I Support Bernie Sanders Remaining an Independent

[MuseRider]

50. I have long been out of the party

my experiences were not particularly positive. The kicker that sent me out was when I went to the second level of our presidential caucus and was told, as were all of us who were representing candidates who were not John Kerry, that we were going to vote for Kerry or we needed to leave. I was tasked to take my vote from the people of my caucus for a different candidate. We were not allowed to vote. I left the party after that. The other experiences were experiences of friends of mine and my knowledge is anecdotal. I believe them since I know many of the people who did what they did and I believe they would do that but I really do not feel like writing about it in detail since I was not involved personally.

I have to say that I think the Progressive caucus is gaining a lot of strength. It had already gone from being looked at as the outcasts to being taken seriously. I think with the people running it it may become a real force here. At least the Democrats will be speaking about real Democratic issues. I am certain there are others here who are involved with the party who know much more than I do. I seem to feel best sticking with issues and doing that work, including over the years doing some actual lobbying our Reps. That is lots of fun.

IOW I could have put this down really quickly by saying, I have never been truly inside but have been close to it and involved with it and also flitted around the edges. I know a lot of the people who are inside, I do work with them mostly on the outside and do not think anything I really think is probably nearly close to the real truth of what is happening. Or maybe it is? lol I will think about this, you are right it is important and it is way more than just Bernie. Bernie is a catalyst. He started the Bern and gave weight to what a lot of people had been afraid to say or were not heard when they said it. I will mull this around and see if I can come up with something.