Small talk and a picture: How Bernie Sanders 'bought' BernieSanders.com

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When Paul Joffe saw that BernieSanders.com was available for purchase in early 2014, he just about lost it.

"I figured that if I could buy it, anyone could buy it and that is bad," said the diehard Sanders supporter. "I was worried that somebody would buy it and redirect it to BernieSucks.com or something like that."

So Joffe -- a 53-year-old property redeveloper who now lives in New Marlborough, Massachusetts but spent part of his childhood in Vermont -- asked his wife for permission and spent $2,500 to buy the domain name himself.

"She said, 'Absolutely get it,'" Joffe recalled. "Yeah, she is really cool."

For the first few weeks the domain just directed visitors to Sanders' Senate page. But in April 2014, shortly after he purchased it, representatives from Sanders' political action committee reached out and asked Joffe if he would be willing to sell the domain name.

He gave them a flat no. He didn't want money, he told them. All he wanted was to meet the senator.

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/08/politics/bernie-sanders-domain-name/

[marym625]

1. Thank you for this

It made me smile.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

2. That was cool.

[Enthusiast]

9. Extra cool.

[SoapBox]

3. That's a great pic of the two of them.

[niyad]

4. that was great.

I loved this paragraph, particularly the last sentence:

Republican hopeful Carly Fiorina found this out the hard way when a marketing employee at the Service Employees International Union bought CarlyFiorina.org and used it to note how many people the former Hewlett-Packard executive laid off during her 10-year tenure. As did Ted Cruz, when the owner of TedCruz.com used the website to urge support for President Barack Obama's immigration policies, which the Texas senator flatly opposes. And while it didn't cause Sen. Rand Paul a black eye, it was revealed this week that his campaign had to spend about $100,000 to buy RandPaul.com.

[Autumn]

5. That just makes my day.

[daleanime]

6. Sweet!

Thank you Joffe.

[madfloridian]

7. Great story.

[mother earth]

8. This is how it is when a candidate represents the people, he is supported with heart & soul! nt

[Gregorian]

10. I think it sums up his campaign and philosophies.

It's not about profit, but about teamwork to produce benefits for all.

[sabrina 1]

11. That's wonderful, 'all he wanted was to meet the Senator'! Me too!