Bernie Sanders Joins the 2020 Presidential Race

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Senator Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent and 2016 Democratic primary runner-up whose populist policy agenda has helped push the party to the left, embarked on Tuesday on a second run for president, in a bid that will test whether he could retain the anti-establishment appeal he enjoyed with many liberal voters three years ago.

 

A self-styled democratic socialist whose calls for “Medicare for all,” a $15 minimum wage and tuition-free public colleges have become pillars of the party’s left wing, Mr. Sanders is among the best-known politicians to join an already crowded Democratic field and one of the most outspoken against President Trump, whom he has repeatedly called a “pathological liar” and a “racist.”

 

“Three years ago, during our 2016 campaign, when we brought forth our progressive agenda we were told that our ideas were ‘radical’ and ‘extreme,’” Mr. Sanders said on Tuesday in an early-morning email to supporters, citing those health, economic and education policies as well as combating climate change and raising taxes on wealthy Americans.

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Here we go again....

Edited February 19, 2019 by millefleur

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   Bernie Sanders would be 80 years old by the inaugural. Reminds me of Ron Paul, in that they seemed to always have a lot of hard core supporters, but never enough to get over the hump.  I think his time has come and gone.

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10 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

   Bernie Sanders would be 80 years old by the inaugural. Reminds me of Ron Paul, in that they seemed to always have a lot of hard core supporters, but never enough to get over the hump.  I think his time has come and gone.

Agree. If we have minimum age limits for who is eligible to run for president seems like it might be time to add a maximum age limit as well. Yes, we live in an age of advancing medical technology but it would be more realistic nevertheless.

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I lost a lot of respect for the guy after he got cheated by Democrats during the primaries, He got screwed over and came back to support Hillary. 

 

If he would of put his foot down and got angry about it, I would of respected him. 

 

It was like the time when two BLM female supporters got on stage and took his microphone from him while he was giving a rally speech,  He is gutless

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6 minutes ago, Chris Duffy said:

I lost a lot of respect for the guy after he got cheated by Democrats during the primaries, He got screwed over and came back to support Hillary. 

 

If he would of put his foot down and got angry about it, I would of respected him. 

 

It was like the time when two BLM female supporters got on stage and took his microphone from him while he was giving a rally speech,  He is gutless 

Indeed. It seems bizarre that he even dares to run given all of that recent history. Not to be cynical but maybe he's trying to cash in on his popularity. He knows he isn't going to be nominated so what is the point? Maybe he's doing it just to spite the other Democrats, who knows. Politics maketh little sense these days.

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11 minutes ago, millefleur said:

Agree. If we have minimum age limits for who is eligible to run for president seems like it might be time to add a maximum age limit as well. Yes, we live in an age of advancing medical technology but it would be more realistic nevertheless.

 

   I don't know if we need a legal maximum age limit, but I think there is a potential psychological barrier where we start to wonder about someone's health and decision making for the next 4 years. If someone was 80 and looked physically fit and sounded pretty sharp when they talk, I guess I wouldn't otherwise be deterred from voting for them. 

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20 minutes ago, millefleur said:

Indeed. It seems bizarre that he even dares to run given all of that recent history. Not to be cynical but maybe he's trying to cash in on his popularity. He knows he isn't going to be nominated so what is the point? Maybe he's doing it just to spite the other Democrats, who knows. Politics maketh little sense these days.

I think his time has come and gone, He was bringing in big crowds, I just don't see the enthusiasm for him this time, He was a flash in the pan.

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I wonder if Hillary will join in for old time's sake?

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I wonder who the DNC has decided will be the next nominee.

Edited February 19, 2019 by Neonred

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4 minutes ago, Neonred said:

I wonder who the DNC has decided will be the next nominee. 

Seems like according to the hidden quota, it will have to be a woman.

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29 minutes ago, millefleur said:

Seems like according to the hidden quota, it will have to be a woman.

Women should be believed 

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1 hour ago, Chris Duffy said:

I think his time has come and gone, He was bringing in big crowds, I just don't see the enthusiasm for him this time, He was a flash in the pan.

I was going through the Sanders Megathread on Reddit and alot of people were echoing this comment as well. How they were all hot on him in 2016 but has since cooled to him due to a number of different reasons. 

 

Also what I found pretty funny is that people were still actually debating and trying to convince people that the DNC primary was NOT rigged against Bernie. But another thing people were wondering was that how well his shtick was going to play this go round when pretty much all of the DNC are touting his policies. 

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