Bernie Sanders' Eye-Popping West Coast Swing: 3 Days, 70,000 Cheering Supporters
Source: Bloomberg
Some 27,000 people descended Monday night on the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, which has hosted acts such as Madonna and Pink Floyd, to hear from a raspy-voiced 73-year-old who has become the 2016 political season's breakout star.
For Senator Bernie Sanders, the Vermont Democrat and self-proclaimed socialist, it was the third staggeringly large crowd in three nights that capped a west coast swing that put his political rivals on notice. From fellow white-haired activists to youth wielding signs depicting him as "Bernie Man," his head grafted onto a stick figure representing the counterculture Burning Man festival in Nevada, his fans turned out in numbers that other candidates might only dream of at this early stage in the race.
Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-08-11/bernie-sanders-eye-popping-west-coast-swing-3-days-70-000-cheering-supporters
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everybody knows this. Some are desperate to pretend that's not true, but you can hear the fear and tension in their voice, see it in their eyes.
Time, and our chances, are running out.
Probably just a matter of time after Portlandia starts again this coming season before we see a skit there where Fred Armisen once again plays Bernie on his trip through Portland!
Shame on MSN, and the DNC for the debates we should have had by now and coming up this fall.
GO BERNIE! SUMMER OFSANDERS!
~ BERNIE VIDEO with MUSIC, "It's a Beautiful Day" by U2~ 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=13&v=-Pyf3EtE7IA
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And have a wonderful day!
Here's a short Bernie Video with music by U2 "It's a Beautiful Day"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=15&v=-Pyf3EtE7IA
Feel the Bern!
Great headline and overall, the story makes me want to do a jig. I think it's the best I've seen so far. I am going to give some phrases a smiley test.
"a raspy-voiced 73-year-old"
3 events in 3 days. Does anyone remember what Bubba, one of the youngest Presidents, sounded like when he was campaigning?
"who has become the 2016 political season's breakout star."
"self-proclaimed socialist"
"the third staggeringly large crowd in three nights"
numbers that other candidates might only dream of at this early stage in the race.
The crowd packed the Los Angeles arena and spilled into an overflow area outside, where people cheered under the palm trees
(Waaah. I wanna cheer under palm trees.)
"a bigger grassroots thing than Howard Dean," said Allen Peters, a 73-year-old doctor"
"Bernie Sanders is in a better place than Howard Dean was at this time."
"We always have to worry that Hillary and her bank buddies will knock him down."
"his speech, which drew sustained and rapturous applause and cheers when he voiced support for universal health care, legal rights for undocumented immigrants, and higher minimum wages.
There's more good stuff, but this story clearly passes the smiley test! merrily happy.
And it's from bloomberg, no less.
