I will join the fight and do all I can to promote this man.  Again, I urge everyone to get the "Bernie Buzz" emails.  I'm guessing rongone already does.

Simply go this website, and you can listen to Sanders for about 3 minutes, and below the video you will see the opportunity to sign up for the "Bernie Buzz" (sign up for the national one, not the one directed to just Vermonters) in addition let him know what you feel are the most important national issues we face.

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/buzz

Last edited by Just Fred (4/30/2015 11:54 am)

Just Fred wrote:

I will join the fight and do all I can to promote this man.  Again, I urge everyone to get the "Bernie Buzz" emails.  I'm guessing rongone already does.

Simply go this website, and you can listen to Sanders for about 3 minutes, and below the video you will see the opportunity to sign up for the "Bernie Buzz" (sign up for the national one, not the one directed to just Vermonters) in addition let him know what you feel are the most important national issues we face.

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/buzz

I found his overview at the same site to be more usefull. I have to delete too many things in my email today. We kind of get inundated with info in this modern world in too many ways.  

 

This gives you a pretty good idea of Bernie Sanders in a nutshell:

Writing [url=about:blank]this morning for Rolling Stone,[/url] Matt Taibbi, who followed Sanders around for a month, described him thus:
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He is the rarest of Washington animals, a completely honest person. If he's motivated by anything other than a desire to use his influence to protect people who can't protect themselves, I've never seen it. Bernie Sanders is the kind of person who goes to bed at night thinking about how to increase the heating-oil aid program for the poor.

This is why his entrance into the 2016 presidential race is a great thing and not a mere footnote to the inevitable coronation of Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee. If the press is smart enough to grasp it, his entrance into the race makes for a profound storyline that could force all of us to ask some very uncomfortable questions.[/quote888]

Last edited by Just Fred (4/30/2015 1:40 pm)

When I heard that Bernie was officially in the race you were the first person I thought of, Fred!

It is my perception that Bernie's odds of winning the primary, let alone the presidency, are in the Ron Paul-ish range. His honest, no-BS style and principled defense of the issues he believes in make him a political black sheep and as such he will get plenty of media coverage due to his peculiarity. He might win some straw polls and he'll energize the Democrats who feel voiceless but at the end of the day I think that equates to between 5-15% of the vote depending on whether or not any other candidates throw their hats in the ring as well.

That said, more power to him. I like the weirdos. Ron Paul got me fired up enough to make my own run at a house seat, I wish those kind of guys would do better on election day.

Yea, I see it going down about the same way, Doug. I do wish Bernie well, though.
How cool would it be to see some real dialogue in the Democratic primaries.