Bernie sounds like the cranky old man neighbor...

[islandmkl]

who invites you up into his yard and offers you a lemonade and asks you how you're doing and what you're up to...

the anti-Reagan this country needs...NOW

[Fearless]

1. I'm mad too!

I'm mad that this country doesn't work for its citizens anymore.

[TwilightGardener]

2. I like his grumpy old man-ness. He is who he is.

By contrast, McCain's getoffmylawnness annoyed me. Mostly because he wasn't just old/grumpy, but a bit unstable.

[Lorien]

3. As Bernie has said himself: He sounds like Larry David doing George Steinbrenner

but Americans do love cranky old Jewish guys. And most of us are feeling pretty cranky as well after 35 years of Reaganomics!

[farleftlib]

5. Yes.

I love the message, the messenger and the cranky delivery too.

[jillan]

4. And here we go - the ageism attacks begin.

[islandmkl]

6. i probably should have inserted

about the title...but not about his good nature....

Bernie is exactly what we need...I just hope we have the time to get there....

[cherokeeprogressive]

7. To take this further along the line of reasoning I believe it was taking...

I think the poster was talking about the next door neighbor you've never really known, who when you finally meet him, sits you on the porch and talks to you like he's known you for a very long time. Over lemonade. Over time you grow to relish sitting with him on the porch. All it took was for you go get to know him.