• Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world
      72·
      3 months ago

      I think I will always have lots of empathy and admiration for him. He was and is someone who’s actions show character and who’s character is genuinely rooted in trying to help the populace.

      If there was a way to traverse dimensions to one where things went right for his election, I’d go there. The one we’re in just…sucks.

      • charles@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        3 months ago

        Bernie’s emails are worth subscribing to imo. He’s sending out stuff railing on citizens united with the tone of “yeah yeah, crazy ol Bernie on it again. Well guess what, it’s still a big fuckin problem”

    • razorwiregoatlick@lemmy.world
      281·
      3 months ago

      Always will. He is too old to run but I believe we will not see another politician like him in our lives. Regardless of you views on his policies you cannot deny that he cares about others and is doing what he believes is best for all humans.

      • rottingleaf@lemmy.world
        8·
        3 months ago

        There are plenty of good and charismatic people. Political systems are wired to filter them out.

        I think Larry Lessig is not too old. His political focus is a bit less gigantic and heroic than Bernie’s, but in a bit longer term may cause enormous positive changes if applied.

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        3 months ago

        He is too old to run but I believe we will not see another politician like him in our lives

        I hope not. We need more like him.

  • EleventhHour@lemmy.world
    1302·
    3 months ago

    I met Bernie once at a rally in 2016. I said, “Bernie, you’re awesome!”

    He shot back, “No! You’re awesome! You’re all awesome!” And everyone went fucking bananas! BANANAS!!

    I love that guy!

    • Vanon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      3 months ago

      Everyone loves Bernie. I’ve never thought of him as the Keanu Reeves of politicians, but it now occurs to me.

  • LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world
    486·
    3 months ago

    Ozma, you’ve posted a variety of not super negative articles about democrats and Harris recently. Are you feeling okay? Do you have a fever?

    (This is a joke)

    • buddascrayon@lemmy.world
      6·
      3 months ago

      Because we’re not the fucking Republican party that bows and scrapes at the feet of whatever douchebag has taken the reins of the party. She may be the nominee and hopefully she will become our next president. But there’s no way in hell that Bernie’s going to tow whatever line she decides to take as president. He’s going to fight for all the things he’s always fought for. Cause he’s fucking Bernie Sanders.

  • Kaeru@slrpnk.netEnglish
    141·
    3 months ago

    I thought I read he was putting off endorsing her for certain reasons. What changed so that he changed his outward opinion? Don’t say nothing–I thought he was waiting to see a more pragmatic demand for improvement or something?

    • General_Shenanigans@lemmy.world
      17·
      3 months ago

      Aside from having to switch his stance because Biden dropped out, higher profile politicians have to plan out when they announce their endorsements. The ones that progressive and liberal voters really care about are those of Obama and Bernie. You let the candidate build up some momentum to see how they do, and she did pretty well. They also want to make sure they can actually successfully accomplish making her the new nominee, seeing as how this was a weird situation. Then, you start doling out the endorsements at opportune times. You want to spread them out a little bit, but still leave them close enough to give the public that overall impression when they’re reading the news that the candidate is still building and gaining more momentum. As you can see, it works. Excitement about her replacing Biden is a wake they absolutely should ride as long as they can. Go too fast or too slow and you lose the boost.

    • jonne
      7·
      3 months ago

      I think Sanders along with others was working with Biden to make sure the policies he ran on were as progressive as he could get them to be, presumably he was holding off on whether Harris would change tack or run on those same policies.

    • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      34·
      3 months ago

      Probably Obama’s endorsement which finally shut down the prospects of a contested primary.

      The Dems got into the mess with Biden because they wouldn’t test him with an actual open primary process. Not having a contest for Harris may be pragmatic but it may dog the party in the future. If she loses then there will be recriminations. And if she wins they will have to think about what they do in 2028 - does she get a free pass again or does the party get a say? Do all those ambitious contenders step aside again?

      Problems for another day. I think the dems are doing the right thing in coronating Harris now as they have been left with no choice. But they really need to think about what happens with sitting presidents and the primaries - waving Biden through was disasterous, and him dragging his feet on steeping down shut down all other options. I have very little respect left for Biden - he did the right thing but took far too long to do it, risking everything.

      • cheers_queers@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        3 months ago

        IDK, i think the timing was strategic and about as good as it could’ve been. they wasted most of the GOP resources by dragging Biden out as long as he could, and now Trump is locked in to a fight he didn’t want to sign up for. but it’s too late now. lol

        their shock at Biden actually stepping down kinda tells me that they are not used to leaders who do what the people ask for

        • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          1·
          3 months ago

          Right? They waited till the GOP locked in messaging AND made a VP pick AND were done with the convention.

          Then they dropped the hammer, denied them the convention bounce by stealing all the media oxygen AND rendered their messaging not just obsolete but actively harmful to them (candidate is old? You’re right) AND now they are stuck with a VP that hurts them with the demo Harris is going to make major gains in.

          If I didn’t know better, I’d think the democrats were actually organized and disciplined for once.