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YES! YES! I would have used that word but the NSA is watching... Did you ever see the political cartoon were the watchdog was peering in his owner's window?
the enormous wealth transfer that has occurred in america over the last three decades is a result of the irs tax code. bernie sanders has found the vital issue, taxes on the rich, and articulated the necessity to educate the public and reverse the tide of reaganomics. if the dems don't get serious on this, they will deserve the result, and america will continue to suffer as we move down the road to feudalism.
What about the Republicans 17 candidates? Dems had 4 at most.
Off subject: You cannot debunk her....
https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2017/08/29/rachel-maddow-ends-a...
First of all it will be about beating Pence, not Crooked Donny in 2020. Trump will be forced to resign before the year is out. ...maybe sooner depending on the market crash timing. Another important point, Clinton won the election by a landslide if you take into consideration swing state election fraud. This means that Pence is no more valid than the current Numbnut in Chief.
A new election must be held...there is a first time for everything, just like the 1787 convention. Why is it thought that this is impossible? A hostile foreign power helped install Trump and Pence. I'm sorry , but that's grounds for an invalid election declaration.
Bernie should be President right now, and certainly could win in 2020...I registered as a Democrat for him and won't give up hope for economic, social, and environmental justice.
Bernie would beet Trump even if Bernie runs as an independent, and that's exactly what Bernie should do.
First Der Furor must go now before he destroys every good thing done for our country. What are you all waiting for? He's bankrupting us! I'd love to see a Warren/Bernie ticket
I'd go for a Sanders/Warren ticket with Bernie only President for 1 term...sets up Warren to take his place with plenty of experence.
Perhaps Warren could get Kander or Merkley as the VP at that point.
Lot of work to do to get to that point.
I'm all for a 'revote'...a word that's not far off from a 'revolt'.
Bernie would have won this time if the Dems had let him run. In 2020, the driven message will be that he's too old. But, his message remains refreshing. If the 2020 Democratic nominee embraces it without hedging, and with strong Democratic backing, he or she could win.
I'm sure I said this before but.... When, and not 'if', T Rump is nailed for "doing business with the Russians", I don't want Pence in his chair. I don't want three and a half more years of the same billionaire cabinet members with their "smash & grab" agendas. If the election was dirtier than usual with the Russians' help, I want it thrown out and we have a 'redo'. They have emergency elections for congressmen who leave. Why not for a president. Let it up to the House Reps to pick who runs for their party so the primary votes can't be tampered with again. Then we all vote with paper ballots that can't be hacked and the popular vote wins. None of that old horse & buggy stuff. Voter fraud is real and far worse than T Rump made it seem. Not by millions of individuals, which is absurd, but by millions of votes being changed by THEIR hackers, which is mere childsplay for them.
The democrats have a tendency to run several candidates at the same time thus splitting the votes and insuring they will lose.
If that is true, that means the Dems will never get back in again. What a terrifying thought.
"I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating." William M Tweed.
As long as we have the fiction of corporate personhood and the fanciful notion that money is free speech, our candidate choices will be limited to those who are acceptable to the oligarchs. That is why we had Hillary rather than Bernie and it will remain thus until the disastrous Citizens United decision is neutered and the money is removed from politics.
In the CU decision the (Conservative dominated) SCOTUS decided by a 1 vote majority that "money is free speech". That means that those with the most money have the loudest voices and the biggest megaphones. That goes completely against the "for the people, by the people" principle.
How to fix it? Support Move to Amend and write to your member of Congress.
Hillary cannot run again. She has too much baggage. Much as I like Bernie and Joe, I think there needs to be new (and younger) blood. Females have difficulty anywhere they run in the world no matter how good they are. I really like Jason Kander. He is only 36. Is that TOO young? He reminds me of Obama. He's very wise and I think he sounds like Obama when he speaks. Maybe someone like that could help the Democrats and the country and the world recover. It will take someone really strong to do that.
We should test poll to see who would be the best vice presidential running mate for Bernie.
In my opinion Bernie would be Vice President right now if Hillary had chosen Bernie as her vice president.
As much as I'm a big Bernie fan I don't think He's the right messenger. I'd like to see a younger more cutting edge candidate. And I think a women would fair well against Trump. Not a fan of any of those names. Too old school. Dems need a fresh face.
We need to show that we are the party of change, not just a party that changes candidates, but change in ideas. We need fresh thinking and not the same ole stale ideas. Yes Bernie has those some good ideas but he's too old IMO.
I cannot believe the Democrats who believe that Bernie caused Trump to be elected.. lots of hate directed towards him.. they can't accept that Hillary, though highly qualified and would have been a great President, was also highly flawed and ran a terrible campaign..
I would definitely support him again. He will be 78 next election which puts him up there. Joe Biden is 1 year younger. Elizabeth Warren is younger (currently 68). I would add to your list Al Fraken (currently 66), he is great. John Hickenlooper (Gov CO) is my personnal favorite, but he will probably run for Senate. Do not want Hillary or Debbie Wasserman Schultz to run.
I will bet that Trump gets primaried, So it may not be Trump that we are up against.
In that PPP poll how can Joe Biden be so close to Bernie? Doesn't everybody know that Joe voted against bankruptcy protection for student loans and Puerto Rico?
More bullshit from the Washington Post and the NY Times. Where are the whiners, sucking their thumbs in the corner with the leftie/socialists? At last we have unity.
All this points to how lucky you are to have a President that is hated by both Republicans and the Democrat party.
http://www.newsweek.com/deep-state-conspiracy-theory-trump-645376
I am very familiar with Donald Trump's pathological disorder ... and I feel he is truly paranoid about Robert Mueller, fearing there will be something devastating discovered referencing these crises he is trying to manage: Russia, Financial issues, his horrendous and ineffective role as President, etc. The list is endless!
I don't think Donald Trump has the perseverance, strength, wisdom, or self-consciousness to fight the awesome and dignified Team that Robert Mueller leads. He may attempt to FIRE Mueller, but the backfire and consequences will be self-destructive for Trump .... and this is a place he cannot fathom entering, due to his narcissim! The risks to him and his family, not to mention the people of America .... would be a cataclysm!!
Check out "Real ID Act of 2005" a Federal law under GW Bush. I heard about this back in 2005 or 2006 and even my daughters and I discussed it a few years ago about the additional docs required to fly domestically or enter a Federal bldg. In AR we call it the "enhanced" drivers license and I received a two page information sheet from Arkansas enclosed with my car license renewal this year showing this new license would be required by 2020 otherwise I would have to have two additional ID's to fly or enter a Feeral bldg. They say "protects against fraud and ID theft" In AR it's available in 25 State Revenue offices but not the one near me and I'm in a pretty white, conservative area. In 2016 AR moved from a 4 year to an 8 year drivers license yet didn't bother to inform people renewing their driver's license that it would not be "valid" as a Federal ID in 4 years, so now I have 4 years that requires me to carry two extra ID's if I want to fly. Our license will be marked "Not for Federal identification."
Thom? You hear conservatives whining about the deep state? You must have special ears. The only whining I hear is coming from the leftie/socialists, ex. any of the above posts, and the republicans that thought Trump actually was a Republican.
You are correct. I believe we need a new party - a consumer's party - and run Bernie.
also - on another note: Arpaio - Did not the president promise ot uphold the law and the constitution? How does pardoning Arpaio uphold the law? it violates it. That alone is grounds for being impeached for incompetence and dishonesty.
This is my piece on the Consumer United Party (CUP) idea:
https://englishcode.wordpress.com/?s=consumers worth a look and a folow and a share to you rfacebook , twitter, ,, we can do this .. start ...