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ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
Sat Aug 1, 2015, 02:22 PM Aug 2015

I've been wearing my Bernie 2016 pin since Wednesday


And it has generated a LOT of conversation. I've gotten a big bunch of "yeah right on's" but...
It also has mad me think just how hard it is going to be, so many people don't even know him at all ("Who's that" "What is he running for?" etc) along with the "he's a commie, "a librul" and my very favorite, "He's from Vermont and that automatically make him crazy".

I am still trying to figure out how to answer the questions people have about him. But most people don't want to know much, there are so many low information people out there.

Gonna be interesting.
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I've been wearing my Bernie 2016 pin since Wednesday (Original Post) ghostsinthemachine Aug 2015 OP
That pretty much sums up... HerbChestnut Aug 2015 #1
+1.nt Snotcicles Aug 2015 #2
 

HerbChestnut

(3,649 posts)
1. That pretty much sums up...
Sat Aug 1, 2015, 02:25 PM
Aug 2015

The American electorate. It's why we have one of the lowest voter turnouts of any industrialized nation. It's also why Bernie is traveling across the country and giving speeches to as many people as can be crammed into venues. He wants to get more people involved. He wants to show them that there's a politician out there who has their best interests at heart.

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