I have no use for socialism and Sanders certainly supports that. Yet he also strikes me as someone who is honest, principled, and tells the truth as he sees it. This suggests that he may be persuadable. That's why I voted for him in the primary. (That and the fact that if he won, he'd have trouble getting even other Democrats to cooperate enough to enact most of his agenda.)

I think it is a mistake to automatically ascribe evil to everyone who disagrees with us.

let's face it Bernie will say what the people want to hear. if it quacks like a duck it's a Bernie socialist duck.

Usually, socialism makes it worse. The price of being taken care of is twofold. Fewer and poorer quality goods from food, to clothes, to housing, etc. and a substantial loss of freedom.

"I come from the white working class..{Sanders)..." - only as a parasite feeding off the working class.

I had very limited respect for his commitment to reducing corruption and he "seemed" be a straight talker and he openly told you where he was at.. As to his philosphy, I was totally opposed to it. When he came out for Hillary and against Trump, his true colors as an evil human being shone through the veneer- at which point I thought of him as just evil, period.

You mean that you had respect for a moocher that never worked in his entire life and always divided other peoples' earnings?

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It was clear from the start that Bernie was a man of principle, albeit the wrong ones.

I believe he really does want a better country for everyone, and I have no problem with him advising Trump to "stand up" to billionaires, at least the majority who are crony capitalists and hardly Dagny, Hank or Francisco. I would advise him the same way. James out! Dagny in!

Interesting...they did have that in common. However, it pisses me off when they use the term: "White Working Class"; we are not all white, and we are not a "Class" of people, We are Americans living the American Dream, making our own way in spite of "White and Black Liberal racist that have Never WORKED a day in their lives;.. they are part and parcel with the fraud and coercion they have over the "corporate billionaire classless" creatures in this world.

Until we all wake up to this fact, we will never be able to stabilize civilization.

Bernie is an old line Socialist. Like every upper echelon socialist, everything he says is fake or double meaning. All his catch phrases are devised to make followers think he is trying to give power to the working stiff, but in reality, he uses the working stiff to garner power for himself. Never believe anything a socialist says unless you know the true motive behind it.

he will not be running again. he had his 15 minutes of fame

Bernie can go take a hike, in my opinion! His followers are all socialists and we don't need them. It is not big business that is the problem, it is more big gov't and crony capitalism that is the problem.

I do hope Trump sees Sanders for what he is.

I believe this is part and parcel of populism. Not necessarily a bad thing. The "elite" may fear it, because it does limit their power.

Trump's appeal has always been over a wide spectrum. His history is riddled with waffling opinion on political issues. He was a democrat, now he's a republican. I think he learned a lot more about his country this last 18 months than he did his whole life before. AND, he got a big dose of the fascistic tendencies of the left.

The American people also always have a wide spectrum of opinion. If we are to be a CIVIL society, we must ALL allow for people agreeing to disagree.

He'll be 78 in 2020.

Yes, and when WikiLeaks revealed that Brazile fed Shrillery the primary debate questions, as well as who would be asking and answering the debate questions, and Shrillery refused to denounce Brazile (choosing rather to remain an apparent silent accomplice in the debate rigging), Sanders' loyalty to Shrillery and her agenda remained unshakeable. (Never a mention of this revolting breach of debate protocol).

Sanders, for this alone, had good reason to bolt Shrillery and the DNC but chose not to. He is an unqualified Shrillery loyalist and went down with the Shrillery ship, a uniformed crew member. No use trying to turn coat and claim otherwise at this late date.

I think thats the reason all the rioting is going on. And Trump isnt even sworn in and hasnt done ANYTHING yet. So why riot now?

I doubt he will run in 2020. Too old. Might even be dead by then. But the millenials are definitely socialist and love his rhetoric and would vote for him. Except that he really let them down and showed his true colors when he campaigned for VERY crooked Hillary who used trickery to keep him from being nominated

That too, of course. I figured that around here it went without saying. :)

And I don't trust him. I expect him to run against Trump four years from now. The only difference between him and Hillary is that he wants to revive the old Soviet dream of Five Year Plans, collective farms, collective industries, and collective everything else. He reminds me of Cuffy Meigs at the last stand in Dunkertown, Iowa, a/k/a Harmony City, a/k/a "Meigsville."

Lefties believe that Trump's policies will hurt THEM and take away their freebies.

The good thing is that he wont be alive to run in 2020. He might actually win, as the country was moving in a very socialist direction.

Sanders is evil covered over by a thin veneer of "sweetness". His tirades against Trump and his letting his "movement" falter in the face of Hillary's corruption showed his real insides. Its pretty disgusting and he shouldnt be trusted at all.

Expect to see a lot of resistance from Sanders and his supporters before they reach grounds for agreement, due to the Trump priorities. The executive orders Trump intends to cancel immediately involve immigration and the environment, areas where he and Trump are polar opposites. A serious effort to repeal or make big changes to the ACA will also not set well with Sanders, given he was hoping Hillary would move toward the single payer mechanism.

Where will they agree? Infrastructure spending, promising a big jump in jobs is one they both want to see. Restructuring taxes will be a mixed bag, with Sanders glad to see reductions for lower and middle class, but unhappy over reductions for the wealthy and corporations. Ditching the TPP and reopening NAFTA will garner Sanders support. A reimposition of Glass-Steagall on the banking industry will see them on the same side, as will any effort to break up the megabanks. Reducing the student financial burden won't be "free" college, but Sanders will be happy to see any effort in that direction.

It won't be a love affair, but I think Sanders will be happier with Trump than he would have been with Hillary.

He can excite people to make themselves great, and as a result make the country great. We will see if indeed he is able to persuade congress to make the needed changes. I really dont think the president has the power to do much without the congress. He should undo Obama's executive orders however right away like he says.

Bolshevik Bernie still "feels the burn" (yuck,yuck) of a rigged Jackass Party coronation that only fed up American voters could overcome with their Elect The Donald peaceful revolt.
Nevertheless, if the Clinton Crime Cartel Godmother had won, I think our socialist pied piper be tooting a different song.
As for the "count us in, Donald," song he's left with to play with now, this looter politician for the proletariat is only angling for another run four years down the pike.