Bernie Sanders Civil Rights Campaign Photo .....Not Bernie?

[msanthrope]

At a televised Democratic candidate forum Friday, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow showed Bernie Sanders a black-and-white photoof man with his face turned away from the camera speaking before a civil rights protest. “This is you in 1962,” Maddow said to the Vermont senator.

“Who is that handsome young guy with the dark hair?” joked Sanders. The audience laughed.

There was just one problem: Four University of Chicago alumni who went to school with Sanders tell TIME they believe that the dramatic photo of Sanders, which his campaign has featured on its website and in a promotional video, is not in fact a photograph of Sanders. An archivist at the University of Chicago agreed in January that Sanders was not the speaker in the photo, though the school’s official decision on the man’s identity is still pending.

The alumni say the man in the photo is actually Bruce Rappaport, a fellow student activist with a similar haircut, glasses and stature, who died in 2006. “I can certainly recognize it as Bruce Rappaport, partly because of the curvature of his spine, and I see that tall thin look from the side,” said Richard Schmitt, who was in the class of 1966 and lived near Rappaport in a campus dorm. “When I saw it, I said, ‘That’s Bruce Rappaport.”



http://time.com/4108379/bernie-sanders-photo-civil-rights/?xid=tcoshare

[sufrommich]

1. Interesting. nt

[leveymg]

36. Here's that photo and another taken of Bernie at about the same time. Same sweater, same glasses ..

Same cuffs rolled up. Same ear. Same guy.

Here's the one that is insinuated to be "Bruce Rappaport:"
?quality=75&strip=color&w=1000

Here's one of Bernie taken with the President of the University:



Another day, another Hillary campaign meme.

[Qutzupalotl]

58. Looks like the same person to me. Since the last one is identified as Bernie, the first one must be.

Same sweater, as you noted.

That should end the fracas, but I know it won't.

[JaneyVee]

90. Don't look the same to me.

Different hair, different head shape.

[Qutzupalotl]

91. His hair is shorter in the second photo,

but that's the same sweater. Same glasses, too.

[JaneyVee]

93. The school archivist says it's not Bernie, along with 4 classmates.

Read the article.

[Qutzupalotl]

99. Did Bernie lend him his sweater and glasses?

Also, Rappaport wore his hair different:

?w=560&quality=75&strip=color&h=376

[LiberalArkie]

109. Rapport has a smaller chin than Bernie does, also Rapport does not have side burns. Back then

you did or did not have the side burns. The chin is the difference.


Rapport


Above, 1963: Economic justice has been the central focus of Sanders’ 40-plus-year political career—as a young activist at the University of Chicago, though, Sanders agitated more for racial equality. In 1963 he was arrested during a demonstration protesting the city’s segregated schools. He also traveled to Washington—his first time in D.C.—to hear Martin Luther King speak at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.




1971: Sanders and his son, Levi, then 2 1/2, at a Liberty Union Party meeting in the fall of 1971.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/gallery/2015/07/bernie-sanders-the-early-years/002279-032662.html#.VkUWMzZiD2U

[leveymg]

110. Also, those aren't the same glasses - stems are thicker,solid color, not horn rim material.

Also, Rappaport's hair looks curlier and doesn't appear to have a widow's peak below the part-line. Guess Bernie's hair line was already beginning to recede.

[CoffeeCat]

126. Yes, yes....the 4 classmates. It must not be him. Oh dear

So much evidence!

Bernie must be a liar.

How can we ever trust him again?

So many were so quick to pounce on this. It's interesting, isn't it?

[KansDem]

128. Looks like the same undershirt, too...

And worn with the sweater in the same fashion.

[wilsonbooks]

63. Is this the best that they can come up with?

Sad. and pathetic. Bernie is right on the issues so they have to manufacture b.s. like this.

[tecelote]

101. Exactly.

Bernie is right on the issues.

[CoffeeCat]

118. Bernie is being Swiftboatted

and it's not a very good Swiftboatting! LOL!

Clearly that is Bernie in the picture. It's the same sweater, same rolled cuff, same shirt underneath the sweater.

Bernie's face is longer and shaped differently that the other person's. It's obvious.

This is ridiculous.

But we see this attempt at Swiftboatting and we see the DUers who will line up behind this Rovian dick move--and repeat, repeat, repeat.

"Oh yeah, Becky. Totally it's not him. Gosh, Bernie is so lying about civil rights and stuff."

A Swiftboat attack can only survive if the underling flacks are willing to echo what has been top-down mandated.

It's really unbelievable to see this tried in our party.

I assume it will end soon, with some major fallout and blowback--as that is clearly Bernie (and not the other guy) in the picture.

[polly7]

107. That is the same person.

From the same white shirt under the sweater with the rolled up cuffs, to the glasses, sideburns and posture. I've seen Sanders posture insultingly referred to here as a stooping old man ..... it looks like he may have had this same posture all his life.

Same guy.

[CoffeeCat]

117. Yes, and look at the shirt underneath the sweater

Last edited Fri Feb 12, 2016, 04:01 AM - Edit history (1)

same shirt and same velour sweater. Sweater cuffed on the right hand. Both are wearing a watch on the left hand.

I think he's being Swiftboatted.

What a crock of shit.

That's what happens after NH, and we pivot toward SC.

Gotta attack Bernie's strengths.

[leveymg]

124. It's definitely the same clothes. I agree, the HRC campaign is in full ratf-cking mode.

But, what else do you expect from that crew? They won't let anyone get in their way, and will do practically anything to put her in the Oval Office.

[boston bean]

2. Utoh.

[ibegurpard]

3. Is Hillary really sure she wants to play

The "who is a bigger liar" game?
Read the whole article by the way.

[msanthrope]

5. I'm not sure what this has to do with HRC. Care to expand? nt

[ibegurpard]

11. wink wink

[msanthrope]

21. I'm not getting your meaning. nt

[CoffeeCat]

119. nudge nudge

[boston bean]

10. Hillary owns Time? She is Time? Her and Time are one in the same?

[snooper2]

18. She can't be Time because she is out of Time

[MohRokTah]

13. WTF does this article have to do with Hillary?????

[beerandjesus]

15. +1

[NCTraveler]

29. What in the world does this have to do with Hillary? nt.

[riversedge]

35. You look foolish making that vile comment. It would be best to delete your comments!

...ibegurpard
3. Is Hillary really sure she wants to play

View profile
The "who is a bigger liar" game?
Read the whole article by the way.

[ibegurpard]

47. spare me the fauxrage

You all know exactly what you're up to. Hillary lies and you all try to do a Republican level of false equivalence by trying to say Bernie's doing the same thing here.

[riversedge]

49. This article has NOTHING to do with Hillary. "You all know exactly what you're up to.." You are one

who first made the vile accusation and you continue to look foolish with this response.

[Warren DeMontague]

100. The first 30 responses in this thread are all Hillary supporters clucking about "uh-oh" and "hmmm!"

I'm sure that's just a coincidence.

[ibegurpard]

103. clearly

Simply

[CoffeeCat]

120. They've gotta have that back-up echo if this tactic is going to work, right? (nt)

[Cali_Democrat]

44. You appear to be thoroughly confused

The article isn't about Hillary and has nothing to do with her.

Reading is fundamental.

[ibegurpard]

61. am i?

Just visit downthread

[Cali_Democrat]

64. Hillary is posting downthread? nt

[Number23]

78. Best. Subthread. EVER

[msanthrope]

88. This thread is comedy gold.....are you on Twitter? nt

[Number23]

94. Not at all. But I read quite a bit of it.

[msanthrope]

115. I'm back after a long hiatus......link in my sig. nt

[Cha]

68. Don't you know.. ?

[msanthrope]

74. you took a funny thread and made it funnier I am stealing that. & T

[Cha]

85. Thank you, ms.. of course! we're going to need it.

[firebrand80]

4. More

On Thursday, a Sanders spokesman said the candidate was sure he was the person in the photo. “I showed Bernie the picture again. That’s him. He remembers Bruce Rappaport,” wrote spokesman Michael Briggs in an email. Hours later, a Sanders senior adviser said the campaign would investigate further. “This is the first we’ve heard of it. As we sit here right now I still think that’s Bernie. But we’ll take a look at it,” said strategist Tad Devine. “There’s no doubt as to his participation in all of this. We’ll just confirm the visual.”

[msanthrope]

9. Memory fades over time. Sanders may be in the photo, may not. I wouldn't accuse him

of lying....possibly misremebering.

[firebrand80]

14. It seems odd to not know if a photo is of you

On the other hand, I'm only 35 years old, so I have no idea what it's like to have to identify a photo from that long ago when you're Bernie's age.

Also, I think MSNBC put the photo in front of him, it's not like his campaign put it out. Most likely he just glanced at the photo and assumed it was him.

It's not a big deal, but this is DU, so I expect this to be at least a 24 hour shitstorm.

[jberryhill]

19. It isn't odd at a more advanced age

[1StrongBlackMan]

25. Why are you being such an ageist!!! eom.

[jberryhill]

55. Because I'm old

[msanthrope]

20. My first cousin thought for years she'd gone to Disneyworld

As a child. Turns out she was remembering photo she'd seen of me there. Memory is a funny thing.

[CoffeeCat]

125. Yes, yes. Ahhhhh, memory. Such a funny thing.

It's much easier to believe that Sanders is 'remembering things wrong' as opposed to him knowing that the same pictures he's had for decades, is indeed a picture of himself.

Oh brother...

[frazzled]

22. Wait another 40 years

Or rather 39 years, till you're Sander's age. I'm 10 years younger than that, and I can tell you, when an occasional picture surfaces from the past, and my face isn't fully visible, I think, is that me or someone else? Was my hair ever that long, was I ever that thin?

My husband recently found a picture of me from back in 1971 or something, sitting on the roof of our apartment building in what is now SoHo, NYC. It was decidedly me, but I kind of couldn't quite believe it on any level. Except for the shoes. Wallabees, we both exclaimed!

[mythology]

56. My cousin once got upset with his girlfriend over a picture on her nightstand

He was describing it to his parents who had the same picture of my cousin.

My family and I were discussing if it was my butt or my stepdad's in a picture from about 12 years ago.

It's not that difficult to believe the picture might be confusing. Sanders has a legitmately good record on civil rights. This Is or should be bea non-story.

[winter is coming]

80. Not so odd as you'd think.

Although we didn't look much alike as adults, one of my sisters looked very much like me as a child. I can only tell which is which without checking the backs of pictures by recognizing clothing I did/didn't own.

[pnwmom]

83. Not odd when the picture is from the back and the man resembles you. nt

[Hepburn]

95. OMG........

....I have to look a pictures that go back over 60 years and I am not sure at times which one are of me or one of my cousins or one of my half sisters or one of my best pals. Also: I had one college pal that people use to get the two of us confused.

Have you looked at pictures of the 1960s? Everyone looks alike. Girls...long hair, guys...longer hair. Hats, sun glasses, head scarves, head bands, and there were no digital cameras back then. How often have you seen color snaps from the 1950s or 1960s? Dark curly hair and black horn rimmed glasses, pull over sweater, with dark pants and lace up shoes. Average height, average build. That could describe a lot of guys back then. I can see why there might be confusion.

[starroute]

32. It doesn't sound like anything to do with memory

From the article, it appears that Sanders was there and spoke at the protest. The only question is whether the photo of a man with his face turned away from the camera is of Sanders or another speaker.

[winter is coming]

65. So, two guys who look a lot alike spoke at the same protest, and some people

are concerned the picture is of the other guy? Wow, hot controversy.

[LiberalArkie]

112. I can't find myself in senior high school pictures and Rapport and Sanders could almost be

twins except for the chin and hairline and sideburns. I wish them luck. A few years later they both had wild bushy hair when Rapport was in medical practice.

[Motown_Johnny]

6. Did he actually speak at the event?

If so, then this is a simple mix up over a photo that is half a century old. If not it is a problem.

[msanthrope]

12. People misremember things all the time....ever review unmarked

Family photos with other family members?

[winter is coming]

73. Yes. No one's disputing that. n/t

[Fearless]

7. Oh goodie more of the slime campaign.

[99th_Monkey]

8. "the school’s official decision on the man’s identity is still pending."

Bruce Rappaport is conveniently DEAD, so obviously cannot substantiate this either way.

[in_cog_ni_to]

17. Add one more to the hit list - to be recycled at a later date.

[99th_Monkey]

23. Thank Gawd we have something to talk about, besides kitchen-table issues! nt

[1StrongBlackMan]

27. Connect the dots ... Connect the dots ...

Vince Foster ... Bruce Rappaport ... = HRC!!!

[BainsBane]

48. Jury results

I was going to suggest you be clearer that you were mocking an idea, but then, who knows, that might have resulted in more hide votes.

On Thu Nov 12, 2015, 10:44 AM an alert was sent on the following post:

Connect the dots ... Connect the dots ...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=798774

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Accusing Hillary of murdering Vince Foster? Really?!?

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Thu Nov 12, 2015, 10:50 AM, and the Jury voted 2-5 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: I am sick to death of these ploys to oust people by the HRC gang! Fuck you all.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: 1StrongBlackMan is accusing Hillary of murdering Vince Foster? Really?!? Poe's law is an internet adage which states that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, parodies of extremism are indistinguishable from sincere expressions of extremism. Poe's Law implies that parody will often be mistaken for sincere belief, and sincere beliefs for parody.
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Hillary murdering Foster - No one is that stupid to even think that!!
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Accusing fellow DUers of being wingnut conspiracy theorists is a personal attack. Dredging up 90s wingnuttery doesn't exactly elevate the level of discussion here. Hide it.
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: He is not accusing her of murder. He is mocking the deranged ravings of the Clinton haters.

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[1StrongBlackMan]

57. Oops ... I guess I should have used the sarcasm thingy ...

I would have thought, based on the number of DUer/jurors citing to my long history of {fill in thingy here}, the thingy would have been unneeded.

[Sheepshank]

72. cracking me ip...in a disbelieving sort of way

that there was an alert and two voted to hide. Feels, and reads like alert stalking to me.

[George II]

66. It's tough to figure out WHAT to say and HOW to say it these days.

[Politicalboi]

106. OMG who alerts for that

[BainsBane]

111. It gets worse

Someone alerted on my post with the jury results thinking they were alerting on a juror.

[Bobbie Jo]

114. I love this thread!

[riversedge]

52. What does Vince Foster have to do with the post?? and HRC?

[PatrickforO]

28. Exactly. And the hope of the money behind the Time propaganda machine

is that instead of talking about issues, Bernie will have to waste time explaining bullshit.

[winter is coming]

79. Looking at the two pictures in post 36, I'm not sure Rappaport could tell, unless he

could say, "No, I never owned a sweater like that." The man in the picture in the OP is turned far enough away from the camera that I don't think you can say one way or the other whether it's Sanders or Rappaport. Since both were student activists, this seems like a nonstory to me.

[99th_Monkey]

81. "a nonstory" for sure. Like so many other recent smear attempts. -nt-

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. Innocent mistake. Let's rise above the silliness!!!

EOM

[MineralMan]

24. I can't see how it matters in any way, frankly.

Same with the Clinton Marine recruiter story. I can imagine her going in there and getting the brush-off. I can imagine Bernie standing up and talking to other students.

Hell, I remember walking into classrooms at the university I was attending after the Haiphong bombing and telling them to walk out of class and join us on the library lawn to protest. I don't have any photos of that. I don't need them. If I tell that story, people believe me or they don't. It doesn't matter either way.

Same with this ancient history stuff. It has nothing to do with this year's primaries in any way, I think.

[msanthrope]

76. I think it's an interesting article based on the reactions to it.nt

[Warren DeMontague]

96. sorry, your thread got it's ass handed to it.

Oh well.

[msanthrope]

97. Warren are you still hurt by the remark I made about your ass a few weeks ago?

I find it intriguing I have that effect on you.

[Warren DeMontague]

98. oh, you mean when you thought the trolling blogger who couldn't form a coherent sentence

and violated the TOS within her first 20 posts "handed my ass to me" with a bunch of non-responsive lols and ad hominem attacks?

I remember it, sure. "hurt"? fucking hardly. But I remember.

[msanthrope]

104. I am sorry I hurt you. nt

[Warren DeMontague]

105. I'm sorry your thread is getting its ass handed to it.

Hell, if someone comes along and goes "HUR YUR A GIANT POOPYHEAD AND YOU EAT BOOGURZ WITH RAND PAUL DERP" then I can say that you got your ass handed to you, too- because that's some high-test debaterin' and intellectual conversationalizin, there!

[CoffeeCat]

121. Isn't that right Sebastian?

I'm totally getting flashbacks from the movie Cruel Intentions!

[PatrickforO]

26. Ah, the long knives are out, courtesy of the billionaire class

Can't discredit the guy on issues...

Hey let's go for ANYTHING WE CAN.

The ears look the same in the two photos, by the way. I think the speaker is Bernie.

[Scuba]

38. Yeah, well ears ain't fingerprints ...

http://www.medicaldaily.com/ears-better-fingerprints-id-234507

Ears better than fingerprints for ID

A new study says that outer ear could be better unique identification mark in human beings than finger prints.

“When you’re born your ear is fully formed. The lobe descends a little, but overall it stays the same. It’s a great way to identify people,” said Mark Nixon, a computer scientist at the University of Southampton and leader of the research.

Nixon and his team presented a paper at the IEEE Fourth International Conference on Biometrics and using an algorithm identified people with 99.6 per cent accuracy.

“The rays fly around the image and get caught in tubular things. The helix, or outer edge, of an ear is a wonderful tube that rays keep hitting,” said Alastair Cummings, the Southampton University computer scientist who developed the algorithm. “There are dozens of ways of doing ear biometrics, but this is a very good one.”

[Armstead]

30. That's It! Sanders is DEAD TO ME!

I take back everything nice I ever said about him. This is just too scurrilous. That rotten bastard. Smashing my hopes with his lies. Now that I know this "Bernie. No More.!"

FROM THE ARTICLE
“I’m thrilled with what Bernie’s standing for, and what he stood for back then,” said Rappaport’s former roommate, Stark, who is black. “It really hurts me he’s not getting a lot of play among black people.”

The photograph captures something of Sanders early life, his fellow alumni say—even if it’s not actually Sanders.

Kaufman said what’s important is that Sanders was there in 1962 and doing what he does best: agitating. “Bernie was leader in that, and he’s continued to make a life that way,” Kaufman said. “It’s a great picture that captures the moment.”

[virtualobserver]

34. there are other pictures easily identified as Bernie while demonstrating

One thing that Bernie does not do is sit around looking at old photos of himself demonstrating.

What would have been funny would have been for Bernie to deny in the forum that the picture was actually of him.

[Armstead]

40. "Rachel you screwed up. That's not me."

That would have gone over big....Gee, could even toss some sexism in there as a bonus

[UglyGreed]

50. I had a feeling

remember my reply in that other thread...... maybe Xanax was not the answer

[VanillaRhapsody]

31. Oh my...

[brooklynite]

33. If you look at the picture in question...

...and then look at the additional photos in the TIME article, the figure in the first picture has slightly curling hair, which appears to match Rappaport rather than Sanders.

[leveymg]

39. Now, look at the sweater. Same cuff roll. Did they share one sweater?

It's the same guy.

[PatrickforO]

42. Geez. It's the SAME sweater Bernie owns now.

Doesn't he EVER buy new clothes?

I'll bet he has one of everything. One old rumpled suit. One shirt, one tie, one pair of old dress shoes with a hole in one of the soles...

And he flies COACH.

[leveymg]

54. And, here's the proof that could change EVERYTHING - he hasn't had a haircut since 1962!

This scandal is AWESOME!

[George II]

37. Say it ain't so, Bernie!!!

[Armstead]

41. Yep. That's the nail in the coffin.

[riversedge]

53. I am going to wait to see what his campaign says.

[AgingAmerican]

43. Hillary supporters are now Swift Boating?

Surprised?

[azmom]

45. Bernie was a leader of the Congress on Racial Equality

At the University of Chicago, Sanders was a leader of the Congress on Racial Equality, a civil rights group. In his first year at school, Sanders and fellow activists suspected that the university housing was discriminating against black students, so he tested the theory by having black and white couples to try and rent the same room. They found that black couples were being turned away. In January 1962, Sanders led the sit-in at the school’s administrative building and sought to negotiate a settlement with the university. It was one of the first civil rights sit-ins outside the South.

[Fawke Em]

46. .

(Oddly, this is the only Broadway show I've ever seen. )

[MuseRider]

59. :-) n/t

[NurseJackie]

51. Let he who has never forgotten the names of people in old photos cast the first stone.

This is a fairly common thing and not really a good way to judge someone's character or honesty. Not worth fussing over.

Now, has anyone seen where I left my reading glasses??? They were right here just a minute ago!!

[alcibiades_mystery]

60. Silly season stuff

[ibegurpard]

62. Hillary was there!

Someone needs to start a meme generator

[Eleanors38]

67. Jesus. Soon, he won't even be a Jew anymore.

[winter is coming]

70. ^^ This. n/t

[onenote]

82. That's such a great post on so many levels!

Can be read multiple ways, some quite funny if you think about it.

For example, my first reaction was to post: Heck, folks have been denying Jesus was a Jew for hundreds of years.

[Autumn]

69. Then Rachel Maddow fucked up. No politician can look at one of countless

grainy black and white photos of them or of someone who very much closely resembles them with just a partial side back view and know for sure it was or wasn't them. A journalist or media personality is expected to do the research and know it's a photo of them. If it's not him, that's on her for saying “This is you in 1962,” Maddow said to the Vermont senator.

[msanthrope]

77. if you read the article, you've noticed that the campaign itself has used the photo

I don't think anytbody f***** up I think it's more case of mistaken memory

[thucythucy]

71. This is such a non-issue

I have trouble finding the non-words to describe it.

Really? We're parsing old photos now, looking for what?

At the worst it's an honest mistake. Lots of people make them. Time to move on to something consequential.

[IllinoisBrenel]

75. The Alumni

Who question whether the picture is of Bernie seem to respect Bernie and say he (Bernie) was right there with the other students! It looks like it is him to me! But even if it isn't him, we know he was right standing up against discrimination. He has done this all his life.

[onenote]

84. Sideburns

Based on the two individuals sideburns, I would conclude that Bernie is the guy in the picture addressing the students. Both pictures that are identified as Bernie show someone with sideburns that extend below his glasses. The picture identified as Bruce Rappaport shows someone who's sideburns end in line with their glasses.

Doesn't mean that the picture of Rappaport wasn't taken at a different time and that he didn't have similar sideburns to Bernie's at some point, but more than even the similarity of the clothing in the two pictures, the sidelines seem to support the conclusion that it's Bernie.

Not that it makes any difference since no one claims Bernie wasn't a student activist.

[msanthrope]

87. I gotta side with the archivist but agree it's a trivial thing. nt

[AzDar]

86. Look at the neck of the sweater... fucking REALLY desperate, aren't they? Which Big Media

Corporations are amongst Hillary's Top Donors again? Just a coinkydink, I'm sure...

[Warren DeMontague]

89. ZOMG! PHOTGHAZI!!!!!!!!!!

WAREZ TEH NERGATIVES! THIS IS HUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!121111!!!!

[CoffeeCat]

122. LOL! (nt)

[whatchamacallit]

92. Yay more depravity!

This will surely bring us together for the GE.

[Romulox]

102. This thread is sad. nt

[pinstikfartherin]

108. How silly. Can we discuss something of substance, pls? nt

[jfern]

113. It's hard to tell because you can't see his face, and the other guy looked a lot like him

This picture is Bernie, though.

[Vinca]

116. I happened upon another photo of Bernie at the same time and he's wearing the same sweater.

It's been identified by the school as Bernie for 50 years and Bernie was at the event. Maybe he's got a body double, but I think it's Bernie.

[CoffeeCat]

123. I mean, that sweater is velour! Cracks me up. Who wore velour?

Obviously Bernie Sanders did.

Am I wrong to think that he was adorable as hell?

Back in my college days, I wouldn't have minded being handcuffed to him (I mean...for protest purposes, for course!).

[SamKnause]

127. It is a photo of Bernie. The photographer has come forward.

http://www.phaidon.com/agenda/photography/articles/2016/february/02/when-danny-lyon-met-bernie-sanders/

[Beowulf]

131. There better be some contrite Hillary supporters posting now!

BTW, Time is owned by TimeWarner, a major contributor to the Clinton campaign.

[virtualobserver]

129. the photographer says that it is Bernie

http://www.phaidon.com/agenda/photography/articles/2016/february/02/when-danny-lyon-met-bernie-sanders/

"I took the photograph of Bernie Sanders speaking to his fellow CORE members at that sit-in. Bob McNamara, a close friend and CORE activist, is in the very corner next to me in the picture. Across the room from me is another campus photographer named Wexler, who taught me how to develop film.

"I photographed Bernie a second time after he got a haircut, as he appeared next to the noble laureate and chancellor Dr. George Beadle. Time Magazine is now claiming it is not Bernie in the picture but someone else. It is Bernie, and it is proof of his very early dedication to justice for African Americans. The CORE sit-in that Bernie helped lead was the first civil rights sit-in to take place in the North."

[BillZBubb]

130. Another disgusting lie and attack attempting to smear Sanders.

The photographer said it was Sanders. Why don't you Hillary fanatics stick to the truth and the issues?

[Jarqui]

132. I haven't read the whole thread. Waste of time on a false claim:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511211322

[Trajan]

133. Check out the clothes ...

Um ... Yeah ... Say hi to Bernie ...

[Bluenorthwest]

134. Reviewing the 'Not Bernie in the Photos' threads in light of 'chairs, bottles and DMX' lies

that followed. Gruesome, ghastly lies about good people. Told for the sake of personal advantage at the expense of history that to some is very precious history.
This is similar of course to the abuse of truth and history in Hillary's bullshit about Reagan being an AIDS activist, the very fist and bravest of all. For a momentary personal advantage, important history is revised, retold, rewritten, the good people altered into bad, the bad people tweaked into great heroes of the times.

A vile tactic each and every time it has been used.

[msanthrope]

135. It must be difficult for you...I sympathize. You haven't been the same since Bernie's

pilgrimage to the Vatican.

Why engage me again in this manner?