Senator Sanders: Will you please run for President?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

I heard him tonight on the Lehrer Newshour, and he was fantastic.

Even old right-wing Judy Woodruff couldn't slow him down, or divert him from what he had to say.

He absolutely nailed the administration and the Republicans for what they're doing to the country, the poor, the disappearing middle class, the children...

He spoke strongly and had his facts all perfectly lined up.

I could not have been more impressed.

Damn.

[OhioChick]

1. Decent man there....

I've always admired him.

:kick:

[stevedeshazer]

2. I'd vote for Bernie in a New York minute.

But he's an independent. He might split the vote and get a Republican elected.

Our politics is sure screwed up by this two-party system.

Love Bernie.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. I hear that; splitting the vote would not be a good thing...

But oh I love how he thinks.

[RKP5637]

10. IMO things would be a lot better with a third party. One just knows that with only two parties

there is aways going to be a PO contest about something back and forth, but a third party in the mix breaks that up IMO

[cutlassmama]

32. +1

[RKP5637]

3. He's my idea of a really great American. He stands for all the things I do from

what I've ever heard him say. He makes me feel good about the country, our potential future and myself.

[readmoreoften]

4. K&R

[jotsy]

5. Hear here!

Good show Miss Peg.

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[RandomThoughts]

7. Many of the things he says in media reports, are concepts I agree with.

Concepts of things that can solve many problems.

[mmonk]

8. Decent truthful people don't make it but so far in this country.

Nice thought though.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. And I know you're right.

It is so discouraging.

[mmonk]

14. But I support him. He represents me and also my family in view.

[upi402]

11. IBTL, he's a socialist, BUT- it takes a socialist to act like a Democrat

Just like an investigative journalist named Pallast has to go to England to be an investigative journalist. There's a void in here.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Oh, I didn't know he was a socialist...

Oh well, if this gets locked, it gets locked...

I know he won't run for President anyway...

:shrug:

[upi402]

19. I'd be 'all-in' if he did!

:toast:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. Here's what Wikipedia says about his political affiliation:

Sanders is a self-described democratic socialist,<1><2> and has praised European social democracy. He is the first person elected to the U.S. Senate to identify as a socialist.<3> Sanders caucuses with the Democratic Party and is counted as a Democrat for the purposes of committee assignments, but because he does not belong to a formal political party, he appears as an independent on the ballot. He was also the only independent member of the House during much of his service there. He is one of two independent Senators in the 111th Congress, along with Joe Lieberman.

[upi402]

26. Yes! This guy is above politics

and into the truth.
:patriot:

[Bigmack]

12. You know, of course, that all those numbers he quoted...

are true... right?

My question... why are those numbers not plastered all over all the time?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. Yeah, I know they're right.

And as to why they're not plastered all over?

Why, it's because our liberal media just won't do it.

Yeah...Liberal. Right. :eyes:

:argh:

[mmonk]

18. Because it doesn't fit the narrative of today's politics.

[ProSense]

15. He's doing what

every member of the Democratic caucus should be doing, forcefully countering the GOP talking points.

It doesn't matter that he mentions the administration in the process because the media and everyone are trying to align the administration with the GOP to give the impression that everyone agrees with their lunacy.

Senator Reid just made a great statement on Social Security.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. You got that right.

It's so damn frustrating.

I'll check out Senator Reid's statement on Social Security...thanks for the link.

[RainDog]

17. I'd work for Bernie's campaign to GOTV and vote for him.

he's one of the FEW politicians I know of that I would volunteer to work for - as much and as often as I could.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. I'm with you on this.

[sharesunited]

21. Not even about winning!

It's about polling sufficiently to be up there on stage and keepin' it real for everybody else up there.

[JDPriestly]

23. Thank you, California Peggy.

Senator Bernie Sanders is just the smartest man in the Senate.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. Oh, you're welcome!

He sure looks that way to me...

[MadHound]

27. I'd vote for him in a heartbeat,

Doubt that he'll run, but it would certainly be a pleasant surprise.

[lonestarnot]

28. Yeah. He is impressive.

[slay]

29. If he doesn't run

I am probably going to write him in. He's just so right.

[Dappleganger]

30. Fuck the presidency, I want him as my next-door neighbor!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. I saw him first; he's MINE!

:P

[Lucinda]

33. I'm a Bernie fan too, Peggy.

I don't know if you saw my post about this earlier...but this is interesting:

February 14, 2011
As the nation struggles to recover from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, millions of people from across the country struggle with real economic challenges every day. Sen. Sanders asked people to send him their stories of the Great Recession.

Bernie recently asked Vermonters to share their personal stories - explaining how the recession, which started more than three years ago, has impacted their lives. More than 400 people responded. You will find more than 50 of their stories in "Struggling through the Recession: Letters from Vermont," which was published online Monday.
"While the stories are often painful and difficult to read," Bernie said, "it's important that we appreciate and understand what some of our friends and neighbors are going through."

http://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=e24515d2-63d8-4187-a8b1-f6ee0cd7e7f8">PDF booklet and more

I ♥ Bernie

And as for the Socialist "label" I don't care. I'd vote for him in a heartbeat.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. I did see that, my dear Lucinda...

I hadn't yet heard him on the Newshour, and hadn't gotten fired up yet.

Thank you for posting about this important topic.

How did you make that heart? I want one of those!

[Lucinda]

35. I hold the alt key down and press the number 3

♥

I know there are other ways to do it too...but that's the one I know. LOL

Editing to add a link for some others:
http://rmhh.co.uk/ascii.html

☼

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. Hoo baby are we off topic, lol!

Thanks, I'll try it...

Nope, didn't work....oh well.

Thanks anyway!

[Lucinda]

38. Are you on a mac?

If so, copy and past mine, and then see what the symbols are when you go into preview...?

If you are on a PC is should work. Just hold the alt key down then hit the number 3 key while you hold it. On the number keypad by the way...not the other numbers. ♥

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. I use a PC...

Let me see.....

♥

I got it to work....once!

Thanks!

[Lucinda]

41. Excellent!

☼ That's progress!

[TheWraith]

37. Bernie is a good guy, but he'll NEVER be elected President.

Like it or not, he's ridiculously to the left of the country as a whole.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

40. Well, damn.

He sure as hell speaks for me.

*sigh*

[Fuddnik]

42. I think he's ridiculously in line with most people.

He'll never get the corporate campaign cash or media attention to be elected.

[cali]

43. Please don't wish that on Bernie, Peg. He'll be 71 in 2012

A couple of years ago he collapsed while speaking.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

44. Yeah, I hear you...

I realized he was a bit older than most running for President after I posted this.

I want him to take care of himself!

[NorthCarolina]

45. Time for a national level Bernie Sanders write-in voters campaign?

America's first President elected by write-in votes? I think that would send an appropriate message to DC.

[rhett o rick]

46. I love Sen Sanders. Thanks for the post. But we need him where he is and someone younger like

Grayson.

[donheld]

47. I'd love it.

[SidDithers]

48. Maybe he can be a primary candidate in 2016...nt

Sid