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Warpy

(113,839 posts)
5. I'm not poor now, but I haven't lost my deep cynicism gained painfully over 40 years
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 02:56 AM
Oct 2015

built up since 1969, over most of my working life, after liberals went out of power and I became poor. Sanders has cracked through enough of it that I'll be casting my vote for him in the primary. He's already managed to shove Clinton to the left on some issues and a good showing by him in the primaries, even if he doesn't win, will chart the course the party will need to take unless it wants to become as big a joke as the Republicans are.

I do know the last thing anyone needs is another Third Way administration, no matter what the party power brokers think they're going to foist on us. There is only so long they can expect us to work for starvation wages, with piss poor services and a crumbling infrastructure while they shovel money into the bottomless maws of the rich. I think we're just about at that point now.

Don't get me wrong here, I'm one of those yellow dog Democrats and have been since Ronny gave his party to the lunatics in the wingnut churches. I'll vote for whatever stiff the PTB offers us.

I'm just counting on Sanders to let them know we're sick of being suckers, we're sick of being robbed of the fruits of our labor, and we're sick of seeing our country falling apart around us.

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Gotta go with Bernie. Half-Century Man Oct 2015 #1
ok specific reasons or dont wanna share? w0nderer Oct 2015 #2
Okay first Student debt Half-Century Man Oct 2015 #3
*chuckle* w0nderer Oct 2015 #4
I'm not poor now, but I haven't lost my deep cynicism gained painfully over 40 years Warpy Oct 2015 #5
NONE OF THEM napi21 Oct 2015 #6
Well put uppityperson Oct 2015 #7
Bernie Kalidurga Oct 2015 #8
I believe we have the best chance with Bernie NV Whino Oct 2015 #9
Gotta go with Bernie... Melurkyoulongtime Oct 2015 #10
You can probably guess from my signature, ladyVet Oct 2015 #11
I think it's pretty clear LWolf Oct 2015 #12
welcome to the group (if you joined or not) :-) w0nderer Oct 2015 #13
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