Epiphany

[OneAngryDemocrat]

Epiphany

I will spell out precisely why Bernie does so well with white guys, and not so great with every other demographic group. Ready?

While I am not gay, I support LGBT rights.

While I am not black, I support civil rights, to include the Voting Rights Act and Affirmative Action. BLACKLIVESMATTER!!!

While I am not a woman, I support a woman's right to choose, and fair pay.

The Democratic Party supports ALL of those things - and that's GREAT!!!

But I'm an outsider looking in at those issues.

I'm not gay, black, or a woman. Where is MY representation?

There are some issues that matter to me personally and that pertain to ME, directly, as a straight, white man (Fair Trade, banking reform, tariffs, collective bargaining, war & peace, etc.) which the Democratic Party has been neglecting.

YES - I said it: They have been NEGLECTING Fair Trade, *REAL* banking reform, tariffs, collective bargaining and matters of war & peace. I am NOT a Third Way Democrat, but that is ALL the Democratic Party is offering me.

The Democratic Party's "Big Tent" better make room for ME, as a straight, white man, concerned about issues dear to me (along with the Party's civil right's agenda) or I'm going to go looking for REPRESENTATION somewhere else.

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[Betty Karlson]

1. Bernie does excellent with all millennials. It's a status quo versus sensible change issue.

Your OP is verging on reducing all Sanders supporters to white heterosexual men. The reality is that white heterosexual men are in the minority among his supporters. - and probably happy to be so.

[OneAngryDemocrat]

3. But I'm Not A Millennial...

It all boils down to the so-called Third Way.

If that is what the Party calls *progress* count me out.

[Betty Karlson]

5. You and me both.

[NurseJackie]

2. It must be so-o-o tough ...

[OneAngryDemocrat]

4. Quit Misrepresenting What I wrote...

Quit misrepresenting what I wrote.

I never said I was PERSECUTED as a middle aged white guy.

I said I wasn't being REPRESENTED.

Get it right, where so many other Hillary supporters get it WRONG.

[NurseJackie]

6. I realize WHAT you said. But I think you don't quite realize HOW it comes across.

And whose fault is that?

[OneAngryDemocrat]

8. How'd YOU Have Characterized It?

Just wondering aloud...

[NurseJackie]

11. I don't know.

I'm afraid you'll have to reword it yourself, if you're so inclined.

[Avalux]

7. Bernie's message transcends age, race, and religion.

It speaks to all of us - you, me, and anyone else who gets it. Labels be damned.

[OneAngryDemocrat]

9. TY

Thank you.

[gollygee]

10. Congress is mainly made up of white men

You are represented.

[SheilaT]

12. I know an awful lot of older women who support Bernie.

Plus my Millennial sons, although since they're white guys maybe they don't count. One has already participated in his state's caucus, the other will be voting next month.

In Wisconsin Bernie won every single demographic except for older women, if I recall correctly.

I wish people would stop trying to say Bernie only appeals to older white guys because it's not true.