"The report of my death was an exaggeration." - Mark Twain
Imagine how the movement felt in India when Gandhi was in jail or after the Amritsar Massacre. Bill Clinton lost 11 of the first 12 primaries in 1992 (Source: en.wikipedia.org/... and George Washington lost most battles during his lifetime and during the War for Independence, but, of course, defeated the British.
"We got 'em right where we want 'em!" - John Elway in the famous "The Drive" - stated by the quarterback standing in the his own endzone in the AFC championship game in which his team was on their own 2 yard line with 98 yards to go at the end of the fourth quarter and trailing in the game. They won.
Now is not the time to give up, but the time to really get moving. We have it relatively easy compared to many surprising winners throughout history. We really can win and Bernie is entering the relatively easy territory and Bernie has consistently been closing the gap dramatically.
Bernie has been winning or tying in races that he was predicted to lose by double digits merely a few days before. Now all he must do is continue the trend and simply win by the average that Clinton has so far and by less that the margins that he has already accomplished in 7 states. We have the momentum and can win.
Many of us supporters of Bernie Sanders regard this campaign as important as Gandhi's. Actually, more important as this affects the entire planet. This is the most important choice of our lifetimes. We are at a giant crossroads for civilization and only one candidate is a realist. We MUST change a system that is totally corrupt. And Bernie is the only person to do it. Any other candidate just supports the status quo, which is a path of making things MUCH worse. We sincerely do not see that Hillary will change things, but will continue down the path of increasing corporate dominance, expanding militarism, and only do feel good measures about the most important issue to ever face humanity, climate change. In all honesty we do not see that there is a choice. It is that critical.
The people that are telling you Bernie has lost are the ones that have never wanted him to win. THEY are the status quo. And they will do anything to keep you from knowing the truth and keep Bernie from winning. They have always been wrong about Bernie and they are wrong now.
"I have not yet begun to fight!" - Admiral John Paul Jones (he won the battle)
So where do we stand at this point?
Sanders is way ahead of where Bill Clinton was at this time in 1992. Bernie has won 9 states already and in seven of the nine states that Sanders has won, he has won by landslides. In five of the states in which Sanders supposedly "lost" such as Iowa, Massachusetts, Nevada, Missouri, and Illinois he essentially tied Hillary or lost by merely a few points. And he has consistently outperformed the predictions by large margins. THEY have been wrong about Sanders in most regards up to this point. So, why would you listen to them now? This race still has a long ways to go with 27 more contests to go and over half the delegates still left to assign.
In closing, many much more formidable looking battles have been won by the supposed underdog. This is the election of a lifetime that we must win.
And, regarding winning:
"Yes, we will!"
Time to get to work!
"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense." - Winston Churchill
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