Insiders vs. Outsiders - Sanders Attracts Crowds In Deep South

Bernie Sanders attracting a crowd 5,000 in Louisiana … seen as a threat to US corporate establishment.

RT Politics Panel discusses Bernie Sanders’ large crowds in the deep south, why the DNC chair isn’t scheduling more debates, and Huckabee comparing the Iran deal to the holocaust. On panel Sarah Badawi of Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC).

Rachel Maddow Show covers the Sanders campaign – July 27, 2015 plus video

So, people first started realizing something was going on with his candidacy with these unusually large crowds, outsized crowds compared to the rest of the presidential field in either party, people that were turning out to see Bernie in liberal strongholds.

« click for more info Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks in Dallas, Texas. ( Photo credit: Mike Stone/Reuters)

But then that script got flipped on its head, because Bernie Sanders wasn`t just going to liberal strongholds. He went to, let`s say, Phoenix, Arizona. Red state Phoenix, Arizona. Bernie Sanders turned out 11,000 people to see him in conservative Phoenix, Arizona.

He then went to Houston, Texas. And 5,000 people turned out to see him in Houston. And then he went to Dallas, Texas. Another 8,000 people turned out to see him in Dallas. Nobody is ever going to call Dallas, Texas, a liberal stronghold, right?

But now, Bernie Sanders iced the cake, because last night, Bernie Sanders went to Louisiana. He went to the Pontchartrain Center, in Kenner, Louisiana, and nobody knew whether he would be able to turn out another one of his Bernie-sized giant crowds in the Deep South, right? Not just the deep red state but in the deepest Deep South.

But hours before Bernie Sanders was due to speak in Louisiana people started lining up. By the time he was ready to start speaking in this state where President Obama lost to Mitt Romney by 18 points. By the time he was ready to start speaking, there were between 4,000 and 5,000 people turned out in Louisiana, to see this liberal 73-year-old independent socialist from Vermont. They were there to cheer their guts out for him.

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7 Comments

Salunga on July 30, 2015 at 11:26 am

Awesome people everywhere are sick of being stepped on and used by the rich. Go Bernie tell the truth everywhere. No triangulation and bullshit.

Oui on July 30, 2015 at 12:12 pm

The Thom Hartman Program : Bernie Sanders bumps most Republican candidates – Video.

New national poll shows Bernie Sanders beating Scott Walker, Donald Trump and Jeb Bush

If you limit the poll sample to just registered voters, Bush defeats Sanders by a single point. Either way, this credible poll suggests that Sanders is not just some pie-in-the-sky general election candidate. His more uphill battle may be the primary. But even there, he has some strengths. Polling out last week shows he’s the only candidate from either side who has a net favorability rating.

Bernie Sanders draws record crowd 10,000 in Madison, Wisconsin – Video (July 2, 2015)

Oui on July 30, 2015 at 11:52 am

About Kos’ “Hit Piece” On Sanders by WB Reeves @dKos

Frankly, the rift here seems to be between Kos’ argument and coherence.

It doesn’t stop with self contradiction and incoherence though. The above passage is riddled with negative rhetorical tropes designed to prejudice the reader’s perceptions. “Flopped”, “unable or unwilling”, “testy” are all deployed to frame Sanders as inept, incapable and erratic, a classic method of demagogues that Kos employs throughout his Op-Ed.

Like the more effective of demagogues, Kos takes pains to include some substantive points amongst the muck. Yet again he recites the challenges Sanders faces in appealing to a broad demographic of voters. It’s the same song he’s been singing here for months and completely legitimate as far as it goes. He even adds an acute observation:

You don’t have to be African-American to pick up on this energy, but it’s certainly true that having a diverse inner circle will best prepare you for the issues that motivate Democrats’ varied base. Republicans are the homogeneous ones, not us. But you wouldn’t know that from looking at Sanders’s team.

Articles by Moulitsas @TheHill
○ Markos Moulitsas: Sanders struggles on race
○ Markos Moulitsas: Dems can do better

Posted earlier in BooMan’s fp story – Casual Observation.

Quentin on July 30, 2015 at 12:11 pm

Mr Kos has always lacked generosity and compassion in my book.

Oui on July 30, 2015 at 5:25 pm

Bernie Sanders launches “Political Revolution” w/ 100K Virtual House Partiers | Informed Comment |

Bernie Sanders spoke from a house party in Washington, D.C., to supporters gathering in 3500 homes and other locations around the country in groups ranging from 7-8 to 80 or 90. He said it was a “historical night” and unprecedented to have these coordinated gatherings with an on-line streamed address so early in a campaign (in fact, it seems to me a little science-fictional- has this ever been done before?)

Sanders blasted the rich for getting richer while the US has more children living in poverty than any other OECD country, blasted corporations for evading taxes, insisted that it is “wrong that people are working 40 and 50 hours a week and still living in poverty.” He slammed 35% unemployment and underemployment rates among workers with a high school education or less. He criticized unaffordable tuition and unbearable student debt.

…
He argued for a new campaign finance system and pledged to overturn Citizens United.

Bernie Sanders hosts virtual house parties to rally support | CBS Nrws – video |

The Voice In The Wilderness on July 30, 2015 at 7:13 pm

I fear Bernie will go out like RFK. He is too dangerous to the 1% to live. He must be either killed or discredited.

Marie3 on July 30, 2015 at 7:41 pm

This isn’t 1968.

During the 2008 election, too many wasted too much time expecting to see a repetition of ’68. And once elected, fretted about a repeat of 1963.

If a “deep state” exists and murdered the Kennedy brothers, it wouldn’t be as easy to pull off today without being detected. Plus any “deep state” back then wouldn’t be the same was what could exist today.

This is not an argument for complacency, but one for not being paranoid. Anyone that challenges the status quo — be it Occupy or a Presidential candidate — does put themselves at risk for harm. By state powers and individual crazies. The alternative is what most of us do — cower and not put ourselves on the front lines to change the existing power structure that first and foremost exists to maintain the privileges of those at the top.

Salunga on July 30, 2015 at 11:26 am

Awesome people everywhere are sick of being stepped on and used by the rich. Go Bernie tell the truth everywhere. No triangulation and bullshit.
- Oui on July 30, 2015 at 12:12 pm
  
  The Thom Hartman Program : Bernie Sanders bumps most Republican candidates – Video.
  
  New national poll shows Bernie Sanders beating Scott Walker, Donald Trump and Jeb Bush
  
  If you limit the poll sample to just registered voters, Bush defeats Sanders by a single point. Either way, this credible poll suggests that Sanders is not just some pie-in-the-sky general election candidate. His more uphill battle may be the primary. But even there, he has some strengths. Polling out last week shows he’s the only candidate from either side who has a net favorability rating.
  
  Bernie Sanders draws record crowd 10,000 in Madison, Wisconsin – Video (July 2, 2015)
Oui on July 30, 2015 at 11:52 am
About Kos’ “Hit Piece” On Sanders by WB Reeves @dKos

Frankly, the rift here seems to be between Kos’ argument and coherence.

It doesn’t stop with self contradiction and incoherence though. The above passage is riddled with negative rhetorical tropes designed to prejudice the reader’s perceptions. “Flopped”, “unable or unwilling”, “testy” are all deployed to frame Sanders as inept, incapable and erratic, a classic method of demagogues that Kos employs throughout his Op-Ed.

Like the more effective of demagogues, Kos takes pains to include some substantive points amongst the muck. Yet again he recites the challenges Sanders faces in appealing to a broad demographic of voters. It’s the same song he’s been singing here for months and completely legitimate as far as it goes. He even adds an acute observation:

You don’t have to be African-American to pick up on this energy, but it’s certainly true that having a diverse inner circle will best prepare you for the issues that motivate Democrats’ varied base. Republicans are the homogeneous ones, not us. But you wouldn’t know that from looking at Sanders’s team.
Articles by Moulitsas @TheHill
○ Markos Moulitsas: Sanders struggles on race
○ Markos Moulitsas: Dems can do better

Posted earlier in BooMan’s fp story – Casual Observation.
- Quentin on July 30, 2015 at 12:11 pm
  
  Mr Kos has always lacked generosity and compassion in my book.
Oui on July 30, 2015 at 5:25 pm

Bernie Sanders launches “Political Revolution” w/ 100K Virtual House Partiers | Informed Comment |

Bernie Sanders spoke from a house party in Washington, D.C., to supporters gathering in 3500 homes and other locations around the country in groups ranging from 7-8 to 80 or 90. He said it was a “historical night” and unprecedented to have these coordinated gatherings with an on-line streamed address so early in a campaign (in fact, it seems to me a little science-fictional- has this ever been done before?)

Sanders blasted the rich for getting richer while the US has more children living in poverty than any other OECD country, blasted corporations for evading taxes, insisted that it is “wrong that people are working 40 and 50 hours a week and still living in poverty.” He slammed 35% unemployment and underemployment rates among workers with a high school education or less. He criticized unaffordable tuition and unbearable student debt.

…
He argued for a new campaign finance system and pledged to overturn Citizens United.

Bernie Sanders hosts virtual house parties to rally support | CBS Nrws – video |
The Voice In The Wilderness on July 30, 2015 at 7:13 pm

I fear Bernie will go out like RFK. He is too dangerous to the 1% to live. He must be either killed or discredited.
- Marie3 on July 30, 2015 at 7:41 pm
  
  This isn’t 1968.
  
  During the 2008 election, too many wasted too much time expecting to see a repetition of ’68. And once elected, fretted about a repeat of 1963.
  
  If a “deep state” exists and murdered the Kennedy brothers, it wouldn’t be as easy to pull off today without being detected. Plus any “deep state” back then wouldn’t be the same was what could exist today.
  
  This is not an argument for complacency, but one for not being paranoid. Anyone that challenges the status quo — be it Occupy or a Presidential candidate — does put themselves at risk for harm. By state powers and individual crazies. The alternative is what most of us do — cower and not put ourselves on the front lines to change the existing power structure that first and foremost exists to maintain the privileges of those at the top.

Insiders vs. Outsiders – Sanders Attracts Crowds In Deep South

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