"... they came to look for America and saw Bernie Sanders."

[Fawke Em]

"All come to look for America"

Then the young woman put the phone in her parka pocket. A middle aged man next to her said, “That makes me wanna’ cry.”

“Me too,” a woman added. “I want to be happy about us again. I’m tired of the anger everybody has.”

SNIP

So it’s Bernie Sanders, at 74, voice carrying just an edge of anger, hands used as an exclamation point on sentences he’s been streaming for years, who is attracting crowds filled with energy and emotion. There is very little curiosity among those who were in the auditorium Friday night, only commitment to a cause. That’s not an endorsement, merely eyesight and observation.

And when the rally ended, people pushed out into the cold night, some holding hands, some others holding children, all of them holding a stake in what happens in New Hampshire in two weeks. Then they were off in the night, counting the cars on the Everett Turnpike after they came to look for America and saw Bernie Sanders.

Great READ!!

Berniemania is Real and it's Powerful

[Skwmom]

1. I disagree with this one portion.

The commercial appeals to the heart and soul of who we really are, a people moved more by hope than hate. A nation where fear of the future is simply foreign to the fiber of the country but has now become part of our politics because we are told over and over by most running for president to be very afraid each day before we ever take to the street.

I think hate is not the right word. People are angry and upset but hateful - no. Plus a lot of people talk about fear of the future - what it will be like for our children and grandchildren. I doubt Barnicle is faced with the same concerns for the future as average Americans.

[Fawke Em]

3. True, but one can't argue that there isn't hateful rhetoric out there.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

9. People feel betrayed.

[JonLeibowitz]

4. I don't know. I think I'll be in the upper 5-10% in the near future and I have a deep sense of dread

of the future of the country. It's heartbreaking to see the middle class just disappear.

Without a revitalization of what America is about, I worry greatly. It's possible Barnicle does too. Of course, hate is the wrong word as you say.

[Skwmom]

14. Maybe he does, but he seems to attribute fear of the future to what the candidates are saying.

Maybe some but it goes far beyond that. People have voiced concern for the future long before the presidential election cycle started.

I'm sure there are people in the top percentages that feel the way that you do. However, in watching comments by Ellen DeGeneres and interviews of Sanders it is sometimes obvious that people that are not in the 90% fear that they are going to have to pay more taxes and their major focus is protecting what they have accumulated.

[lostnfound]

11. Why would you doubt that he has the same concerns ?

He's not that well off. He will be surrounded by family and friends who have to make their own way in the world. He isn't own to sell his connections.

I don't know why you would say that?

[Skwmom]

13. Because of this statement.

A nation where fear of the future is simply foreign to the fiber of the country but has now become part of our politics because we are told over and over by most running for president to be very afraid each day before we ever take to the street.
because we are told over and over by most running for president to be very afraid each day before we ever take to the street.."

That statement ignores the fact that people have been voicing concerns for what the future will be like for our children and grandchildren long before election season started. So all the fear of the future that people are feeling and voicing is not just attributable to what the candidates are saying.

[lostnfound]

16. I assumed that the fear he spoke of was fear of terrorism, fear of Muslims, fear of foreigners

The fear that Trump and Cruz are spreading.

[snagglepuss]

2. Veryvery great read. And its wriiten by Mike Barnacle which

is a surprise. I didn't know he writes so we.

[Fawke Em]

5. I didn't either!

Surprised me when I read who wrote it. I first read it on my phone, so I didn't see the author right away. When I retweeted it to repost from my PC to here and elsewhere is when I saw the author.

[draa]

6. Mike's always been ok to me.

He seems a little too timid for the vultures in the msm though.

[draa]

7. K+R!!!

[Uncle Joe]

8. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Fawke Em.

[Live and Learn]

10. K&R nt

[lostnfound]

12. Beautiful article and the one below it on the website about Flint is good too

[LWolf]

15. K & R