Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders

[Confounding]

I think those two have started something that isn't going to stop easily. If the establishment doesn't lose this time they are definitely going to lose next time.

EDIT: For clarification I understand that Bernie has been a politician for a long time, however in the context of this election he is antiestablishment because he is running against the candidate the establishment has chosen.

 

[Kosh]

Bernie is part of the establishment!

That is like claiming Hilary is not establishment because she is a woman..

 

[georgephillip]

I think those two have started something that isn't going to stop easily. If the establishment doesn't lose this time they are definitely going to lose next time.

I don't think many people saw this coming a year ago.
I know I didn't.
What about one year from today?

 

[Confounding]

Bernie is part of the establishment!

That is like claiming Hilary is not establishment because she is a woman..

He's not the establishment's candidate; they're fighting to shut him down. In that context he is in fact antiestablishment.

 

[Kosh]

Bernie is part of the establishment!

That is like claiming Hilary is not establishment because she is a woman..

He's not the establishment's candidate; they're fighting to shut him down. In that context he is in fact antiestablishment.

Yes he is, he is a compotator to Clinton and we all know the Clintons will do anything to silence their opposition, just like the far left!

So that was a very poor example!

During his first year in the House, Sanders often alienated allies and colleagues with his criticism of both political parties as working primarily on behalf of the wealthy. In 1991, Sanders co-founded the Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of mostly liberal Democrats that Sanders chaired for its first eight years.

Bernie Sanders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

He has been in Washington since 1991..

He is part of the establishment!

 

[S.J.]

Bernie IS the establishment, maybe more than anyone in the Dem party. They're all socialists, he just admits it.

 

[Confounding]

Bernie IS the establishment, maybe more than anyone in the Dem party. They're all socialists, he just admits it.

Bernie is a career politician and is part of the political establishment, yes, but in this election he's an antiestablishment candidate because he's running against the candidate the establishment has chosen. They want nothing more than to destroy Bernie.

 

[RandallFlagg]

Bernie is part of the establishment!

That is like claiming Hilary is not establishment because she is a woman..

Indeed. Bernie has been in politics longer than a lot of you have been alive. He's as "establishment" as they come. Just like Hillary. She has been in politics well over 40 years. She chooses to call it "service" and I call it piracy.

 

[Kosh]

Bernie is part of the establishment!

That is like claiming Hilary is not establishment because she is a woman..

Indeed. Bernie has been in politics longer than a lot of you have been alive. He's as "establishment" as they come. Just like Hillary. She has been in politics well over 40 years. She chooses to call it "service" and I call it piracy.

Well Hilary did sit on the Wal-Mart Board when she was an equal partner in a law firm!

 

[S.J.]

Bernie IS the establishment, maybe more than anyone in the Dem party. They're all socialists, he just admits it.

Bernie is a career politician and is part of the political establishment, yes, but in this election he's an antiestablishment candidate because he's running against the candidate the establishment has chosen. They want nothing more than to destroy Bernie.

Bernie was never supposed to have become popular. He was put up there to give the appearance of opposition to Hillary. He was supposed to be her Bill Bradley, a straw man to knock down to give her credibility. The establishment may want to get rid of him now because they accidentally created a monster but he is still the establishment, just not their preferred choice. They're more interested in being the party who elects the first female president, even if she is a criminal.

 

[RandallFlagg]

Bernie is part of the establishment!

That is like claiming Hilary is not establishment because she is a woman..

Indeed. Bernie has been in politics longer than a lot of you have been alive. He's as "establishment" as they come. Just like Hillary. She has been in politics well over 40 years. She chooses to call it "service" and I call it piracy.

Well Hilary did sit on the Wal-Mart Board when she was an equal partner in a law firm!

My point exactly.

 

[Avatar4321]

Ironic that the so called anti establishment candidates are part of the establishment.

 

[Confounding]

Bernie was never supposed to have become popular. He was put up there to give the appearance of opposition to Hillary. He was supposed to be her Bill Bradley, a straw man to knock down to give her credibility. The establishment may want to get rid of him now because they accidentally created a monster but he is still the establishment, just not their preferred choice. They're more interested in being the party who elects the first female president, even if she is a criminal.

The establishment on both sides can't stop performing fellatio on Wall Street. Bernie Sanders may technically be part of the political establishment, but you'd have to be a fool to suggest he falls in line with establishment politics. I personally think your assumptions are wrong, and I maintain that in the context of this election Bernie Sanders is not the establishment.