Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders receives hero's welcome at U of C

[magical thyme]

Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders was met with open arms at the University of Chicago on Monday.

David Axelrod, director of the school’s Institute of Politics and President Barack Obama’s former political adviser, who reels in trending politicians to speak at the school, introduced his guest: “We have never had a president named Bernie Sanders. Ladies and gentlemen, Bernie Sanders.”

From the get-go applause was frequent for Sanders, whose momentum grew as he shared status quo shattering agenda items.

“No president, not Barack Obama, not Bernie Sanders, not anybody else can implement the changes we need in this country without a political revolution,” he told hundreds of college students who attended the event at the school’s Rockefeller Memorial Chapel.

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[peacebird]

1. Definately Feeling The Bern!

[C Moon]

2. Awesome! I didn't get the intro, though: "We have never had a President named Bernie Sanders." ?

Oh wait, maybe he was referring to the last names Bush and Clinton.

[DrBulldog]

4. Actually it was the last line of a pretty good humorous intro. This was a punch line of a joke.

Go see the U of C IOP video of the talk to watch at least the intro.

[madfloridian]

3. Interesting tweet by Axelrod.

https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/648637045078913024

Got a first-hand look at the @BernieSanders phenomenon today @UChiPolitics. 2,000 in hall. 500 in overflow. And 2500 couldn't get in.

7:14 PM - 28 Sep 2015
Chicago, IL

[sabrina 1]

5. Another overflow crowd for Bernie!

[Duckfan]

6. I hope you're a believer now David.

2500 Couldn't get in? WOW.

[delrem]

7. “We have never had a president named Bernie Sanders. ...

Ladies and gentlemen, Bernie Sanders.”

Lemme think about this for a nanosecond.
OK, it's truthful. Not exactly insightful. But truthful.

How about "We have never had a president named Hillary Clinton. ... "

Hmm. Something's different.

I wonder what it is?

[Enthusiast]

8. Kicked and recommended!

[uponit7771]

9. Because the GOP cares about "revolutions" when, because of gerrymandering, they don't have to answer

... to any of the people who are revolting.

Short of putting a gun to their heads, and they probablly have some guns of their own, what the hell is a 23432 trillion person revolution supposed to do?

Sanders continues to push a line of thinking that ignores the consequences of the 2010 mid terms and the effect it has had on the Obama presidency or will have on his