Good morning my dear friends, here is the first of what will be an avalanche of good Bernie news from here on out. The Bernie campaign turned the corner last night and the magic carpet ride is on. "All right, G! What are we smoking today?" :=) I've watched a whole lotta Bernie speeches. Last night's speech was in a whole different league. Remember the pleas for Bernie to "draw the contrasts" sharper? Heh, heh, heh, if you watched last night's speech, you woulda done the same chair dancing I did. He waited until NYC. Why? Bernie is smarter than us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4sAWtGYP1s

Here's a typical meh MSM report that missed the whole damned thing.

http://observer.com/2016/03/bernie-sanders-rocks-the-bronx/

Mr. Sanders, speaking at a campaign rally in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx tonight, declared that he would “reinvest” in the poverty-stricken South Bronx and, as always, make this country a place that doesn’t just work for the “millionaires and billionaires.” He wasted little time gleefully drawing contrasts between himself and the former secretary of state, who has courted Wall Street, set up a super PAC to back her candidacy, and supported the Iraq War and past free-trade deals.

“We’ve got some very real differences,” Mr. Sanders, sounding notably hoarse, declared. “Establishment politics and establishment economics, the same old same old, is not working and this is what this campaign is about.”

Irking Clinton supporters everywhere, he returned to a favorite vulnerability: her six-figure speaking fees. “As some of you know, Secretary Clinton has given a lot of speeches on Wall Street behind closed doors and she has received 250,000 bucks a speech,” he said. “Now, I kinda think that if you are gonna get paid $250,000 for a speech, it must be a brilliant speech, it must be an earth-shattering speech written in Shakespearean prose.”

His Bronx stump speech was typical Bernie, with little flourishes and local wrinkles for a Big Apple crowd. The Brooklyn native noted he grew up in the city and attended its public schools, and spoke specifically about cutting down on high asthma rates in the Bronx and creating more affordable housing.

“If we win in New York, we are going to make it to the White House,” he promised as “Bernie” cheers rained down upon him. New York City, and the South Bronx, may not end up as favorable territory to Mr. Sanders, a Vermont independent, on the April 19th Democratic primary. But if the turnout at tonight’s rally is any indication, and if a large number of these people are actually registered Democrats, Mr. Sanders is going to be a real threat to Ms. Clinton in New York, the state she represented in the Senate for eight years.

Thousands jammed a baseball field on the other end of St. Mary’s Park just to watch Mr. Sanders on a big screen while thick lines snaked around the block to pass through security. The smaller number who could crowd in to actually view the self-described democratic socialist, who spoke from the stage on a blacktop with public housing towers at his back, treated him as the liberal icon he’s become. They chanted, waved signs and cheered the political revolution that see as inevitable once Mr. Sanders somehow fells Ms. Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, and rolls to victory in November. (The Sanders campaign claimed 18,500 people attended the rally.)

I was astonished last night. By Bernie and by c99. While I watched the C-span link (TY JeckylnHyde!) I saw the c99 comment stream flow by. If anyone was watching Bernie, I didn't notice it. The comments were All-Clinton-All-The Time. I couldn't believe my eyes. While Bernie gave The Speech - one that will destroy Clinton in NY - c99 folks were talking Clinton.

Here's what I said in a comment while watching the speech: Bernie took over the game. I'm amazed by this evening on c99. It's like c99 was sitting in a NYPD patrol car watching a poor old bag lady soiling herself while Bernie just robbed the bank behind you :=) Well, I wuv you all and thanks for being patient yet again with me. Have a peaceful evening and enjoy tomorrow's headlines. The magic carpet ride just flew into the air tonight. Happy days lie ahead.

I'm here to tell you that - excluding an act of dog - Bernie will win the nomination and the general election. If you grasp how he is setting up Clinton for a NY loss, you will be a very happy camper.

If you respond, I am interested in your analysis of how Bernie set up the NY state election. I really don't give a rubber duck about DNC/Clinton/blah blah blah. Look at what the captain of the team is doing, not at what the opponent is doing. Bernie is smarter than me, you, or anyone else.

The magic carpet ride began in the Bronx last night. Ride with Bernie, not with his opponents.

Peace be with us, if we work for it with peaceful hearts (as ever, I say this not cause I'm good at it, but because I'm bad at it),

gerrit