Bernie Sanders
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And I think what has to also be remembered about King, which is really quite extraordinary,
And I think what has to also be remembered about King, which is really quite extraordinary,
is you know he won the nobel peace prize and there was oh you're great you're wonderful but then to the end of his life he took on lyndon johnson on the war in vietnam and as soon as he did that suddenly the editorial pages throughout america established from papers uh no longer thought he was so great in fact the message sent out you're black deal with civil rights don't worry about foreign policy we'll take care of that
is you know he won the nobel peace prize and there was oh you're great you're wonderful but then to the end of his life he took on lyndon johnson on the war in vietnam and as soon as he did that suddenly the editorial pages throughout america established from papers uh no longer thought he was so great in fact the message sent out you're black deal with civil rights don't worry about foreign policy we'll take care of that
is you know he won the nobel peace prize and there was oh you're great you're wonderful but then to the end of his life he took on lyndon johnson on the war in vietnam and as soon as he did that suddenly the editorial pages throughout america established from papers uh no longer thought he was so great in fact the message sent out you're black deal with civil rights don't worry about foreign policy we'll take care of that
But he said, you know, if I talk about peace and nonviolence, I can't sit back and allow what's going on in Vietnam to continue without speaking out. Incredible courage to do that.
But he said, you know, if I talk about peace and nonviolence, I can't sit back and allow what's going on in Vietnam to continue without speaking out. Incredible courage to do that.
But he said, you know, if I talk about peace and nonviolence, I can't sit back and allow what's going on in Vietnam to continue without speaking out. Incredible courage to do that.
And, by the way, when he was assassinated at a fighting for the rights of AFSCME workers, garbage, guys that delivered the garbage, who were treated terribly, low wages, bad working conditions, they went out to support their right to form a union. That's when he got killed.
And, by the way, when he was assassinated at a fighting for the rights of AFSCME workers, garbage, guys that delivered the garbage, who were treated terribly, low wages, bad working conditions, they went out to support their right to form a union. That's when he got killed.
And, by the way, when he was assassinated at a fighting for the rights of AFSCME workers, garbage, guys that delivered the garbage, who were treated terribly, low wages, bad working conditions, they went out to support their right to form a union. That's when he got killed.
And maybe, ironically, it came out of maybe the war in Vietnam and the ease and lies that people told. We went into Vietnam under a lie. We lost close to 60,000 Americans, millions of people in Vietnam. Cambodia died as a result of that. So you think twice about it.
And maybe, ironically, it came out of maybe the war in Vietnam and the ease and lies that people told. We went into Vietnam under a lie. We lost close to 60,000 Americans, millions of people in Vietnam. Cambodia died as a result of that. So you think twice about it.
And maybe, ironically, it came out of maybe the war in Vietnam and the ease and lies that people told. We went into Vietnam under a lie. We lost close to 60,000 Americans, millions of people in Vietnam. Cambodia died as a result of that. So you think twice about it.
And then the war in Iraq, you had, you know, people like Dick Cheney and others telling us, oh, they have nuclear weapons and all that stuff. It's the only way we can resolve the issue. I didn't believe it. I didn't agree with it. And then you're right. It turns out historically I was right.
And then the war in Iraq, you had, you know, people like Dick Cheney and others telling us, oh, they have nuclear weapons and all that stuff. It's the only way we can resolve the issue. I didn't believe it. I didn't agree with it. And then you're right. It turns out historically I was right.
And then the war in Iraq, you had, you know, people like Dick Cheney and others telling us, oh, they have nuclear weapons and all that stuff. It's the only way we can resolve the issue. I didn't believe it. I didn't agree with it. And then you're right. It turns out historically I was right.
It's huge. I mean, it gets to the broader issue of where we are as a nation. And what I almost uniquely in Congress talk about is the fact that we are moving, Lex, to an oligarchic form of society. And not a lot of people are familiar with that term. But what it means, you know, we talk about oligarchy in Russia. Oh, Putin is surrounded by the oligarchs. Well, guess what?
It's huge. I mean, it gets to the broader issue of where we are as a nation. And what I almost uniquely in Congress talk about is the fact that we are moving, Lex, to an oligarchic form of society. And not a lot of people are familiar with that term. But what it means, you know, we talk about oligarchy in Russia. Oh, Putin is surrounded by the oligarchs. Well, guess what?
It's huge. I mean, it gets to the broader issue of where we are as a nation. And what I almost uniquely in Congress talk about is the fact that we are moving, Lex, to an oligarchic form of society. And not a lot of people are familiar with that term. But what it means, you know, we talk about oligarchy in Russia. Oh, Putin is surrounded by the oligarchs. Well, guess what?