Commentary: Can Bernie Sanders Beat Expectations? (link added)

[Omaha Steve]

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Link: http://www.wbur.org/2015/05/02/bernie-sanders-beat-expectations



Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks about his agenda in running for president, Thursday, April 30, 2015, on Capitol Hill. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

By TODD DOMKE
If you didn’t see Bernie Sanders’ short press conference announcing his candidacy for president as a Democrat, you might want to check out the video. It was a refreshing change from all the staged campaign announcements. There was no hoopla or unveiling of a slogan.

The 73-year-old Vermont senator may seem eccentric, but as a self-described “democratic socialist” he’s a true believer. And he says he is “running to win,” despite the odds.

Starting out, he is being treated as either a joke or Don Quixote.

Jimmy Fallon, host of “The Tonight Show,” showed a picture of him with unruly white hair, supposedly confusing him with a picture of Doc from “Back to the Future.”

FULL story at link.

[octoberlib]

1. They're going to try to make

him look crazy. Like they did with Howard Dean.

[leftofcool]

4. Which is pretty much what all comedians do to all Presidential candidates.

Can't wait for the Senator Sanders look alike on SNL. They did a great job with Hillary and Palin and Obama.

[octoberlib]

7. Oh, I'm fine with comedians doing it.

What I don't like are allusions to his "crazy looking hair "in the mainstream media. Buzzfeed's already done a piece on it.I'm afraid it's going to be like the "Dean Scream".

[orpupilofnature57]

2. MSM, Peoples image, the inconvenient truths he exposes, Our Youth lust,

Ass-holes who don't give two shits about our country, Ass-holes who usurp our country, Ass-holes that don't discern between what a person has said and done, as opposed to a person who say's what they will do. If we can rise to the occasion there's a person with the knowledge and courage to help us, Bernie .

[merrily]

3. Jon Stewart also did the Doc from Back to the Future thing--and a few other pot shots.

Comment here if you'd like: https://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow/photos/a.10150284949646800.382185.7976226799/10153259222606800/?type=1&theater

[leftofcool]

5. And I bet Senator Sanders thinks it is a hoot............

just like Hillary and Obama did on the SNL 3:am skits.

[peacebird]

6. As I posted in GD, MSM is covering him seriously. Articles in NY Times, WaPo, & CNN on him pulling

In 1.5 mil in 24 hours, and 2.1 by his second day, with average donation $43 made a dent. They also covered his first days events vs Hillary's, to his advantage.

[ellennelle]

8. link please?