Jonathan Tasini Professions : Activist Born : 1956 Browse All Authors Top 16 quotes by Jonathan Tasini There is no question that, if you look at name recognition and celebrity, my opponent is far-and-away ahead. I think that if you put my beliefs in one column and her positions in another column, I am almost convinced that a majority of the people in the Democratic Party would support my beliefs. Jonathan Tasini party names thinking I do think that we may be looking at a period in the next few years where the two-party system will fracture. Jonathan Tasini party years thinking I would say that the people, largely, who I met were Democrats. But really it's what - people want to change the country. They think that the Democratic Party is the vehicle. But let's face it, if the Democratic Party does not respond and Hillary Clinton does then not go forth and implement the things she supports now if she's elected president, the Democratic Party will lose a lot of people. Jonathan Tasini party country thinking I know people want to run for public office, for mayor, for city council. These are people who now want to change the country. Now, getting from here to there, it's a lot of hard work. And I think that the political revolution has just started. Jonathan Tasini hard-work running country As I traveled around the country, I met hundreds if not thousands of people who want to change the country. And you've got, now, 1,900 Bernie delegates who are now going back to their communities in 50 states. Jonathan Tasini community country people I joke that if she [Debbie Wasserman Schultz] could find a 3 a.m. slot in the Home Shopping Network, she would grab that. So those emails only confirm what we knew. Jonathan Tasini email shopping home We were telling, and frankly the media didn't take it seriously, during the time when we tried to point out that Debbie Wasserman Schultz was biased. She scheduled debates at times that didn't draw huge audiences, I believe, and many believe, because she didn't want Bernie to have a larger exposure to the voters. Jonathan Tasini media want believe I want to say that even - and Bernie said this many, many times - in several of the actual public debates, she said on her worst day, Hillary Clinton's a thousand times better than Donald Trump. And Donald Trump, in my view, is a threat to the nation. Jonathan Tasini debate views want You can hope and wish and pray that those things are legitimate conversions and that [Hillary Clinton] now is a different candidate, a person with a different philosophy. That's something that, you know, sometimes, yes, it's hard to believe. Jonathan Tasini wish philosophy believe I think one of the big questions for many [Bernie] Sanders supporters is, are [Hillary Clinton's] words and what's written in paper going to actually come to pass when she is elected president? That's, I think, the greatest worry for many Sanders supporters. Jonathan Tasini president worry thinking [Hillary Clinton] supports now a hike in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Prior to that, she did not support that. Other issues that you could see, at least in the Democratic Party platform, they're there entirely because of the [Bernie] Sanders movement. Jonathan Tasini issues support party There's no question that frankly Hillary Clinton took positions that she never had before because of this political movement. If you look at her opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which she had previously repeatedly called the gold standard, she now says she's against it. Jonathan Tasini political gold looks Most people feel very strongly that Donald Trump is a threat to the nation. He must be defeated. Jonathan Tasini trump defeated people Bring it on, the last thing Bernie is afraid of is scrutiny. Scrutiny brings more coverage and attention. One of the problems was that, up until recently, Bernie didn't get covered. Jonathan Tasini politics The last thing Bernie is afraid of is scrutiny. Scrutiny brings more coverage and attention. One of the problems was that, up until recently, Bernie didn't get covered. something might come up that would shock the hell out of me, but I honestly don't see it. Jonathan Tasini politics It's both astonishing and understandable, the understandable part is, too many journalists are too enthralled with conventional wisdom and establishment thinking. They just repeat things without any notion of what's happening on the ground. Jonathan Tasini politics Similar Authors Brooke Axtell activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali activist Assata Shakur activist Arun Manilal Gandhi activist Arthur Hertzberg activist Arlene Holt Baker activist All Authors
