Loving the #berniethoughts
from NPR:
The Larry David-esque rantings of @berniethoughts may be the very incarnation of vacuum pennies.
The mockery is all in fun and admiration, said 23-year-old writer Spencer Madsen, who created the parody Twitter account chronicling the supposed inner thoughts of the surging Democratic presidential candidate.
It's "a very loving portrayal of an imaginary Bernie Sanders in some parallel universe where he has an obsession with food and animals and a sort of childlike inability to discern fiction from reality," explained Madsen. "He's sort of easily confused and easily frustrated."
Madsen does admit he is a fan of the Vermont senator.
"I love Bernie," he told NPR. "I do this as kind of a political way of expressing my love for him."
The respect of mutual — a staffer from the Sanders campaign sent him a Twitter direct message, saying, "Hey, the whole team here loves you."
Still, the "parody" part has been lost on some. Madsen says there have been some "confused old white guys on Twitter who think that I'm actually Bernie Sanders."
"They will kind of tweet at me with insults because I'm 'destroying America' and they just don't really understand how Twitter works," he laughed.
read more: http://www.kpbs.org/news/2016/jan/23/memeoftheweek-bernie-sanders-and-his/
a few tweets:
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
ALL HUMANS WILL EVENTUALLY DISAPPOINT THE ONES THEY LOVE WHICH IS WHY I WANT MY VICE PRESIDENT TO BE A BEAUTIFUL MAJESTIC WILD LION
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
DOES MY RUNNING MATE HAVE TO BE HUMAN—IS IT ACTUALLY WRITTEN DOWN SOMEWHERE THAT IT CANNOT BE AN ANIMAL
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
I CAN FIT MORE GRAPES IN MY MOUTH THAN O'MALLEY AND HILARY COMBINED
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
ATTENTION—I NEED ONE INTERN (1) TO COME IN THIS WEEKEND AND LABEL EVERYTHING IN MY OFFICE EDIBLE OR INEDIBLE
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
WHEN I SEE A PUG STRUGGLING JUST TO LIVE—WITH ITS DISGUSTING BREATHING AND HORRIBLE FACE—I AM REMINDED WHY I WORK SO HARD FOR THIS NATION
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
EVERY TIME I CUT OPEN A TOMATO PART OF ME EXPECTS IT TO SCREAM
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
UNDER MY PLAN BY 2018 AMERICA WILL BE 100% FREE OF PRODUCTS THAT SEEK TO COMBINE HUMMUS AND GUACAMOLE
THOSE GUILTY WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
SOUR CREAM IS ESSENTIALLY A MORE CONFUSING YOGURT
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
I BELIEVE I HAVE DISCOVERED A GLITCH—WHENEVER I DEMAND A BANANA AN INTERN APPEARS
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
HILARY HAS ONE RING SHE ALWAYS WEARS NO MATTER WHAT—MY ADVISOR SAYS IT IS JUST A WEDDING BAND—BUT I SUSPECT IT IS THE SOURCE OF HER POWER
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
MY ADVISOR ASSURES ME THAT IN THE WEEKS FOLLOWING JANUARY 1ST PEOPLE OFTEN WRITE DOWN THE WRONG YEAR—BUT INSTEAD OF 2016 I JUST WROTE 3000
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
I ONCE TOOK MARTIN O'MALLEY OUT FOR LUNCH AND HE ORDERED A TOAST SANDWICH—IT IS REAL AND I RESPECT HIM FOR IT https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_sandwich …
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
HOW MUCH TIME DOES THIS SAVE
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
WHENEVER I TRY TO ENJOY MY CHINESE FOOD I HAVE TROUBLE BELIEVING BABY CORN EVER HAD THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME ADULT CORN
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
HOW HARD IS IT TO FIND A UNICYCLE WITH HANDLEBARS—WHERE ELSE ARE MY HANDS SUPPOSED TO GO
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
MY ADVISOR IS ATTEMPTING TO CONVINCE ME THAT HUMAN WOMEN HAVE EGGS INSIDE THEM
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
GRAPEFRUITS ARE ORANGES WITHOUT HOPE
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
IT IS IMMORAL TO CONTINUE BREEDING PUGS—A GENETIC BLOODLINE THAT PRODUCES PATHETIC COMPACTED CREATURES THAT CANNOT BREATHE
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
MY ADVISOR TOLD ME BOWIE HAD DIED AND I THOUGHT HE SAID BERNIE—SO I FELT NERVOUS—THEN I REALIZED HE WHO HE MEANT AND IT WAS WORSE
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
EACH RESTAURANT SHOULD ONLY SERVE ONE FOOD—AND SERVE IT PERFECTLY—WITH ALL OF THEIR EFFORTS FOCUSED UPON IT
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
I ENJOY JAPANESE CUISINE BUT I DO NOT TRUST THE MAGIC OF MISO SOUP—YOU STIR IT AND A CLOUD APPEARS INSIDE AS IF SOMETHING HAS AWOKEN
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
MET A DOG THAT DISAPPROVED OF ME TODAY—FOR REASONS THAT ARE AS UNKNOWABLE AS THEY ARE HAUNTING
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
THE LAST TIME I MADE A COMPROMISE WAS THE PIZZA BAGEL INCIDENT—IT WAS ALL I HAD THE GROCERIES FOR—I REGRET IT EVERYDAY
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
WHAT'S HE SO HAPPY ABOUT?
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
THE DUMPLING IS A VESSEL THAT WILL TAKE YOU WHEREVER YOU WANT TO GO—AND BY ASSOCIATION, AMERICA
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
BEFORE IT SPLIT INTO DOGS AND CATS THERE MUST HAVE BEEN ONE PERFECT ANIMAL
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
ZUCCHINIS ARE CUCUMBERS THAT BELIEVE IN SOMETHING
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE MY PLAN FOR THE INSIDE OUT SANDWICH—LAYERS OF MEAT WITH BREAD IN THE MIDDLE—AND 10,000 NEW JOBS TO ACCOMMODATE
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
IF YOU EAT WHILE ANGRY THE CALORIES DON'T COUNT
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
HILLARY CLINTON HIDES A SLIGHTLY SMALLER HILLARY CLINTON INSIDE HER
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
I AM BERNIE OF HOUSE SANDERS—AND LET ME ASSURE YOU—THE AMERICAN PEOPLE—WINTER IS COMING!
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts 13m13 minutes ago
THIS BLIZZARD IS A BLATANT ATTEMPT BY MOTHER NATURE TO DISTRACT THE MEDIA FROM THE REAL ISSUES AT HAND
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts 4m4 minutes ago
THIS MAN HAS BEEN PARADING AROUND THE EMAIL AND INTERNET TAKING CREDIT FOR MY PRIVATE THOUGHTS http://www.npr.org/2016/01/23/463749557/-memeoftheweek-bernie-sanders-and-his-berniethoughts …
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...good chuckling material.
Bernie Thoughts @berniethoughts
MET A DOG THAT DISAPPROVED OF ME TODAY—FOR REASONS THAT ARE AS UNKNOWABLE AS THEY ARE HAUNTING
