Comments by "Virginia Lawler" (@virginialawler7725) on "We can't give in to doomerism." video.
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@gottalovegabe1176 Too bad your point has to keep being made over and over, but, it does...and I'm so glad you did so!! Some people forget--and others never bothered to learn--that Sen. Sanders only became a millionaire later in life and after he wrote two very successful books. "Our Revolution" came first, was #3 on The New York Times Best Seller List and also published in China, England, France, Germany, Serbia and South Korea. Next was, "Where We Go from Here: Two Years in the Resistance," urging us all to, day-by-day, help build a nation focused on civil, economic, environmental, gender, racial and social justice...and peace. NotMeUs.
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@michaellovullo7363 Your post is among the saddest I've seen recently. First of all, because it simply is not true. Sen. Sanders certainly has NO corporate overlords. Second, you went on to try to slam him more slyly.
Yes, Sanders "still has a Senate seat." And, he continues to totally deserve it due to his elected public service efforts ever since he became the thrice re-elected mayor of Vermont's largest city. (Burlington earned national recognition during his 8-year tenure, by the way.) He then defeated a wealthy, Republican incumbent to be the state's sole US Representative in Congress. He is now in his third term in the U.S. Senate (elected for the 2nd w/ 71% of the vote). Along the way, he's earned highest national honors from two of the nation's largest service organizations, the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars...and, was also chosen for two honorary degrees. Etc.
Second, No One is perfect. And, neither Sanders nor his followers have ever claimed that he is. You do a particular disservice with your comment that he "told his followers to vote for Clinton in 2016 and Biden in 2020." No. What he did do-after his own candidacy had been tanked in '16- was go out and hold 39 rallies for her in 13 states throughout that Sept., Oct., and Nov., as he also worked to help Dem senate candidates at the same time! HIs own legislative efforts, etc., are clear on his website.
Why did Bernie work so hard and so long to support Biden...and has continued to do...so since his election? Because he believes...as many of us did...and now a great many more millions of us do...that Trump's reactionary agenda and imbedded personal characteristics made him the most dangerous president in our nation's history. Also, that Trump is still a "present danger" because he is not (yet) in jail where he deserves to be. And that shoring up Biden's agenda was the best counter available to fend off another Trump...or another want-to-be.
Soon to be 84, I truly hope you'll want to learn more about Sen. Sanders and perhaps change your mind. His 2016 book. "Our Revolution," was #3 on The New York Time Best-Seller list...and also published in China, England, France, Germany, Serbia and South Korea. He followed that with, "Where We Go from Here: Two Years in the Resistance." I thought both were good reads...and informative...and neither is a "puff piece." NotMeUs.
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