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onehandle

(51,122 posts)
Tue Feb 16, 2016, 11:02 PM Feb 2016

These are exciting times for Larry Sanders, a stalwart Green Party campaigner in Oxford, England

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OXFORD, England (AP) — These are exciting times for Larry Sanders, a stalwart Green Party campaigner in Oxford, England. He's just been appointed to a new job as his party's national spokesman on health. And he's helping out his little brother Bernie with a small electoral campaign on the other side of the Atlantic.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is an outsider who has far exceeded expectations as he battles Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. The left-wing senator has energized thousands of young supporters with his promise to transform the American economy, education and health care systems, and last week gained more momentum by winning the New Hampshire primary.

More than 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometers) away, his brother, a retired academic who has lived in Britain since 1969, finds himself a "sudden celebrity." "I was at a meeting the other day and when I stood up to ask a question, half the people in the audience started clapping," Larry Sanders said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I've been going to meetings for 40 years and no one's ever applauded before."

Sanders, who ran for a seat in Britain's Parliament last year (he came fifth of seven candidates), has watched his brother's growing success with emotions that swing from pride to disbelief. "Sometimes it's quite casual — 'Oh, there he is again with 20,000 people cheering him.' And other times I say, 'Oh my God, look at that.'"

http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2016-02-16/ap-interview-sanders-brother-shares-political-odyssey

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Ralph Nader 2000 Campaign Interview:
Will Ralph Nader become Al Gore's worst nightmare?


Of more immediate interest, at least to Al Gore, are Nader's respectable poll numbers: 7 to 10 percent in California as of June, 6 percent nationally. If California tips Green enough, Bush could win the state and the whole damn election.

Which, Nader confided to Outside in June, wouldn't be so bad. When asked if someone put a gun to his head and told him to vote for either Gore or Bush, which he would choose, Nader answered without hesitation: "Bush."


http://www.outsideonline.com/1837851/ralph-nader-2000-campaign-interview

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These are exciting times for Larry Sanders, a stalwart Green Party campaigner in Oxford, England (Original Post) onehandle Feb 2016 OP
Ralph Nader was and is awesome yourpaljoey Feb 2016 #1
Lol. What is your point? cali Feb 2016 #2
Bush and Gore are exactly the same! Bush and Gore are exactly the same! onehandle Feb 2016 #3
You do realize that Nader isn't Bernie's brother, right? beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #4
Onehandle has been reading too much Pavlov. JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #6
They've been doing too much of something. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #7
They're pro-oligarchy. They may want to return to George III's gentle rule. JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #9
What is the point of this? Bonobo Feb 2016 #5
I am so confused. What does Nader have to do with Bernie's brother? jillan Feb 2016 #8
Isn't it obvious? beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #10
That's about it! lol jillan Feb 2016 #11
Bernie's brother is a member of Green Party UK, Nader ran as a Green in the US m-lekktor Feb 2016 #12
Oh okay - that makes a little more sense. A little. jillan Feb 2016 #13
More on Larry and Bernie Donkees Feb 2016 #14

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
3. Bush and Gore are exactly the same! Bush and Gore are exactly the same!
Tue Feb 16, 2016, 11:06 PM
Feb 2016

Bush and Gore are exactly the same!

JonLeibowitz

(6,282 posts)
6. Onehandle has been reading too much Pavlov.
Tue Feb 16, 2016, 11:09 PM
Feb 2016

The idea is a long con of associating Nader with Bernie in DUers minds. Of course, they failed to consider the oft-repeated meme that DU is not representative of the broader population. But ssssh, it'll be our secret.

m-lekktor

(3,675 posts)
12. Bernie's brother is a member of Green Party UK, Nader ran as a Green in the US
Tue Feb 16, 2016, 11:19 PM
Feb 2016

THerefore Bernie is a GREEN because his brother is a UK Green and Nader is a spoiler who was Green so Bernie is a spoiler. Or something like that.

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