2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThese 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
yourpaljoey
(2,166 posts)Third Way hates him... of course.
cali
(114,904 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)Bush and Gore are exactly the same!
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)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.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Do they realize that the UK is a separate country ?
JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)Bonobo
(29,257 posts)I've had more coherent messages when I was tripping on acid.
jillan
(39,451 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)jillan
(39,451 posts)m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)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.