You can’t tell from the graphic, but the bird in question
was noted to be a house finch by an Audubon expert. Of course I googled “house finch” and learned
a few things from this website: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/House_Finch/lifehistory. Of note, they are vegetarians, which is
actually rare for a bird. They’re not
loners, and they tend to perch on high places (not sure how high the podium
was). The males have red heads (the
redder the sexier—to female finches) so Bernie’s bird must have been a female.
Did the bird have a message?
From where or whom? Clearly not
the significant sparrow, and finches don’t seem to be popular totems or
spiritual guides. I agree it was cute,
though. The thing is, the Bernie people
stop at nothing. The Bird is clearly now
the Word (apologies to the 1963 group The Trashmen, wherever they are).
The finch is a rather common bird, so maybe that’s the
point, if there is one. Representing the
99% of birds, as it were. What is
totally fascinating is how things catch fire and blaze through
cyber-space. My Facebook pages are now
completely inundated by posts from Berners/Birdies/Berniecrats. The innocent little bird has started a third
political party with its own symbol.
So now we have two parallel lines of strangeness running through
our country. He-who-shall-not-be-named
representing the right-wing crazy minds blooming like fungus throughout our
country and a frizzy white-haired old man representing the left-wing. Actually, Bernie is representing a lot of
folks who didn’t know they needed a wing—and ended up with the whole bird (groan!). By the same token, the gun-toting
bible-thumping racist fascists didn’t know they would fall in love either. They have found their hero and found their
proper place in the political spectrum.
I am going to echo what many others are saying (shout out to
Tom Strait and the Strait Line!). We,
the 99%, the ones who understand the danger you-know-who represents (honestly,
I can’t stand to see his name in print—it makes him seem too real), must stand
firm and do whatever we can do to stop evil from taking root in the very
foundation of our nation.
The idea of Bernie Sanders claiming the nomination, and even
the Presidency, is amazing and thrilling to me, truly it is. However, I can certainly live with the idea
of Hillary Clinton taking on that role.
No, she’s not perfect; yes, she has strong links to corporate
politics. Her revolution would be in her
gender finally occupying the Oval Office.
Make no mistake peeps (and I use that word in all its meanings), that is a
revolution. Unfortunately, many of you
have chosen to tie your support of Sanders with the demonization of
Clinton. In addition, many of you are
perfectly happy to trash the Democratic Party.
But—and it’s a big but—Bernie Sanders is representing the
Democratic Party. He has been a part of
Democratic politics for his long and illustrious political career. He is NOT running as a third party candidate. Can that happen? Maybe.
Can a third party candidate in the USA in 2016 win the Presidency? Probably not.
Can T---- win the Presidency?
Bite your tongue!
A revolution is successful when a large group of people work
together to accomplish their mutual goals.
If it would do any good, I would stand on a street corner and beg people
not to vote for T-----. I would also beg
all of the tweety birds out there to positively support your candidate but be
willing to accept reality if he doesn’t get the nomination. That’s all I got!
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