That was fucking AWESOME!

[Le Taz Hot]

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A sea of young people OF ALL RACES! Really great, effective speakers including Bernie's new press secretary. They had a young Hispanic woman talking about immigration, they had a nurse talking about today's endorsement by the NNU, several others and, finally, Sarah Silverman talked a little bit and then introduced Bernie.

My ears are still ringing. I've got LOTS of pictures but it will take me awhile to d/l them and post them here. There's a great picture of a St. Bernard wearing a Bernie T-Shirt so it was St. Bernards for Bernie. LOL.

This is L.A. so there was gay, straight, transgendered, you name it, all groups were well represented there. I'm telling you the young people have absolutely taken over this campaign and, speaking as someone who has been doing this forever, I'M TIRED and y'all need to take over now. But I have your back.

ETA: So, I haven't been able to figure out how to get the pictures off the iPhone onto DU yet (new phone) and I'm getting ready to drive back home but AT SOME POINT I will get the pictures up. Probably closer to tomorrow morning.

[daleanime]

1. Get some sleep....

and get those photos up when you can.

[arcane1]

2. We had a freakin' TERRIBLE live feed, and it was fucking AWESOME!!!!

There was an incredible amount of technical difficulty, I suspect at least partially due to so many wireless signals all in one space. And every time the crowd cheered, it would overload the audio and become silence, but we knew it was applause. And we were so damn grateful to get any of it, including the crowd panoramas!

He hit EVERY note!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I'm so glad you were there! Now, get some sleep!

At least as soon as you can key down...

And thank you.

[retrowire]

4. Wooo! can't wait for Bernie in NC!!!

nt

[NorthCarolina]

38. Is there a Bernie rally

already scheduled for NC?

[retrowire]

40. *looks at your username*

my native friend, I have not heard of any events in our state.

but there is one in Charleston, SC on the 22nd so I smell an Eastern campaign tour coming very soon!!!

[NorthCarolina]

41. I hadn't heard of one

so when I saw your post I thought possibly one had been recently scheduled and I just hadn't learned of it yet. I'm still hopeful he will get here as we'd love to go see him.

[retrowire]

42. me and mine can't wait either! :)

we're considering the SC Charleston event on the 22nd!

[NorthCarolina]

43. We're going to

have to wait and hope for one somewhere around Charlotte. We have our 95 yo mom here with us so we never venture very far from home.

[Blue_In_AK]

5. I would be so thrilled if he came to Anchorage.

Presidential candidates NEVER come up here, but I know he would be well received. Almost all of my friends support him.

[sabrina 1]

16. Maybe write to his campaign. Or maybe he could do a special video event just for Alaskans.

[Blue_In_AK]

23. Thank you. Good suggestion.

[erronis]

33. Just to be bratty - didn't Sarah even showing up in Anchorage? <smilie>

[Blue_In_AK]

34. Oh, that IS bratty.

Shame on you. But the fact is that she stayed out of Alaska during most of that campaign season, which was fine with me. The sad thing is that at one time Obama was planning to come up here to campaign, but after she entered the race, he wrote it off.

Incidentally, President Obama is coming up here the end of this month for some kind of international Arctic conference, and wouldn't you know? I'm going to be up in the Brooks Range on an Aurora photo-shooting excursion the whole time he's here. I can't win.

[SoapBox]

6. I can hardly wait for your pictures!

That was a HUGE mob of support...it was a good thing you got there early.

As said above, they had a heck of a time with the live feed but Bernie2016.tv got feed for us, finally.

So where wer you sitting? Or standing??

I did just see a good report on the event at 10:15P, on KTLA 5. I was really surprised that it was very positive!

[TM99]

7. I made it to LA

but I just wasn't feeling well enough to brave the crowds. My partner did, and she shared all of the same that you did.

It was an amazing event.

But of course, you know this simply means he has plateaued.

[artislife]

18. Heee...sorry you weren't up for it! nt

[TM99]

26. Me too!

The one in Phoenix was terrific, and the changes since then, I would have loved to have seen in the flesh. I did watch the stream, and it was an amazing event!

[sabrina 1]

24. Lol, they wish!

[bvf]

8. Excellent!

Rest well, and here's hoping your hearing recovers!

[cal04]

9. Thank you so much for the post

Can't wait to see the pics!

[Betty Karlson]

10. If there was a missed opportunity for Sanders,

It's that his connection with PoC and Latinos is now well-known (sharing the stage with an immigrant speaker, opening with BLM) but his connection with LGBT was a bit drowned out in that sea of positive messaging.

Maybe San Fransisco will be visited too? That would be awesome.

[olddots]

11. exellent crowd

The subway was feeling the Bern ,young ,diverse and excited .This is real and picking up momentum .

[villager]

12. It was pretty fucking great, all right -- and yes, what a crowd!

A great L.A. mix of a crowd! And what an extemporaneous lay-it-out-there talk from the Senator!

My ears are still ringing too!

[Indepatriot]

13. Was there as well and WOW! The Youth were there in force!

I've been going to rallies/marches/protests for 40 years and I've NEVER felt that kind of energy in one place. Added Bonus: Sarah Silverman KILLED. Mr.Sanders has a tiger by the tail and I do believe he will go all the way!

[Live and Learn]

15. Siverman was good. It was an amazing event. nt

[lovemydog]

14. Awesome.

Thanks for sharing!

Look forward to seeing the photos.

[Live and Learn]

17. So you did make it.

I saw the dog but couldn't get a photo. Hope you did because it was cute. Sorry I missed you. It was a fantastic and very energetic crowd.

[nirvana555]

21. My roommate went and she's in her 60's so it's not just the youngsters!

I'm in my 50's and feelin' the Bern! I agree with everything he says.

[Live and Learn]

22. We had 3 generations there ourselves.

It was really something. I usually hate large crowds but everyone was so nice and it went so well.

[Kenjie]

19. Thank you...

for sharing your experience. I really hope to see him in person someday. Rest well and thank you again.

[artislife]

20. Yippee for you!

I love your OP! So great to have the young.'

They don't act like us Xers, they know they got to stear this ship.

[dreamnightwind]

25. Awesome, so exciting!

Thanks for the report, glad you went. I will look for an online link to watch a recording of it.

[MerryBlooms]

27. rec & kick. Awesome.

[Enthusiast]

28. Kicked and recommended to the Max!

[Jack Rabbit]

29. K/R

!!

[WillyT]

30. HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!!

[grahamhgreen]

31. For pics use IMGUR.COM -

m.imgur.com/upload

[GoneFishin]

32. I love it.

[azmom]

35. Yay. Had family there.

[emsimon33]

36. K&R

[Zorra]

37. Yeah, I saw Bernie in Phoenix, and felt the Bern with 11,000+,

so I can just imagine how LA was a stellar heap of awesome!!!

Thanks for the firsthand account, I can feel the good vibes of a great experience coming out of your keyboard.

[abelenkpe]

39. Upload to imgur or a similar site

And link to photos from there. So glad you got to go.

[Mnemosyne]

44. K&R and hoping for photos soon!