It's pretty bad when the left's main hero is an Independent.

[Joe Fields]

God bless Bernie Sanders, and I pray for more in Congress with his grit and courage.

I know, I may as well be pissing into the wind. But I can dream, can't I?

Peace

[Justitia]

1. Bernie Sanders is my hero. Thank you good citizens of Vermont! -eom

[midnight]

2. K&R for Bernie.

[hlthe2b]

3. Not just indie, a SOCIALIST--hard to get much more progressive

than that. Yes, bless Bernie Sanders.

[slay]

4. Bernie Sanders

is what the Dems should be - or at least come close to. But they don't. I think Mr. Sanders is going to get my vote in 2012 whether it's write-in or whatever. I'm sick of evil Repubs and Dems who are - um - ineffective opposition at best. Both parties are bad enough that Mr. Sanders won't call himself either - and from a man like him, that's saying something.

[mmonk]

5. He speaks for me in a nation that has lost its mind.

[Raine]

6. He's an inspiration

we need more like him with smarts and courage.

[Luminous Animal]

7. I believe that the left has more probable heros than Bernie, who capitulates to the center (right)

at nearly every turn.

Off hand, the left has Chomsky, Moore, Ehrenreich, Wolfe, Klein, Nader, Assange, Manning, Choi, and Sheehan.

[mmonk]

8. Which ones are in office?

[Luminous Animal]

9. Name one political office holder in the last 70 years that spearheaded a progressive agenda.

And name one before that.

[mmonk]

18. You're kidding, right?

Medicare, civil rights, fair housing, ADA, IDEA, etc. are considered progressive.

[Luminous Animal]

10. An addendum. What progressive agenda has Sanders led?

[mmonk]

17. I believe he got us health centers.

[cascadiance]

20. He also lead the fight to audit the fed!

Now with people like Ron Paul also behind that effort, you can argue that that wasn't "progressive", but I certainly think restoring some sense of accountability of our government's financial dealings is a progressive viewpoint.

And it was he that lead the filibuster against the "gift" of the tax cuts to the wealthy that Friday too...

[Hydra]

23. Ron Paul's support doesn't stain us

He doesn't support the Shadow Gov't, and if he's willing to lend a hand to get some daylight there, the more the merrier.

[reggie the dog]

11. capitulates?

[cali]

14. want to name all the times he's purportedly capitulated to the center

and compare them to the times he's stood up for progressive values, working people and the poor? No, of course you don't. You prefer simply throwing shit. It's something you do day in and day out. Keyboard warrior whining away on a message board. Pathetic.

[Warren Stupidity]

12. Why is it 'pretty bad' that we have an actual socialist in congress?

[mdmc]

13. Imagine that Bernie was just another dem

and our party was filled with courage..

[Recursion]

15. That guy from Vermont who voted for Health Care Reform?

*shrug* If he inspires, so much the better...

[stray cat]

16. Maybe we simply need more independents

[mmonk]

19. I think you are right.

I don't see anything else really working.

[Joe Fields]

26. I agree.

:toast:

[gateley]

21. I'll dream with you, Joe Fields. It's nice to think about. nt

[robcon]

22. He's not my "main hero." Russ Feingold is closer to my hero.

n/t

[Still a Democrat]

24. President Obama is the left's main hero

They strongly approve of him and he swamps Sanders in polling for 2012.

[n2doc]

25. Because the Party has left us behind

In it's headlong rush to fill the gap left by the republicans on the center-right of the political spectrum. Obama's pics today for advisors would have been comfortable in Eisenhower's cabinets. Maybe even Reagan's.

[Cleita]

27. That's because he represents the real left not

what the centrist "new democrats" claim is the left.

[lunatica]

28. It's because Berny Sanders is who he is, not what political affiliation he is.

I would love him if he was a commie pinko socialist marxist kenyan muslim.

[2Design]

29. kick for bernie