Comments by "Virginia Lawler" (@virginialawler7725) on "Every right enjoyed by workers today was fought for." video.

  1. ?? What "weakness"??
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  2. Biggest Thanks to you for your post and your support of Bernie! An Illinois native, I first learned of him from an August 1963 Chicago newspaper. He was being arrested for marching against segregation and spent the night in jail. I'm glad the You Tube--"Bernie and Civil Rights in Chicago"-is still available. I send much respect and affection back to you...and to Germany. I accept now, finally, that I will never get to visit your nation, land of my maternal grandmother. That had been a lifelong dream, in part because the very young girl who would become my grandmother came over, alone, from Germany to Missouri, by herself, so many, many decades ago. I would have admired her for that history alone! But, her journey was extra impressive to me because she brought with her a very large ("huge") burlap sack of goose down she'd picked to have a gift for her relatives--who'd immigrated to Kansas City some time before. Grandma Meta Schissler, a widow, quickly became a baker in K.C. for the rest of her life. She visited my mother (her only child) and the other three of us in Illinois way too few times, and my Mother only visited her in K.C. twice, due to both time and money constraints. I was very young the first time she came to Champaign and remember being very shy--even a tad fearful--when I first heard her accent! Then she baked, and I immediately loved her forever! How many always exquisite, delicious, unforgettable wonders she created on her visits. Memorable still--and I'm now 87.
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  3. I sure agree that Bernie was "the best candidate we've had," including his longtime support of labor unions and his particular concern about "normal Americans," too. I seem to have a bit of a different memory about his dropping out...and...I really hope any and all readers will correct me if my memory is wrong!! My excuse is that I'm 84. As I seem to remember it, Bernie and his staff looked at all the data "out there" and ran the latest numbers for the remaining primaries. Nothing added up to enough votes to win. So, based on all the research, "they" made the terribly agonizing decision to continue no longer...to suspend the campaign. One aspect of the decision was that he didn't want his supporters to continue to contribute money hoping for a winning outcome...when it had finally been shown with data that there was now no path to a win. Does anyone else remember it that way?? #NotMeUs.
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  4.  @PatriciaKanavy  I do know a few folks of all ages who would disagree.
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  5. Just for starters, people might not have to choose between groceries and medicine anymore.
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  6. obi wan Kenobi. I sure do appreciate--and agree with--your post here. How I hope Biden declines to run for a 2nd term...and makes his decision known soon. There are many indications that show why Reps believe strongly that their candidate--no matter who that turns out to be--would defeat him...handily. And, we all know all the reasons why! Biden just continues to get very noticeably weaker in too many ways. Consider his hesitant speech, searching to retrieve the words he wants. Consider his gait across a stage and/or his hesitance when exiting his plane's steps. Or his falls. Etc. None of those drawbacks will diminish, and there is much reason to believe they and others--including his general lack of vigor--will increase. I wish he would announce his retirement early, meaning soon, to give our Dem candidate the best--and the fairest--opportunity to win our government back. #NotMeUs.
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