Where did you first become familiar with Bernie Sanders?

[NightWatcher]

Was it on the Thom Hartmann Radio Show that gave Bernie an hour each Friday on the "Brunch with Bernie" segment?

It's where I first heard of and from Bernie.

I know he was around before then but I was familiar with him.

[Leith]

1. From Reading Matt Taibbi's Books

I forget exactly which one, but it was full of horror stories:
- Congress critters pay homeless people to stand in line for them.
- The complete contempt that rethugs have for Democrats.
- Bernie Sanders working his ass off to get bills and amendments submitted. He was usually ignored.

I couldn't read more than half a chapter at a time because it pissed me off so much.

[NightWatcher]

5. I had to stop reading political books when I threw my copy of Shock Doctrine across the room

None of it surprised me but instead confirmed my ideas that the rich is actively trying to screw us.

I didn't want to be right but Klein confirmed it.

A friend sent me Greg Palast's latest and I sent it back to him.

[David__77]

2. I believe it was when he was elected to congress.

I believe I read about it in the newspaper of the Communist Party USA.

[True Dough]

3. STOP REFIGHTING THE PRIMARIES!!!

Just kidding!

Not sure a Bernie thread made since last June doesn't contain that line at least once. Had to go there!

[rainy]

4. Thom Hartmann

[DeadLetterOffice]

6. I live 40 minutes from his state. I've known of him forevah. eom

[NYResister]

10. We must be neighbors of some sort.

same.

[DeadLetterOffice]

15. Between Albany and MA border...

[NYResister]

16. I'm in the Niskayuna, Colonie area

[leftstreet]

7. DU

I think VT members here talked about him eons ago

[rurallib]

8. I think it was Hartmann - All I remember for sure was Bernie was still in the House

I think it was before I found DU which was @2003.
Quite a while back anyway. Somehow I am sure radio was involved - Air America probably

[CentralMass]

9. I lved in Massachusetts for 55 of my 57 years and knew of him for years.

I didnt know a lot about him but found that he was always on the right side of the issues that I cared about. He was very much like Paul Wellstone.


http://www.salon.com/2015/10/27/this_was_bernie_before_bernie_remembering_the_heroic_late_senator_paul_wellstone_13_years_after_the_plane_crash/

[DownriverDem]

11. On the radio

on Thom Hartmann's program. I've always liked him. except I wish he were a Dem.

[Blue_true]

12. When he first became a Congress member.

The press loved calling him a socialist. I did not agree with that description because he was speaking to things that were important to me and I was very much center-left at that time.

[djg21]

13. In college he was my Mayor.

I’m a Catamount.

[WhiteTara]

14. he's been in congress for a long time

I don't remember him ever putting up legislation, but he usually voted with the Democrats. I never watch or listen to Thom Hartman.

[pansypoo53219]

17. when i discovered c-span. i was a weird teenager.

we just got cable. was this?

[Rhiannon12866]

18. I live not far from Vermont (NY), spent my summers there as a kid and still have friends there

And my brother's a graduate of UVM. I've been a fan of both Vermont senators for a lot of years.

[NCTraveler]

19. I first noticed him when he was a part of the opposition...

To comprehensive immigration reform.

[Vinca]

20. I lived in Vermont much of my adult life. Bernie was well known and well liked.

Even as a senator he's shown up for cow milking competitions in small towns.

[oberliner]

21. My friend interned for him in the 90s

Really enjoyed it and respected him.

[karynnj]

22. From CSPAN and vacations each year to Vermont

The first time we hear his name was when we saw Bernie bumper stickers and announcements for his town halls everywhere when we spent a week each summer in Vermont starting in 1990.

Some time around 2005, when CSPAN was my most watched channel, I had the House channel, instead of the Senate channel I liked to watch on as I started to clean the kitchen floor. Bernie came on and was interesting enough that I walked over to actually watch the tv to see who it was.

A long time ago, but now many people I know knew him as mayor.

[MyNameGoesHere]

23. In March 2016

That's when I found out all I needed to know about him.