• EleventhHour@lemmy.world
    5·
    3 months ago

    I met Bernie once at a rally in 2016. I said, “Bernie, you’re awesome!”

    He shot back, “No! You’re awesome! You’re all awesome!” And everyone went fucking bananas! BANANAS!!

    I love that guy!

    • Vanon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Everyone loves Bernie. I’ve never thought of him as the Keanu Reeves of politicians, but it now occurs to me.

    • razorwiregoatlick@lemmy.world
      3·
      3 months ago

      Always will. He is too old to run but I believe we will not see another politician like him in our lives. Regardless of you views on his policies you cannot deny that he cares about others and is doing what he believes is best for all humans.

    • buddascrayon@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Because we’re not the fucking Republican party that bows and scrapes at the feet of whatever douchebag has taken the reins of the party. She may be the nominee and hopefully she will become our next president. But there’s no way in hell that Bernie’s going to tow whatever line she decides to take as president. He’s going to fight for all the things he’s always fought for. Cause he’s fucking Bernie Sanders.

  • LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 months ago

    Ozma, you’ve posted a variety of not super negative articles about democrats and Harris recently. Are you feeling okay? Do you have a fever?

    (This is a joke)

  • Kaeru@slrpnk.netEnglish
    0·
    3 months ago

    I thought I read he was putting off endorsing her for certain reasons. What changed so that he changed his outward opinion? Don’t say nothing–I thought he was waiting to see a more pragmatic demand for improvement or something?

    • General_Shenanigans@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 months ago

      Aside from having to switch his stance because Biden dropped out, higher profile politicians have to plan out when they announce their endorsements. The ones that progressive and liberal voters really care about are those of Obama and Bernie. You let the candidate build up some momentum to see how they do, and she did pretty well. They also want to make sure they can actually successfully accomplish making her the new nominee, seeing as how this was a weird situation. Then, you start doling out the endorsements at opportune times. You want to spread them out a little bit, but still leave them close enough to give the public that overall impression when they’re reading the news that the candidate is still building and gaining more momentum. As you can see, it works. Excitement about her replacing Biden is a wake they absolutely should ride as long as they can. Go too fast or too slow and you lose the boost.

    • SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 months ago

      he’s not a democrat

      Look Bernie can distance himself as much as he wants from the party and technically not be a member, but his voting record and two attempts at running for president as a democrat indicate that he is a democrat in all but name. I know I know “he couldn’t win unless he joined a party” but come on. His not being a democrat is basically a technicality.

      • WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        I mean the main reason atleast senate wise he caucuses with democrats is because they are the party that is closest to his views and if he didn’t caucus with anyone he would be powerless in the Senate. And sure you can say from the current place America is in he is basically a Democrat he definitely is more progressive and pushes for more progressive ideas then Democrats would ever do.

        • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Which Democrats? All 50 of them? Yeah, they’re not all progressive. But that doesn’t mean that progressives aren’t part of the party. Being a progressive pushing for more progressive ideas than the entirety of the caucus would support doesn’t mean you’re not a Democrat.

          • SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            3 months ago

            In fact I applaud the progressives who are steadily pushing the Democrats further left - it’s easy to go “I’m changing things from the inside” but it’s another matter entirely to move the needle in a way that is relatively easy to observe.

            To look at the party platform in 2014/2015 and then where it is now is wild. The 2019 primaries in particular showed how further left the party has been pushed, even if it’s still conservative by most western standards for “liberal” or “progressive.” Some ideas that are baked into the platform now were unthinkable back then.