If the Bern gets elected, he is in no ones pocket and owes no one but the American people a favor. Zero SuperPAC: http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/a...per-pac-wanes-as-trump-prepares-for-iowa-test
An interesting read... This is how a political party dies: Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders — and the collapse of our failed political elites The left and right want a revolution, or an end to business as usual. Parties have died before — and could again http://www.salon.com/2016/02/06/thi..._the_collapse_of_our_failed_political_elites/
I agree with that article to the extent that the parties are in trouble. I was having a cocktail last night in a trendy Andersenville pub, and someone engaged me in political converstation. He was young, maybe mid twenties. I asked him what he thought of the candidates, and I got a very intelligent response that I think it is spot on. Basically, he said that he wished that instead of being able to choose from two parties, that either there were more parties, or that it became establishment that even within the Democratic and Republican parties there were respected alternative labels. We kind of have that now, with the Conservative, Tea Party and mainstream republicans. On the Democratic side we also have distinctions, but the Democratic Party, with the exception of Bernie Sanders, looks more uniform than the republicans. The difference is that there will be more accepted labels that people identify with. This is already true in many European countries where there are either more numerous parties, or gradations within the parties. Another guy overheard the conversation, and joined in. He is from Italy, and pointed out that Bernie Sanders is a totally mild Socialist. That in Europe, he wouldn't even register as anything radical or revolutionary. In Europe, he would be far right!!!!! By the end of the evening, when I had to leave (one too many Stoli), there were probably ten people debating this stuff, all of them in their twenties. I think we have massive voter turn out this year.
Aligned with your comments... the Socialist Party denounces Bernie -- as a SINO. Why Socialists Can’t Wait for Bernie to Lose http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/02/why-socialists-cant-wait-for-bernie-to-lose-213593
We're doing nothing but borrowing huge amounts of money, trillions, for the gov't to spend and call gdp. Even with that backdrop, they can't produce anything more than very subpar growth. People don't realize our country is a ship with a hole in the bottom, an airplane with no landing gear, a car with no brakes. And then along comes this guy named Bernie with so called solutions that will do nothing but make it worse. Scheming ways to increase transfer payments will not produce a thriving economy. It will only put the final nail in the coffin.
We took the dollar off the gold standard and started printing them up willy nilly forty years ago, and along with it made debt so easy to aquire and pawn off that now we're drowning in an ocean of debt. What we're living in right now is a fantasyland where people refuse to face the obvious because the obvious is unthinkable. The currency is backed by nothing but the full faith and credit of the gov't. What that means is the currency is considered good because we have complete confidence in barry obama, janet yellin, harry reid, mitch mcconnel, people like hillary clinton and bernie sanders. THAT is why we have confidence in our currency. Nothing else. Does that make you feel confident? So we go about our business as if everything is ok, as if trillions of debt that can never be paid back is as good as gold, and all because we have obama and co assuring us that they have everything under control. That's what it comes down to. The currency that we rely on in our wallets is good because Obama's word is good. Can I get a lol. How long is the fantasy going to last? Every day when we wake up is another day when people may come out of their stupor and decide to quit being a pawn in the charade. Once confidence begins to fade, it can accelerate in a heartbeat and be gone overnight. Money becomes worthless. People like to denigrate faith, but then at the same time place unwavering faith in a currency that is only backed by prevaricating charlatans. Because to admit the obvious is just so darned painful. Money is backed by nothing. And now we're up to our eyeballs in it. The jig is near up.
Churchill help win WWII. England is far more socialist today than anything Bernie Sanders is recommending.
Wow. Don't think for yourself. Let me think for you. The feminists are doing exactly to other women what they complained men doing to them, exploiting them. I believe in feminism, but this is thoughts control. Feminism is now a religion. Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright Scold Young Women Backing Bernie Sanders "Hillary Clinton's older feminist supporters have a message for young women who are not backing her candidacy: Shame on you. Women were expected to help power Mrs. Clinton to the Democratic nomination, but as she struggles to overcome a tough challenge from Senator Bernie Sanders, her support among them has been surprisingly shaky. Young women, in particular, have been drawn to the septuagenarian socialist from Vermont, and the dynamic has disappointed feminists who dreamed of Mrs. Clinton's election as a capstone to the movement. Two feminist icons of Mrs. Clinton's generation made their frustration known over the weekend, calling on young women who view Mr. Sanders as their candidate to essentially grow up and get with the program. While introducing Mrs. Clinton at a rally in New Hampshire on Saturday, Madeleine Albright, the first female secretary of state, talked about the importance of electing the first female president. In a dig at the "revolution" that Mr. Sanders often speaks of, she said that the first female commander in chief would be a true revolution. And she scolded any woman who felt otherwise..." http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/07/new-...scold-young-women-backing-bernie-sanders.html