CAN A 74 YEAR OLD WHITE GUY BECOME PRESIDENT OF THESE UNITED STATES?

YES!  If his name is Bernie Sanders. WHY?

He represents the "SILENT MAJORITY"  which is a HUGE number of disenfranchised from the "establishment" that offered up no one for them to vote for and which have left them to fend for themselves while pandering to a select group of wealthy donors (1%)

So, who makes up the Silent Majority which makes up 40% plus of the voting population?

White guys and WOMEN like Bernie

Blacks believe in and like Bernie

Latinos know and understand Bernie

Millennials LOVE Bernie

AMERICANS like Bernie

Wall Street Hates Bernie

Billionaires and Millionaires dislike (not all of them) Bernie

Hedge Funders detest Bernie

Establishment politicians are afraid of; but respect Bernie

Republicans are just plain confused about why America Loves Bernie

Hillary Clinton has a love-hate for Bernie; loves who he his, hates that he's in the race

Let's not forget that Bernie is spearheading a political "revolution" here. The rules don't apply here. He has no problem with declaring himself a "social democrat" which in essence is why he identified as an "Independent" for most of his political career. He has rejected the Democrat "donor" base ie; Millionaires and Billionaires who he refuses to take money from and or asked to be endorsed by. He is obviously a formidable contender and is scaring the "establishment" because he is speaking to a large number of what we once called the "silent majority" who haven't voted in a long time because they had no one who would represent them to vote for.

So what do we now about Bernie? click here; BERNIE SANDERS VOTING RECORD 

WHY AMERICANS DON'T VOTE

SIMPLE: There's no one running for office to represent them.



ESTABLISHMENT politics is a broken system populated by fearful and dysfunctional politicians who spend the majority of their time in office begging for money from the wealthy 1% who they then pander to in return for them throwing money their way. Much like a brothel. It's all about money for favors.



Another problem with politics in America is that it is a "two" party system which unfortunately represents "two" sides of the same coin; one, wealthy conservatives which make and the flip side, wealthy liberals which is basically a "selective" democracy, not the intended "representative the" democracy the Founding Father's had in mind.



The only difference between the 2 parties is that they speak out of the opposite sides of their mouths but act and behave the same way when it comes to governing which produces the results we have seen and why the approval rating for Congress is in the pits.



Just 14 percent of Americans approve of the way Congress is doing its job, according to a new Gallup survey released Wednesday, and they do not seem all that enamored with Republican leaders in the House and Senate, either.Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/poll-congress-approval-rating-gop-leadership-121285#ixzz3zWbs0o7v

That's changed in 2016 with entrance of not one, but two "anti-establishment" dark horses on to the political stage.

On the right, and representing an "overheated" faction of the Republican party is Donald Trump a self-professed "outsider" who doesn't need to pander to the millionaires and billionaires because he is one. What better candidate to have than someone who can act as a "sh-t magnet" for all those angry "soon-to-haves" who had their bubbles popped when the "dream" turned into a "nightmare" in the 2008 meltdown. 

It was obvious who's still running the show at the last "establishment" sponsored ABC debate when JEB! the poster boy for the "haves" said he wanted to see "more" millionaires and used that worn out teaser that with him in office the "have-nots" would become "soon-to-have" though he didn't say how soon. But it looks like Trump might change all that in 2016.

On the left we have Bernie Sanders, a self-professed "social democrat" who sacrificed his "Independent" status of many years to get a seat at the "establishment" table and have his voice heard. 

Bernie's not a liberal or a conservative, but a progressive who wants to represent almost all (99%) of the people, and who walks the talk by literally and figuratively throwing the "millionaires and billionaires" money under his bus. No BIG donors for Bernie. He's happy with $27.00 per person who's support he describes as "HUGE" and rightly so.

That makes the "establishment" nervous; especially Hillary who then has to explain why she has her hand out and takes money from the very people she claims she will take on? 

Where does the money come from?  

Click here; Donor Demographics

Only a tiny fraction of Americans actually give campaign contributions to political candidates, parties or PACs. The ones who give contributions large enough to be itemized (over $200) is even smaller. The impact of those donations, however, is huge. Read a detailed analysis of federal contributions by the top 1 percent of 1 percent of the population in the 2014 election cycle.

This year Americans have a real choice; the only decision they have to make is to vote! 

How and when to vote for Bernie Sanders (by state)

HILLARY GET'S SOME ADVICE; FOOL THE VOTERS

Which unfortunately this article refers to as her "strengths"

Hillary Clinton Should Play to Her Strengths - The New Yorker

Perhaps it was the closeness of the result earlier this week in Iowa that prompted Clinton to go on the attack; perhaps it was the polls in New Hampshire showing Sanders leading by a large margin. Perhaps she simply couldn’t hide her irritation after Sanders mentioned that a super PAC supporting her campaign raised fifteen million dollars from Wall Street in the fourth quarter of last year. In any case, the ensuing exchange, which my colleague Amy Davidson covered at length, presented Sanders with a perfect opportunity to restate the central argument of his campaign: big money is corrupting the political process and undermining American democracy.



Clinton needs to address this critique—or, more accurately, to feature a version of it more prominently in her own campaign. What she doesn’t need, surely, is a lengthy debate about what, if anything, her Wall Street donors received in return for their money: that would be fighting on Sanders’s ground. (After the heated exchange, the Sanders campaign e-mailed reporters to point out that Senator Elizabeth Warren has criticized Clinton for changing her position, when she was in the Senate, on a bankruptcy bill, elements of which were vehemently opposed by the financial industry.)



Although it might sound a bit counterintuitive, Clinton needs to return to the strategy that allowed her to eke out a narrow victory in Iowa. It will serve her well as the primary moves on to larger, more-populous states with more nonwhite voters. This strategy, rather than trying to meet Sanders head-on, focusses on acknowledging his good intentions and questioning whether he can deliver on his promises. It involves having Clinton emphasize her own program, which is carefully targeted at middle-class voters, and her experience in foreign policy, as well as her support for civil rights. Above all, it means appealing to Democratic voters—moderates and liberals—who are terrified of the prospect of the Republicans retaking the White House and controlling all three branches of government.

The advice is, let's avoid saying like it is; as Bernie Sanders does, and dance around the issue by creating a smoke screen that only filters what the audience needs to hear to get her elected. 

The problem with that is this. Hillary can't control the narrative on "social" media which will bust her every time she dodges the truth. My advice to Hillary is, change your ways and stop pandering to big money donors and walk the talk when it comes to representing all the people you want to vote for you. 

America | Bernie Sanders

EASTER MESSAGE FROM THE POPE TO THE 1% HELP THE POOR OR GO TO HELL!

Francis does not pull any punches when he confronts the 1%

Pope Francis warned the “proud, rich, and powerful” that if they ignore the poor at their door — who represent Christ himself — they’ll end up in the solitude of hell.

The pope’s annual message was an appeal for all Christians to use the 40-day season that starts Feb. 10 leading up to Easter to “overcome our existential alienation” by listening to God and practicing the spiritual and corporal works of mercy.

According to the Gospel, Francis wrote, those who feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless, visit the infirm, give counsel, and practice forgiveness do so as though to Christ himself.

Pope to the proud and powerful: Help the poor, or you’ll go to hell | CathNewsUSA

IS AMERICA A SOCIAL DEMOCRACY OR A DONOR PLUTOCRACY?

Bernie Sanders calls himself a "democratic socialist" who in a "representative democracy" is elected by, and represents, the  American (voters) "people."

The people that understand what Bernie Sanders stands for are, young, smart, and more passionate than the previous generation.Young Democrats Prefer Bernie Sanders, New Poll Finds

Many liberal millennials are feeling the Bern -- and burned by the American dream.

The "Millennials" are determined to take America back from what has come to be known as the "shadow" government that is now in power; A new book further explores the "red thread" that connects the war on terror, the militarization of America's foreign policy, rising inequality and the dysfunction that plagues our government.

These Americans believe that America is not for sale and that it's time for a political revolution in order to rescue the country from the Oligarchs that are devouring it for their own self-gain.

His opponents; mostly Republicans claim this is bad for Americans, but who are the Americans they represent? The Plutocrats Are Winning! The vast inequality they are creating is a death sentence for government by consent of the people. 

These power brokers are known as the "donor" class;

Ah, yes. The donor class! Those deep pockets flung open even wider by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision just six years ago, permitting the richest of the rich to pour even more of their fortunes into control of our electoral process. Brooks was saying openly what many of them are thinking privately: Only we can save the party from the megalomania of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz and protect our precious status quo.

How best to do this? Brooks suggested that panicked “state legislators who are Republicans, congressmen, senators, local committeemen” should join with the donors “so they don’t send the party into suicide.” Makes sense — many of those very same folks already are deep in hock to the donors, their contributions often laundered via entities with high-falutin’ names – ALEC, for one, the American Legislative Exchange Council that lends a helping corporate hand to legislators eager to write favorable laws, provide tax breaks, dismember public employee unions and privatize government services. 

Money Men Say, Voters Move Over, It's Not Your Election! - BillMoyers.com

CAN-U-FEEL-IT?????????????

 WANT TO FEEL THE BERN? CLICK HERE; to watch and share this short video now so we can help show the country why folks are so excited about Bernie Sanders’ bid for the presidency?

Young Democrats Prefer Bernie Sanders, New Poll Finds

Sanders said, “The truth is, you can’t change a corrupt system by taking its money. It’s called a rigged economy, and this is how it works. Most new wealth flows to the top 1 percent. It’s a system held in place by corrupt politics where Wall Street banks and billionaires buy elections. My campaign is powered by over a million small contributions from people like you who want to fight back.”

Sen. Sanders is putting the money raised by his 800,000 small donors to work spreading the message that America’s corrupt campaign finance system is the mechanism that is allowing income inequality to grow. If elected officials are accountable to their big donors instead of voters, the government stops belonging to the people.

The Bernie Sanders presidential campaign is dangerous to Wall Street and the billionaires because they aren’t owned by big money donors. Sanders doesn’t belong to the billionaires, which means that he is free to speak the truth. The truth is that our current political system is being corrupted by outside money and the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision.

These ads can inform the public and for that reason Wall Street and billionaire oligarchs should be very afraid.