Experience Is Not The Only Point, Judgment

I Don't Think Everybody In Vermont Loves Me.

I Have One Of The Strongest Records In Fighting For Senior Citizens. I Led The Effort To Prevent Cuts To Social Security. But I Think For Some Seniors, They Remember The "evil Empire" Of The Soviet Union. They Conflated The Term "democratic Socialism" With Communism.

The Only Way Change Happens Is When People Become More Significantly Involved In The Political Process. We Have To Increase Voter Turnout And Citizen Participation So That People Know What's Going On And Demand A Government That Works For Everybody And Not Just The One Percent.

The Focus, To My Mind, Is To Make Sure That Donald Trump Does Not Become President Of The United States. I Think By Temperament He Is Unqualified To Be President. I Think His Views - You Have A Guy Who's Running For President Who Rejects Science, Doesn't Even Believe Climate Change Is Real, Let Alone Wants To Do Something About It, Wants To Give Hundreds Of Billions Of Dollars In Tax Breaks To The Top Two-tenths Of One Percent.

I Think Katrina Is One More Indication Of How Inefficient And Corrupt This Administration Is, And Indicates The Absolute Lack Of Seriousness That [george W.] Bush Has In Making The Government Respond To The Needs Of The People. They Are So Separated From The Lives Of Normal, Low-income People That It Never Occurred To Them That If You're Poor And Have No Money, No Car, That You Can't Leave.