The Case For Bernie Sanders

The Case For Bernie Sanders

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/the-case-for-bernie-sanders-32470/


Inside The Horror Show That Is Congress

https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/inside-the-horror-show-that-is-congress-177955/


Bernie could have bagged it, Rolling Stone political commentator Matt Taibbi says

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/11/09/news/bernie-could-have-bagged-it-rolling-stone-political-commentator-matt-taibbi-says


Meet The Liberty Alum Who’s Feeling The Bern

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/09/meet-the-liberty-alum-whos-feeling-the-bern.html


Biblical Argument For Bernie 

https://clyp.it/eusxalwe

Partial transcript: 

When I heard Bernie speaking in that way, when I saw that guy on stage at Liberty University, I saw John the Baptist...crying out to the religious leaders, the Pharisees of his day, calling them corrupt and complicit with those who have all the power and all the money and all the wealth, and abandoning the people that God loves, that God cares about... 


As I heard Bernie Sanders crying out to the religious leaders at Liberty University, in his hoarse voice, with his wild hair – this Jew – and he proclaimed justice over us, he called us to account, for being complicit with those who are wealthy and those who are powerful, and for abandoning the poor, the least of these, who Jesus said he had come to bring good news to. And in that moment something occurred to me. As I saw Bernie Sanders up there, as I watched him, I realized Bernie Sanders for president is good news for the poor. Bernie Sanders for president is Good News for the poor. Bernie Sanders is gospel for the poor. And Jesus said "I have come to bring gospel" – good news – "to the poor." 


And lightning hit my heart at that moment. And I realized that we are evangelical Christians. We believe the Bible. We believe in Jesus. We absolutely shun those who would attempt to find nuance and twisted and tortured interpretations of scripture that they would use to master all other broader interpretations, to find some kind of big message that they want to flout. We absolutely scorn such things, and yet somehow we commit to the mental gymnastics necessary that allows us to abandon the least of these, to abandon the poor, to abandon the immigrants, to abandon those who are in prison. 

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I wouldn't be much of a Christian if I didn't stand on the side of gospel for the poor, because, the last time I checked, that's where my master Jesus stood, and I'll stand with Him. And, for now, that means I stand with Bernie Sanders.

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