Social Are you starting to feel the Bern?

[DragRacer]

Bernie Gearing up for his 2028 Presidential Run!

 

[Mr. Shickadance]

The crowds are growing....

Bernie Sanders' anti-oligarchy tour offers a sorely needed lesson for Democrats

The socialist firebrand is drawing big crowds in GOP-held districts — and wisely focusing on a message of class unity.

www.msnbc.com

It’s a dark time for left-of-center Americans. The Democratic Party’s reputation is in tatters, even with its own base. Progressive activists and groups are protesting President Donald Trump’s authoritarian seizure of the federal government’s administrative operations, but their crowds lack the size and vigor of his first term.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has stepped into the void with a national “Stopping Oligarchy” tour. He’s visiting Republican-held districts in swing states and red states, and he’s drawing big and energetic crowds with little lead-up time. “He drew a crowd of 4,000 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Friday night. He faced another 2,600 or so the next morning a few hours away in Altoona, Wisconsin, a town of less than 10,000 residents,” The Associated Press reports. “And his crowd of 9,000 in suburban Detroit exceeded his own team’s expectations.”

The popularity of Sanders’ tour is an indicator that, even during a time of rock-bottom morale on the left, there remains an appetite for combative and progressive populism. And while Sanders’ speeches sound a lot like the ones he’s delivered his entire career, their enduring popularity suggest a model the Democratic Party establishment needs to emulate to pull out of its tailspin.

Sanders’ anti-oligarchy tour is a kind of return to form for the independent and democratic socialist. Between the end of his 2020 presidential campaign and Joe Biden’s departure from the White House, Sanders was absorbed into the Democratic Party establishment and served primarily as a surrogate for Biden’s Build Back Better agenda. Now he’s looking quite a lot like he did as an insurgent presidential candidate. That isn’t to say that Sanders has White House ambitions in 2028 — he’s 83 years old and says his current term is likely his last in the Senate. But he is returning to what he knows best: gravitating toward the people and stoking grassroots energy.

There are a few things Sanders is doing well that Democrats in Washington ought to pay attention to. Sanders is using the theme of oligarchy and class domination as an overarching message. “We are here to say loudly and clearly that in our great nation we will not accept oligarchy,” Sanders said to the roaring crowd in Kenosha last week. “We will not accept authoritarianism. We will not accept kleptocracy. We’re here to make it clear that we are going to fight back and we are going to win.”

Never stopped but I have untreated chlamydia , but also fuck the oligarchs

 

[Zazen]

Tim Walz announced he’s touring parts of Red America. He could be the one. He seems to understand what people want and I like how he came out and spoke honestly about why they lost. This time he won’t be tied to the Biden admin and he can go for universal healthcare. People need to be excited by something. Trump offered change but it’s the change that’s making this country collapse. Dems could have offered almost anything and probably would have won.

 

[chardog]

Waiting for thus again.

This is why it would have never worked out

BETA Male, by its very nature, has a weak spine.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

An anti-oligarchy tour sounds cool and all, but do you have anyone that isn't 1,000 years old?

Isnt the current potus 985 years old?

 

[Sweater of AV]

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Even if you don't like him, you have to admit I don't think there is another politician that has been as consistent in his views for as long as Bernie has. He has been saying pretty much the same things for 40 years. Most politicians can't keep the same standpoint for more than a week these days.

I respect him more than any other politician that means anything cause of that. Politicians flip flop more than faces and heels in wrestling.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Nobody celebrates their failures more than communists.

How the fuck is he a communist lmao

 

[deviake]

How the fuck is he a communist lmao

These goofs like repeating red scare shit from over half a century ago. Bernie basically just advocates for the US to get some European measures. Make it make sense.

They haven't noticed Capitalism isn't doing too hot these days either.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

How the fuck is he a communist lmao

These goofs like repeating red scare shit from over half a century ago. Bernie basically just advocates for the US to get some European measures. Make it make sense.

They haven't noticed Capitalism isn't doing too hot these days either.

Don't know about you guys, but one of the hottest places to have a honeymoon in 1988 had to be the Soviet Union... during the cold war.

'Advocates for European measures?' That's putting it mildly. He endlessly rants about how everything the middle-class and poor is going through is because of the millionaires and billionaires. On wait, he stopped using 'millionaires' in his speeches after be became one.

'Democratic Socialism?'
How many of you fools bought that one?

He praised Fidel Castro more than he's ever praised Republican Presidents.

And don't forget this longstanding quote from Lenin - "The goal of Socialism is Communism.'

 

[Seano]

Any day now, Bernie is going to unleash the master plan he's been working on since the 80s. Watch out.

 

[NoSmilez]

Bernie is a small town guy and the democrats are going to bury him again because he is an independent.

He wants to bring change that both parties don’t want.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Don't know about you guys, but one of the hottest places to have a honeymoon in 1988 had to be the Soviet Union... during the cold war.

'Advocates for European measures?' That's putting it mildly. He endlessly rants about how everything the middle-class and poor is going through is because of the millionaires and billionaires. On wait, he stopped using 'millionaires' in his speeches after be became one.

'Democratic Socialism?'
How many of you fools bought that one?

He praised Fidel Castro more than he's ever praised Republican Presidents.

And don't forget this longstanding quote from Lenin - "The goal of Socialism is Communism.'

So you buy into Trump being a Russian asset because he has old financial ties with Russia yes?

 

[ShadowRun]

Dem voters are funny

trick me once "shame on me", trick me twice "shame on you", trick me this 3rd time "men can get pregnant"

 

[IanEdwards]

trick me once "shame on me", trick me twice "shame on you",

you can't even get your homespun cliches straight and in the right order, you fucken imbecile

as for 'fool me twice', you voted for Trump twice and you'd go for a three-peat like Trump going for a cheeseburger.

your unwitting self-parody game is strong, though.

 

[Seano]

Dem voters are funny

trick me once "shame on me", trick me twice "shame on you", trick me this 3rd time "men can get pregnant"

Trick me for the 800,023 time "Get ready to feel the BERN!!!!!"

 

[Seano]

you can't even get your homespun cliches straight and in the right order, you fucken imbecile

as for 'fool me twice', you voted for Trump twice and you'd go for a three-peat like Trump going for a cheeseburger.

your unwitting self-parody game is strong, though.

This guy is feeling the Bern.

 

[Michaelangelo]

Bring back Ron Paul

He’ll be closer to 100 after finishing his first term

 

[cincymma79]

voting for the guy who folded and didn’t take stands on any issues he said he was for? This time will be different. Really. You just gotta believe

 

[pinger]

Any day now, Bernie is going to unleash the master plan he's been working on since the 80s. Watch out.

Probably has more than "concepts" of a plan....