So, one man stood and stated the plight of the American people today--

[Horse with no Name]

very eloquently, I might add--yet the President of the United States had to leave ANOTHER presser to attend a holiday party--leaving no doubts that he didn't give a shit what Senator Sanders had to say.
Has he ever had Bernie Sanders to the WH for a one-on-one? Or is that merely reserved for ass-kissers and republicans?

[Catherina]

1. Are you serious? He just left? n/t Rec'd

[alsame]

5. There's a clip in the video section. Rather shocking, IMO. nt

[Catherina]

30. I just watched it. You're right. Rather shocking. Very shocking! Thank you n/t

[Poboy]

9. It was bizarre! He's just standing there while Clinton is taking questions.

He interjects and says he's got to go and excuses himself. They just continue on as if Clinton were current POTUS.

[Catherina]

29. Thank you n/t

[mimitabby]

2. I listened to him for a while

It felt so good to hear someone TALKING SENSE over there in the capital!

[bobbolink]

3. Bernie is just one of us "whiners", donchaknow......

you know... "fucking retarded".

:nuke:

[Life Long Dem]

22. He likes the attention.

Maybe he wants to be POTUS some day.

[bobbolink]

23. Ohhhh, so that is it. You think that all of us who disagree with the POTUS "only want attention",

is that right?

I guess that's what the RW thought during *, too, right?

Thank you for clarifying your position. We now know who y0u are.

[quinnox]

I think Bernie Sanders has now made the White House enemies list

its beginning to be a long list.

How dare he stand up in opposition to tax cuts for the rich! <sarcasm>

[bobbolink]

11. That's what I was thinking, too.

:cry:

[Goldstein1984]

4. I may have been mistaken, but I think I heard President Obama muttering...

"Let them eat cake!" as he exited the press conference.

It must be heart-wrenching to have so many parties to attend when so many Americans are suffering. The moral dissonance must be painful.

[somone]

6. The contrast is telling

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[bobbolink]

12. You have said it so clearly, Panth!

You would think he would have whiplash from that dissonance.....but then, sociopaths adapt to it quite well, don't they?

I know an Obama supporter who exactly fits your description. It is sad, but very harmful when one is the target of it.

You are right... we ALL need to learn how to spot 'em!

[undergroundpanther]

16. Spot 'em

And DESTROY them. Is the only way to STOP them.

[undergroundpanther]

17. Spot 'em

And DESTROY them. Is the only way to STOP them.

[bobbolink]

18. I totally agree, but most people aren't ready for that degree of truth yet.

:cry:

[Goldstein1984]

19. I think we're approaching a threshold of suffering

And if we cross that threshold things will happen precipitously.

There is a very fine line between people who have lost hope and people with nothing left to lose. The former are easily manipulated, the latter are very dangerous.

[undergroundpanther]

21. I am fast approaching

nothing left to lose. I lost hope years ago.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=9726985&mesg_id=9730850

[bobbolink]

25. I'm with you. And yet, what we get is vilification.

You know what.... I would rather lose all that I have lost, than to lose the humanity that so many here have taken leave of.

[undergroundpanther]

20. Sad..you are correct,

I put that thought up in gd

Lasted about a nanosecond before it was locked n censored.

People better wake up and face the truth,like it or not or our future will be a bleak and hopeless nightmare. Really.

Where Detroit can cut off water,sewer fire protection etc..to half the city due to'budget cuts'
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9741457
Or test the poor to see if they become homeless if they can't make rent and call it an experiment!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/09/nyregion/09placebo.html?_r=1

WTF do people need to suffer through to realize the only ones that can THRIVE in this sickening cruel culture are sociopaths,They are the makers of this culture,and is it any wonder depression is killing us..Abused trapped animals stop trying to escape, they become clinically depressed.
and anti-depressants are among the most prescribed drugs out there...coinkidink?
http://www.brainexplorer.org/ptsd/PTSD_Aetiology.shtml

[bobbolink]

24. There is another thread now that shows us the basis for this:

"One of the important things we had to do in 1992 was remove the obstacles that kept people from voting Democratic in the first place," he said.

That included addressing issues of welfare, fiscal discipline and crime. "As long as people thought we were going to take money from people who worked and give it to people who didn't work, they didn't want to listen to anything else," he added. "The Republicans have to make people understand that they're not just a right-wing, southern party."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9747162


That is now the predominant Dem attitude, as exemplified by Clinton. No wonder people like you and I don't stand a chance. There literally is NO PARTY that stands up for us! We are the sacrificial lambs.

[bobbolink]

26. Please make an OP of that "experiment"! This is how inhuman this society has become.

And there will no doubt be many here who would defend that "experiement".

:puke:

[Waiting For Everyman]

7. The two events were a perfect metaphor for what's going on.

And even if I didn't know any of the words that either of the two said, simply the action of what they each did would tell the story.

[Individualist]

8. K&R

[shireen]

13. what's going to break my heart ...

is that after Bernie's long eloquent passionate speech, the Senate will pass for the Obama deal. Callously.

[Autumn]

15. Doesn't that just make

you sick to your stomach? You know it's coming. Callously, happily and with no fucking care what we think.

[corpseratemedia]

14. if Sanders couldn't run against Obama, maybe someone like Dean could

..who came from wealth, and a stable family, so that they wouldn't be so gobb-smacked by wealth and power like clinton and obama were

with nafta and the repeal of glass-steagal and now the poison SS-pill (and cat-food commission) and raising taxes on the working poor to lower taxes on the rich, the democratic party couldn't ask for better enemies than these two

[laughingliberal]

31. It's odd that we've elected 2 Democrats who came from working class backgrounds & they sold us...

thoroughly down the river. OTOH, we saw FDR and the Kennedy's who came from great wealth stand up for us much better.

[Tsiyu]

27. Bernie Sanders will be remembered

his speech clogged the intertubes.

He is one of the last Great Democrats....

[sad sally]

28. We couldn't stop watching and listening - from 8:30 pst until he finished.

Husband commented Senator Sanders is the only member of congress to know exactly how retail clerks' feet feel after standing for 8+ hours.

I wish he was my Senator...on second thought, I wish he was my President. He truly cares about America.

[democrank]

32. Bernie is a man of the people.

Very few "leaders" in Washington are.

[Swampguana]

33. Very weird and kind of offending personally