2016 Postmortem

First the M$M's continuously presents Sanders as a fringe left candidate, a (gasp) socialist (shudder!). You see this in the line: The careful, ground-up organizing seems designed to counter the kind of threat to Mrs. Clinton that has emerged from Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, whose hard-left policies have inspired huge crowds at rallies.

Second, we have us - you and me and millions of others - out talking to people. Today I was talking to a group of people and Bernie came up. One guy said he won't win because he's too 'hard left.' I countered with, "Not so. Everything he's saying, ALL his positions, are favored by at least 50% of the American people."

Social Security came up, and everyone in the group I was addressing expressed the belief that it is nearly insolvent, dying.

I educated them on that, too - and Bernie's solution of lifting the payroll tax cap.

See, all we all have to do is keep talking to people, keep educating them about the issues, because now we have Bernie leading the charge and we can really build some momentum on these policies that most of us have been advocating for years. I wonder how fast we will be able to break down the corporate-propaganda-induced ignorance. I'm thinking not too long. Maybe three or four or six repetitions of the same truths by as many different people, and we'll gain another Bernie supporter.