(October 15, 2015 at 1:32 am)Cecelia Wrote: Bernie sadly doesn't stand a chance because the media doesn't want him to win. It's certainly not 'liberal' like Republicans try to paint it. If it were as liberal as they were claiming, they'd have it taken off the air. I can only imagine if there were actually a liberal version of Fox News. They've been able to paint socialism as bad by equating it to the Nazis, to Communism, to North Korea. It's why they're so against public education. People could learn something that goes against what they consider to be "American".
Luckily the media doesn't vote, and it's votes that count. As long as Bernie is in the debates, people will get an uncensored view of him. The media can try and distort the race as much as they want, but I think its the debates that will cement him in the public's mind.
I mean, just look at the figures he's boasting now. He raised $1.3 million in donations in the 4 hours after the debate; that's likely all from new supporters. During the debate itself, Sanders gained over 35,000 new followers on Twitter, which is more than all the other four candidates combined, and then some.
As a libertarian, a "socialist" isn't really the ideal candidate to support, but looking at the bigger picture, he's the only reasonable candidate in the fray. Besides, as an immigrant from the UK and the EU, where socialist countries actually exist, the kind of socialism practiced by Sanders is a very Americanized version.
