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Cleita

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3. In the 1960s Bernie would have been considered pragmatic and sensible in his policies
Mon Jan 25, 2016, 04:07 PM
Jan 2016

and values. John Kennedy wanted to take us to the moon, a pretty sci-fi notion back then. The Russians had barely launched Sputnik to our chagrin and we scrambled to catch up with and surpass them. But we didn't look upon at as reaching too far or pie in the sky because then we were Americans. Back then we believed Americans could do anything, even go to the moon, because we had the heart, money and leadership to get the seemingly impossible done.

Today, corporate Democrats are telling us to settle for what is possible. Settle for the ACA because single payer is impossible. Accept the TPP because global trade is inevitable. Bernie is asking us to be forward thinking Americans and to help him remove the obstacles that are in the way that are rapidly turning us into a third world country. Those obstacles are Wall Street, the banksters and the military/industrial complex. He's asking us to remember what we stand for and to stand up for it.

When we feed the war machine and the 1% instead of our citizens and what our citizens needs are food, shelter, health care, security and safety and education for their children, we become no better than the madmen who got us into World War II.

FEEL THE BERN!

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