strong Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress xtraxritical Apr 2013 #26

I did not author the original post or start this thread INdemo Apr 2013 #74

Bernie running for President? tex-wyo-dem Apr 2013 #64

IMO, Bernie could have much more impact as POTUS. dotymed Apr 2013 #72

Check out the documentary "Citizen Koch" Ninga Apr 2013 #8

There's another documentary... Blanks Apr 2013 #14

Thank you Blanks! Ninga Apr 2013 #22

Thanks... I could not get the link to let me watch on demand so I queued it to first place.... midnight Apr 2013 #31

Thanks. Got there and found a trailer: freshwest Apr 2013 #35

K&R Iwillnevergiveup Apr 2013 #9

It's the people's fault too. They vote for people who lie to them often simply because of the letter sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #10

Sometimes you don't know you are being lied to. Sometimes you don't know someone will... L0oniX Apr 2013 #17

Please see #26 above. xtraxritical Apr 2013 #27

Mark Sanford in SC for example, there's someone you want SaveAmerica Apr 2013 #29

their most important tool is talk radio but the dems and the left ignore it. the stoprush boycott is certainot Apr 2013 #12

How, *exactly*, would you phrase such an amendment? Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #15

Here's some language endorsed by Michael Moore ... Scuba Apr 2013 #50

Some good ideas and some nutty ones. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #51

Banning electronic voting machines would top of my list ... Scuba Apr 2013 #52

How about "if properly implemented, they're harder to defraud, and more accurate"? Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #68

No one knows if electronic machines are accurate or rigged. That's the problem. Scuba Apr 2013 #71

Amend the Constitution to add "natural" before each instance of the word "person" Occulus Apr 2013 #81

Natural persons like the Koch brothers? Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #84

All the more reason... ReRe Apr 2013 #16

Please see #26 above. xtraxritical Apr 2013 #28

What makes you think the Democratic party as a whole even *wants* a veto proof majority? Fumesucker Apr 2013 #30

In my day we would say "you're off the wall man". xtraxritical Apr 2013 #36

Eh, my theory handily explains the Democratic Senate not reforming the filibuster Fumesucker Apr 2013 #37

Yeah, well it's a weak majority in the Senate and I don't think it proves anything. xtraxritical Apr 2013 #38

No, it's that Democrats won't speak out on the issue n/t Fumesucker Apr 2013 #39

nailed it, fume Doctor_J Apr 2013 #43

Uh... you talkin' to me? ReRe Apr 2013 #41

More important than spending caps on wealthy donors, is public finance of poor candidates. reformist2 Apr 2013 #18

Thank you so much for not being afraid to speak out, Bernie. Obviously you don't have an owner judesedit Apr 2013 #19

What if we step outside the box altogether... OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 #20

I think that has possibilities dreamnightwind Apr 2013 #44

Exactly... OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 #47

Youtube chnnels are cool dreamnightwind Apr 2013 #49

Things would be so much better if we could take people like Bernie Sanders, Alan Grayson, AndyA Apr 2013 #25

Always agree with Bernie! cui bono Apr 2013 #32

The solution is to elect somebody named Roosevelt 90-percent Apr 2013 #33

Good keynote speech right there. Hopefully at the next DNC. If the party won't.... Smarmie Doofus Apr 2013 #40

Here you go: FDR III dreamnightwind Apr 2013 #45

200th rec Egalitarian Thug Apr 2013 #42

You tell 'em Bernie!!!! Fuck those traitors!!! Initech Apr 2013 #46

Thank you Senator Sanders for Heathen57 Apr 2013 #53

I love it when they call out villains by name. tclambert Apr 2013 #54

knr Douglas Carpenter Apr 2013 #55

Theodore Roosevelt, 1903; my new sig. earlier today CountAllVotes Apr 2013 #57

Great sig line upi402 Apr 2013 #60

Bernie for President!!! Catch2.2 Apr 2013 #58

Wake the media!!! upi402 Apr 2013 #59

kick Dawson Leery Apr 2013 #61

K&R Fumesucker Apr 2013 #65

i don't see anything new -- the rockefellers did a lot of political and quasi-political spending HiPointDem Apr 2013 #66

So are you suggestion we do nothing then? rpannier Apr 2013 #69

it's what you brought to the post that 'suggests' it, not anything i wrote. HiPointDem Apr 2013 #70

i apologise rpannier Apr 2013 #85

i'm saying the monied class has always run the country. who did you think ran it? HiPointDem Apr 2013 #86

I wish Bernie was president. lexw Apr 2013 #67

The problem is with congress and the courts. angry citizen Apr 2013 #73

Thx. I wasn't picking on Obama, I just think that Bernie is awesome. lexw Apr 2013 #75

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Both campaigns spent fortunes. One significant difference: Scuba Apr 2013 #78

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We're talking $400 million. $40K is chump change for the big boys. Scuba Apr 2013 #82

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If only our President would come out and say that.....oh well he's going to let the ... Hotler Apr 2013 #77

My only complaint about that statement gollygee Apr 2013 #80