Feel The Bern

“Crazy like a Bernie”Over the weekend Senator Sanders launched his first campaign rally in Brooklyn New York – He was introduced by his wife Jane Sanders and a parade of sincere advocates who shared their stories. Then it was off to a packed warehouse in Chicago where Bernie again made his case for worker’s dignity and fundamental economic change. Today we are going to address two challenges you’re likely to hear against Bernie Sanders. First – He’s old. •His ideas are even older – they date back in America to the early 1900’s as an antidote to the great depression and a check on anarcho-capitalism.•He’s 77 years old, but we have video of him making the exact same arguments when he was only 45 years old. I’d rather have somebody who’s been saying the same thing for over 30 years than somebody who had different positions 30 months ago. •Hillary Clinton is 71 years old. Donald Trump is 72 years old. Joe Biden is 76 years old. •The purpose of age is it assumes the candidate represents younger generational intere

“Boss Bernie”$10M in less than a week1M volunteersThe Young Turks’ Ana Kasparian runs a segment called “unfiltered” in which she tells it like it is. Quote of the Day:Bernie at the CNN Town Hall this week responding to a question asking him to explain Democratic Socialism – with a little help from Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s State of the Union speech in 1944 in which he outlines the “Second Bill of Rights”

“Maduro Madness”Venezuela Summary: •Public unrest and systematic dismantling of democracy have lead to massive protests against the current elected President Nicolas Maduro. His oppressive hold on power and suffering of the people have come to a head with opposition figure Juan Gaiado announcing that he is self-recognizing as a the President, which America and other nations swiftly acknowledged. •Is Venezuela socialist? Yes, kind of. Hugo Chavez made the oil companies which fuel the countries economy public and the nation has since had strong public programs. Maduro encountered runaway national problems and applied a strong-man anti-democratic approach with poor economic management. Most experts agree Venezuela’s biggest problem isn’t socialism, its political polarization and destabilization. •What makes this more complicated? Venezuela has oil. The country began the OPEC organization and is the western hemisphere’s Saudi Arabia. But they sell their oil to China, Russia, and other specific non-American intere

Washington Post 4 Op-Eds since Tuesday attacking Bernie – owned by Jeff BezosAmazon - $11B in earnings, $0 in taxes https://www.vox.com/2019/2/20/18231742/amazon-federal-taxes-zero-corporate-income528 – “Never Hillary” Article claims 25% of Bernie’s voters merely voted against Hillary.Notes that these voted against her twice in primary and general (or didn’t vote in gen) https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/bernie-sanders-was-helped-by-the-neverhillary-vote-what-does-that-mean-for-his-chances-now/“Roughly one-quarter of Sanders’s support in Democratic primaries and caucuses in 2016 came from #NeverHillary voters: people who didn’t vote for Clinton in the 2016 general election and who had no intention of doing so. (The #NeverHillary label is a little snarky, but it’s also quite literal: These are people who never voted for Clinton despite being given two opportunities to do so, in the primary and the general election.)”Let me explain why that happened: Debbie Wasserman ShultzHillary’s racism assault on Bernie

24 hours6M dollars in donations250,000 small donors0 super pacs300,000 volunteers signed upTo quote Van Jones on CNN “I’ve never seen anything like Bernie Sanders” NPR Politics – Doesn’t take him seriouslyCBSN – Staring at Joe Biden hungrilyKamala Harris – “I’m not a democratic socialist” John Delaney – “This primary is going to be a choice between socialism and a more just form of capitalism. I believe in capitalism, the free markets, and the private economy. I don’t believe socialism is the answer and I don’t believe it’s what the American people want. I don’t believe top-down, government only approaches are the right answer” Quote of the Day: Bernie Sanders Vision 2020

Why Bernie Can Win1.Crowded primary means you only need 30% to take it all. Other crowded primaries produced atypical candidates: (528) https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/everyones-running-and-that-could-be-dangerous-for-the-democrats/2016 Republican 17 Candidates: Trump2008 Democrat 10 Candidates: Obama1976 Democrat 16 Candidates: Carter1972 Republican 15 Candidates: McGovernCurrent 2020 Democratic Candidates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries#Declared_major_candidates_and_exploratory_committeesCorey Booker – Sen NJElizabeth Warren – Sen MAAmy Klobuchar – Sen MNKamala Harris – Sen CAKirsten Gillibrand – Sen NYTulsi Gabbard – Rep HIJohn Delaney – Rep MarylandPete Buttigieg – Mayor South Bend IndianaJulian Castro – HUD Sec under Obama, Mayor of San AntonioWe WANT Joe Biden to get into the race, just like in 20162.Bernie is Popular - Bernie raised $4MM dollars in 4 hours. Kamala Harris raised $1.5MM in 24 hours. http://time.com/5533134/bernie-sanders-2020-4-million-rai

Welcome to the Feel Bern Podcast - the place for all things Bernie Sanders 2020! In this episode we hear from Senator Bernie Sanders as he announces his 2020 Presidential campaign and we introduce you to the Feel Bern Podcast! Please subscribe and SHARE! FEEL THE BERN!