Lifelong Dem/Ind here (altho I did vote for Gerald Ford). When Bernie came on the scene it was electrifiying - not the details of his platform, but just the fact that he was talking to regular people about the things that affected them. He obviously had a heart and cared about the people. I was never a socialist, and didn't agree with many of his points, but he was motivated by trying to help the little guy who was getting totally ground down by the out of control greed of the elites in gov't and business.

In those days I read every single political article and op-ed piece in the NYT and all the comments to all of them (often hundreds), and commented a lot myself. It was very clear that, of the NYT readers, 90% were for Bernie and hated Hillary. Over the course of the primaries, we all could see that the NYT (and the rest of the MSM) were trying to hose Bernie by not covering his highly energetic rallies, and pushing Hillary with daily fluff pieces. The comments became increasingly angry and eventually a lot of us canceled our NYT subscriptions.

When Hillary became the candidate, I was through with the Dem party. Totally ignored what their base wanted and tried to shove this criminal monster down our throats. No way I would ever vote Dem again.

Trump was doing one thing the same as Bernie - talking to regular people about the things that concerned them, without talking down to them. He cared about the people and you could feel that. Only his plans for fixing things made more sense and were not socialist give-aways.

He picked up me and a lot of other Bernie Bros. It has been shown that it was actually disaffected Bernie Bros who were responsible for his win - their votes in the key Rust Belt states were larger than Trump's margin of victory.

So I became a full Trump supporter and have never looked back. The thing is, I have changed, in becoming more conservative as I get older, but mostly it's the Dems who went so far into the ditch with their far-left insanity. And the Dems stopped giving a shit about regular people starting with Bill Clinton's presidency. They are now just the party of the 1%, and their idiotic base still doesn't see how badly they're being used.

Great to know there are others on GAW who came to things this way.! I always enjoy your posts, Rooftop.

Lifelong Dem/Ind here (altho I did vote for Gerald Ford). When Bernie came on the scene it was electrifiying - not the details of his platform, but just the fact that he was talking to regular people about the things that affected them. He obviously had a heart and cared about the people. I was never a socialist, and didn't agree with many of his points, but he was motivated by trying to help the little guy who was getting totally ground down by the out of control greed of the elites in gov't and business.

In those days I read every single political article and op-ed piece in the NYT and all the comments to all of them (often hundreds), and commented a lot myself. It was very clear that, of the NYT readers, 90% were for Bernie and hated Hillary. Over the course of the primaries, we all could see that the NYT (and the rest of the MSM) were trying to hose Bernie by not covering his highly energetic rallies, and pushing Hillary with daily fluff pieces. The comments became increasingly angry and eventually a lot of us canceled our NYT subscriptions.

Trump was doing one thing the same as Bernie - talking to regular people about the things that concerned them, without talking down to them. He cared about the people and you could feel that. Only his plans for fixing things made more sense and were not socialist give-aways.

He picked up me and a lot of other Bernie Bros. It has been shown that it was actually disaffected Bernie Bros who were responsible for his win - their votes in the key Rust Belt states were larger than Trump's margin of victory.

So I became a full Trump supporter and have never looked back. The thing is, I have changed, in becoming more conservative as I get older, but mostly it's the Dems who went so far into the ditch with their far-left insanity. And the Dems stopped giving a shit about regular people starting with Bill Clinton's presidency. They are now just the party of the 1%, and their idiotic base still doesn't see how badly they're being used.

Great to know there are others on GAW who came to things this way.! I always enjoy your posts, Rooftop.

Lifelong Dem/Ind here (altho I did vote for Gerald Ford). When Bernie came on the scene it was electrifiying - not the details of his platform, but just the fact that he was talking to regular people about the things that affected them. He obviously had a heart and cared about the people. I was never a socialist, and didn't agree with many of his points, but he was motivated by trying to help the little guy who was getting totally ground down by the out of control greed of the elites in gov't and business.

In those days I read every single political article and op-ed piece in the NYT and all the comments to all of them (often hundreds), and commented a lot myself. It was very clear that, of the NYT readers, 90% were for Bernie and hated Hillary. Over the course of the primaries, we all could see that the NYT (and the rest of the MSM) were trying to hose Bernie by not covering his highly energetic rallies, and pushing Hillary with daily pieces. . The comments became increasingly angry and eventually a lot of us canceled our NYT subscriptions.

Trump was doing one thing the same as Bernie - talking to regular people about the things that concerned them, without talking down to them. He cared about the people and you could feel that. Only his plans for fixing things made more sense and were not socialist give-aways.

He picked up me and a lot of other Bernie Bros. It has been shown that it was actually disaffected Bernie Bros who were responsible for his win - their votes in the key Rust Belt states were larger than Trump's margin of victory.

So I became a full Trump supporter and have never looked back. The thing is, I have changed, in becoming more conservative as I get older, but mostly it's the Dems who went so far into the ditch with their far-left insanity. And the Dems stopped giving a shit about regular people starting with Bill Clinton's presidency. They are now just the party of the 1%, and their idiotic base still doesn't see how badly they're being used.

Great to know there are others on GAW who came to things this way.! I always enjoy your posts, Rooftop.

Lifelong Dem/Ind here (altho I did vote for Gerald Ford). When Bernie came on the scene it was electrifiying - not the details of his platform, but just the fact that he was talking to regular people about the things that affected them. He obviously had a heart and cared about the people. I was never a socialist, and didn't agree with many of his points, but he was motivated by trying to help the little guy who was getting totally ground down by the out of control greed of the elites in gov't and business.

In those days I read every single political article and op-ed piece in the NYT and all the comments to all of them (often hundreds), and commented a lot myself. It was very clear that, of the NYT readers, 90% were for Bernie and hated Hillary. Over the course of the primaries, we all could see that the NYT (and the rest of the MSM) were trying to hose Bernie by not covering his highly energetic rallies, and pushing Hillary with daily pieces. . The comments became increasingly angry and eventually a lot of us canceled our NYT subscriptions.

Trump was doing one thing the same as Bernie - talking to regular people about the things that concerned them, without talking down to them. He cared about the people and you could feel that. Only his plans for fixing things made more sense and were not socialist give-aways.

He picked up me and a lot of other Bernie Bros. It has been shown that it was actually disaffected Bernie Bros who were responsible for his win - their votes in the key Rust Belt states were larger than Trump's margin of victory.

So I became a full Trump supporter and have never looked back. The thing is, I have changed, in becoming more conservative as I get older, but mostly it's the Dems who went so far into the ditch with their far-left insanity. And the Dems stopped giving a shit about regular people starting with Bill Clinton's presidency. They are now just the party of the 1%, and their idiotic base still doesn't see how badly they're being used.

Great to know there are others on GAW who came to things this way.!

Lifelong Dem/Ind here (altho I did vote for Gerald Ford). When Bernie came on the scene it was electrifiying - not the details of his platform, but just the fact that he was talking to regular people about the things that affected them. He obviously had a heart and cared about the people.

In those days I read every single political article and op-ed piece in the NYT and all the comments to all of them (often hundreds), and commented a lot myself. It was very clear that, of the NYT readers, 90% were for Bernie and hated Hillary. Over the course of the primaries, we all could see that the NYT (and the rest of the MSM) were trying to hose Bernie by not covering his highly energetic rallies, and pushing Hillary with daily pieces. . The comments became increasingly angry and eventually a lot of us canceled our NYT subscriptions.

Trump was doing one thing the same as Bernie - talking to regular people about the things that concerned them, without talking down to them.

He picked up me and a lot of other Bernie Bros. It has been shown that it was actually disaffected Bernie Bros who were responsible for his win - their votes in the key Rust Belt states were larger than Trump's margin of victory.

So I became a full Trump supporter and have never looked back. The thing is, I have changed, in becoming more conservative as I get older, but mostly it's the Dems who went so far into the ditch with their far-left insanity. And the Dems stopped giving a shit about regular people starting with Bill Clinton's presidency. They are not the party of the 1%, and their idiotic base still doesn't see how badly they're being used.

Great to know there are others on GAW who came to things this way.!