I can’t stop reading
articles about Bernie Sanders. The last
time I was this obsessed with the news was during the Occupy protests. I avidly consumed news of them. After visiting the Los Angeles encampment around city
hall, I felt solidarity with these people. They brought me
hope.
As soon as I heard
Bernie was running, I was in. At best, I
thought he might help to push the main stage candidates into a bit of lip
service for progressive values. But now
the favored main stage candidate is no longer a sure thing. She is running scared because despite a near
silence in the main stream media, Bernie’s message is being heard. And this message resonates with people. And this brings me hope.
My cynical soul says the corporate
powers either haven’t figured out how to shut him down yet or they are letting
him continue for some reason of their own. At the same time, some small part of me
dares to hope, to say that this time it is possible for things to be
different. Our world is in a different
place than even a decade ago, and masses of people are yearning for the
movement that Bernie symbolizes. Bernie
has been singing the same song pretty much for his entire political career. The difference now is that much of the
country is ready for this song.
So to end I will say that
I pray for Bernie. Every day I pray that
he will remain safe, and I ask that he will maintain his integrity. As citizens why shouldn’t we vote for and work for the world
we really want? If we don’t at least try, we will have no
idea if this better world could be possible.
