I think if Bernie showed anything this election, it's that people have more power than we think.

Imagine if a better known candidate had taken up the same message as Bernie and fought the party establishment the same way (I know a fantasy but still).

I hope Elizabeth Warren was paying attention. I think the next four years are going to be very ugly, and very bad for most of us regardless of who wins. We need to keep growing this movement.

I'd love to see independent ads, maybe mostly through social media, from Bernie, or whoever gets his list of contributors, after the conventions are over asking the voters to consider whether either candidate sides with them, and spelling out the issues he wants the parties to address: universal healthcare, increase social security, up the minimum wage, student loan debt forgiveness, break up the banks, an economy that benefits everyone, infrastructure development, especially for renewable energy sources to cut carbon emissions and save the planet, racial justice, an end to these endless wars against people half way around the world that serves no purpose but to prop up tyrannical and/or murderous regimes.

I want that message spread to as many people as possible. I want them to understand that they don't have to put up with this shit anymore, where the wealthy decide who we get to vote for. Where the outright bribery of Congress and the Presidency is legalized.

This isn't the time to despair, its the time to keep fighting. No one said taking down the criminal organization that our two parties have become would be easy. Nothing worthwhile ever is.

My bad. I looked it up again, and Cali actually has a mixed primary; open for Dems, closed for Repubs. So, good news for Bern. There's still hope.

Although some use "Powers" instead. They smell about the same.

maybe not.

That summit is going to be huge.
I hope it will be a major wake-up call for the party ... but then I remember how tone-deaf they are.
Regardless, things are going to be really interesting from here on out.

but physically, I just can't.

I hope that representatives of Bernie and Stein will be there, too.

They will likely decide to create a new party. That would be exciting.

I'm going to try my damnedest to be back in the states and get over my awful jet lag so I could have a shot at going! Sure, I might be a bit young and might not have a lot to say, but we sort of need the younger millenials to go out and represent the future of the US, right?

Nothing guaranteed, of course, but it's at least good motivation.

"Well Kos, I don’t know what to make of this, but my first impression is that there is a huge hole in your argument and your plea for unity. Bernie has in poll after poll either tied or was slightly ahead of Hillary on the national level. How can that be? It doesn't match the primary numbers. The only explanation is that this primary system has left out a significant number of people in this country. That is why I have continued to argue that Hillary is a weak candidate and could put the whole Party in a bind.

On top of all that, you have missed something….. Hillary herself has constantly denigrated the various groups that have supported Bernie and are inspired by him. And that has not changed. Her campaign continues to look down on the Bernie movement. Just one example is her telling millennials that they don’t understand what is going on and need to do their homework. Another would be her acceptance and applause for the ridiculous statements made by Madeleine Albright and Gloria Steinem. You may have missed many of the other examples, but people like me sure have not missed them.

You have not written one diary that takes her to task for her divisive and nasty remarks and tone when it comes to the basic ideas of the Sanders campaign. You are trying to suddenly appear neutral here in an attempt to woo people who watched you and others refrain from holding Hillary’s feet to the fire when it was sorely needed. Why would these people find your sudden embrace of Bernie believable? Why would they suddenly find Hillary someone to admire enough to vote for her?

There is a reason that 56% of this country doesn't trust her or like her. This site and the DNC have tried to ignore that, which in and of itself is insulting to many voters. This impression of her isn't based in ignorance and a lack of ‘doing their homework’. In fact, it is just the opposite.

Oh, and Bernie did not ‘concede’."

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"Well Kos, I don’t know what to make of this, but my first impression is that there is a huge hole in your argument and your plea for unity. Bernie has in poll after poll either tied or was slightly ahead of Hillary on the national level. How can that be? It doesn't match the primary numbers. The only explanation is that this primary system has left out a significant number of people in this country. That is why I have continued to argue that Hillary is a weak candidate and could put the whole Party in a bind.

On top of all that, you have missed something….. Hillary herself has constantly denigrated the various groups that have supported Bernie and are inspired by him. And that has not changed. Her campaign continues to look down on the Bernie movement. Just one example is her telling millennials that they don’t understand what is going on and need to do their homework. Another would be her acceptance and applause for the ridiculous statements made by Madeleine Albright and Gloria Steinem. You may have missed many of the other examples, but people like me sure have not missed them.

You have not written one diary that takes her to task for her divisive and nasty remarks and tone when it comes to the basic ideas of the Sanders campaign. You are trying to suddenly appear neutral here in an attempt to woo people who watched you and others refrain from holding Hillary’s feet to the fire when it was sorely needed. Why would these people find your sudden embrace of Bernie believable? Why would they suddenly find Hillary someone to admire enough to vote for her?

There is a reason that 56% of this country doesn't trust her or like her. This site and the DNC have tried to ignore that, which in and of itself is insulting to many voters. This impression of her isn't based in ignorance and a lack of ‘doing their homework’. In fact, it is just the opposite.

Oh, and Bernie did not ‘concede’."

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“Sanders remains in it to amass delegates to influence the party platform. Heck, he may even make the usually worthless piece of paper mean something. Remember, no candidate is beholden to that platform, but if there really is juice behind the Sanders movement, it can help hold Democrats accountable to it.”

Kos should remember that no voter is beholden to a party, either.

Fuck him.

that have appeared somewhat pro-Bernie will now go back under their rocks. Some of the pro-HRC agents may fade, too, except DK has to appear to have a larger group of involved. Too f'nin' bad.

I'm relieved to live here. Literally.