So, I was at the laundromat doing a months worth of laundry today...

[1monster]

I was leaning deep into a dryer when I heard someone say "Bernie" which was about the only thing of that conversation I heard until "gonna win in New Hampshire!"

So I pulled my head out of the dryer and asked, "Did I hear you say Bernie Sanders?" with my thumb up. There were about six adults (not together) in the room ages ranging from the twenties to somewhere in middle age. An enthusiastic "Yeah!" was returned and someone whooped when they saw my thumbs up. Everyone was smiling.

That might not seem like much, but I live in a very red area of northeast Florida. It is very rare to hear any positive conversations about Democrats or liberal types in this area. And most folks aren't even talking about the 2016 candidates yet.

I can't remember any time since I've been voting that people have been smiling happily about any candidate. Good things are happening, folks!

[99th_Monkey]

1. This ^

is what a political revolution looks like. People are talking & listening.

Hell clearly the M$M doesn't need to talk about Bernie, cuz everyone
already IS talking about him, and listening, and liking what they hear & see.

GO BERNIE!

[Ed Suspicious]

12. The more the people talk the more they notice a gaping hole in the media coverage of the election.

The more they realize the complete farce American public mass media has become. The more they seek alternatives of substance. (that's my hope anyway)

[retrowire]

2. the revolution will not be televised

it will be in our laundromats.

[1monster]

3. ;:oD

[questionseverything]

14. laundromats,groceries,baseball diamonds

anywhere people gather

[cui bono]

33. Bernie will not be subsidized by the corporations...

he will be suDsidized by the people!

[Baadger]

43. The revolution WILL be televised

... but only on the s|artphone screen in your pocket if ... so pick your favorite Bernie speech ... and share and tag folks... share, tag and spam your friends.

[retrowire]

66. dats not television. :( n/t

[Left Coast2020]

64. But only if the dryer eats your .50 and doesn't start

[jtuck004]

4. I wonder if I will see Bernie brochures in our local laundromats.

bet I do.

http://www.peopleforbernie.com/

Someone here posted this, so far I haven't found anything better.

[1monster]

7. You can print them out yourself here... and take them with you.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6-e1hT2FMpwflhfeWU2bG8ybWhWbFRnNDlsc3lic0NWUnRvUkRaTnloZHpWaE0tejZoOGs&usp=drive_web

People for Bernie Sanders web site: http://www.peopleforbernie.com/

[Live and Learn]

11. Good Links. TY

I plan to print some out and place them in appropriate spots.

[leftcoastmountains]

15. Thanks! I printed a few out and will keep them handy!

[SoapBox]

20. Thank you, thank you!

I thought that I was going to have to join their site to get to those brochures...they are one of the best out there, as I've been looking around.

[Live and Learn]

21. Dropped over 20 (mixture of English and Spanish) off at the local laundrymat.

Thanks again.

[stage left]

54. Thanks very much for this link.

[Dont call me Shirley]

5. More thumbs up fro Bernie here!

[Hortensis]

6. I'm a Hillary supporter, but if the "laundromat revolution' prevails I'll support Bernie gladly,

albeit with great fear. I am afraid another Republican presidency and House would be gravely damaging to America in these very hazardous and pivotal times. This without even considering a Supreme Court with 3 very potential vacancies.

Love the term "laundromat revolution," btw -- spot on and very real. As long as Democrats prevail in the White House and in general in 2016, its power will enable them to move left from centrist positions they've been forced to occupy. If right-wing ideologies, or whatever they are, prevail, all bets off and Katie bar the door...

[1monster]

8. Believe! We can make it so.

There are people in this area (lots of them) who wouldn't vote for Hillary even if doing so would save them from torture or their lives. Bernie might be a long shot with them, but given the Republican candidates, he has a better chance at those votes than Hillary does.

[Hortensis]

9. We can make it somewhat so -- if we use this smart. This is the real world, not a wannabee one.

[marym625]

37. This is the Bernie Sanders Group

Please respect the safe have rules.,

[AlbertCat]

49. This is the real world,

Where Hillary lost the last primary


"not a wannabee one."

Where "It's her turn".

[LiberalArkie]

17. If the elections are fair, they Bernie can beat them. If as I suspect there is some massaging of the

totals, then Jesus Christ himself could not defeat the Republican. Even the ones down here in Arkansas that are solidly R's see that they have been sold a bill of goods. They see it in the legislature and in Washington. Not hard to miss especially when you ask them "Hey who did you vote for last time" and you know who they voted for and they say "Oh, I never got around to it."

Things are changing.

[Demeter]

26. the last time Rove tried it, Anonymous spoiled his plot

I suspect that our "guardian hackers" will be on the job again next election....

[senz]

28. Sure hope so. nt

[Art_from_Ark]

27. I hope things are changing in Arkansas

Voting for a solid "R" state government and a solid "R" Congressional delegation was a stupid idea!

[smokey nj]

18. This group is for supporters of Bernie Sanders.

[marym625]

38. Hey Smokey

Sorry, I didn't see your warning when I posted mine.

[Volaris]

32. I wouldn't worry so much about it...

Pretty sure the electoral college map says the GOP cannot win the executive back, the Democratic nominee will be the next president.

[eridani]

35. I'm thinking that Sanders will have far more appeal to the 63%.

That would be the people eligible to vote who did not vote in 2014. People are showing up to local Sanders support groups that no one has ever seen at local Dem party organization meetings.

[merrily]

36. Bernie will have a far better chance of winning the general election than will Hillary Clinton.

Match up polls are beginning to show that her ability to trounce Republicans is not necessarily as has been being posted at DU since well before she even announced.

BTW, this is the Bernie Sanders Group, for people who hope he wins the primary, not for posters who fear he might win it. As a relatively infrequent poster, you may be unaware of that. This language appears at the beginning of each group.

This is a group, not a forum. Groups often serve as safe havens for members who share similar interests and viewpoints. Individuals who post messages contrary to a particular group's stated purpose can be excluded from posting in that group. For detailed information about this group and its purpose, click here.

Your post seems far better suited for the Hillary Group. I will leave it to the hosts to see if they want to request that you self delete or not. Nothing personal.

ETA: I just saw that Group Host smokey nj has already posted to you, so I will butt out. My apologies.

[bvar22]

10. They were just cheering because you "freed up" a dryer.

I know...I've done the urban Laundromat scene.
.
.

.
just kidding.
I've always read the Bulletin Boards in Laundromats.
People can be amazingly creative and funny when they have some time on their hands (like waiting for your clothes to dry).

Laundromats could be one of the hot beds for revolution.
They are a community nexus of sorts.

[cantbeserious]

13. Go Bernie Go - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go

eom

[Populist_Prole]

16. I love hearing stuff like this

Hearing real issues truly resonate with regular people. From the ground up, not from the talking heads down.

It's so true about the MSM/corporate media having their heads up their asses, studiously so. They're so irrelevant that it's easy and fun to spot someone who still gets their news/views from them. Their comments all sound so canned. They're tools, and they don't even realize it, yet swear they're in the know.

[raven mad]

19. I've had the chance to eavesdrop on lots of conversations lately-

my ears are "tuned in" to Bernie's name, I guess. Red state, indeed - we gave you Sarah, after all. Now, though, I've heard his name spoken with hope and anticipation! Overheard in grocery store, "As a military wife, and coming from Ohio, you'd think I'd defend Ms. Davis. Nope. I'm a Bernie voter"...........

I wanted to do the happy dance right there!

[SoapBox]

22. I just got back from my Target...

I had two different employees mention my Bernie hat and Bernie! Both young...

The cashier said that he had been for HRC but was very intrigued by Bernie...I urged him to look at the website...he said he had BUT didn't feel like there was a lot of info there (I have started to feel somewhat the same...you really have to dig for some stuff or get an email to be notified of pages that you wouldn't know existed, unless you were told...they must add to the site.) I also told him of the FB page and Bernie2016.tv with their FB plus YouTube pages.

It was interesting...wish my new shirts would get here!

[senz]

29. By "website" did you mean

https://berniesanders.com/ ? It's got a lot of information on it.

[SoapBox]

56. I'm a bit late...

Well, yes there is...if you hunt a little...and by that I mean you have to click the various links to find his stance, etc.

The site's homepage is clean, simple and neat...but doesn't have a lot of updates or very recent items, other than the article at the bottom. I really do hate sites that are all junked up but wish that they would give it a, well, maybe something at the top (a banner of some kind that changes). I also wish that they would actually list his events on the Events screen...they did and then they stopped. If you want to look for events, meetings, rallies you have to plug in the ZIP to find them...I would like to see his official events listed. Now if I want to see a list...I can go look at his Facebook page to see them prominently displayed.

Speaking of other sites...I looked at this other ones last evening...Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, tumbler...some of those really need updating.

No matter...I did tell the cashier to click through the links to find out what Bernie has to say.

[jwirr]

23. Let's face it. Bernie Sander is talking common sense.

And everyone who is not ignoring it knows it. When it comes to these common sense issues that everyone is facing almost all of us I think red or blue is not going to be such a big issue.

His issues resonate in all parts of the USA because we have all suffered from the problems he is talking about. It crosses all lines.

Now what we have to do is get the leadership of the Democratic Party to understand that this campaign is the continuation of the change that President Obama promised us and was only able to deliver in part due to the do nothing Rs.

Our other candidates are looking back - Bernie is continuing to move ahead.

[libdem4life]

24. Before too long, we can go to the MSM and beg them NOT to cover Bernie.

Please, he's doing so much better with your competitors...online, Facebook, Twitter, massive crowds, laundromats, word of mouth. Heck look what's happened with your Hillary coverage and Jeb and what's their names again now? Slip-sliding away.

[rhett o rick]

25. The Corp-Media is being stupid as is the DNC. They are underestimating Sen Sanders and

think they can disenfranchise his supporters by ignoring him. They are going to be surprised. Democracy needs to prevail against Clinton and the Oligarchy.

[senz]

30. + 100 yep, they're in for a surprise

The grassroots are greening up the landscape! We just need to keep talking about Bernie and what he stands for every chance we get.

[merrily]

39. Today's the day we get to speak. Bernie's Money Bomb Birthday! YELL via Omaha Steve's donation link!

[libdem4life]

46. I'm pretty sure it adds a lot more Fire in his Belly...those crowds have

to be intoxicating and he seems to gain energy from them.

[Bubzer]

31. Love hearing the positive story!

Thank you for sharing this with us! Its so encouraging to see stuff like this happen!

[cui bono]

34. SANDERSUDS!!!

The new brand coming to your ballot box!!!

It will get the stains out and leave your government squeaky clean and smelling like roses.

(okay, I just worked 12-13 hrs/day all weekend so someone else come up with something better than that. Please!)

[Marty McGraw]

63. BernieBubbles?

Instead of Lifting Scuz to the top as has traditionally been done, this new miraculous brand has a special ingredient that smashes that scum back to the bottom of the basin *Where it Belongs*

[Enthusiast]

40. Kicked and recommended to the Max!

If the media treated Bernie fairly he would be crushing the opposition, all the opposition.

[lonestarnot]

41. Revolution is an amazing phenom!

Go Bernie!

[patricia92243]

42. A MONTHS"S worth of laundry? I would be naked after a week :)

Glad about the Bernie info.

[CTyankee]

44. I'm with you but I wonder sometimes if I am overwashing my clothes...

nothing really gets dirty, I just want to have fresher clothes...but with my aching back I think I will have to relax my standards a bit...

[1monster]

45. It was pouring down rain (remnents of a tropical storm)

two weeks ago when I was planning on doing laundry, and last weekend I was very sick... missed four days of work which cut down on my need for professional wear. What with weekends and sick days, I did go through my small collection of caftens... . (True, I do need to get rid of some of my thirty years worth of clothing... time for a donation visit to the thrift stotr!)

[Marty McGraw]

62. All this Excitement

Has us all soiling our shorts more often these days.

[patricia92243]

67. lol !!

[allan01]

47. i will glady support ANY democratic contender who makes it into the primary

cycle. and that includes biden. hillary . others and bernie .gah. if we get trumped by trump, we are in BIG trouble .

a months laundry? ,eghad .!

[bullsnarfle]

48. I also live

in a very red area of N.E. FLA, wonder if we could be neighbors?
I have been hearing a lot of 'Bernie' talk at some of the after-work watering holes, from more & more folks (places where you would usually be more likely to hear some regurgitated crap off of Fox News).
It's gotten to where a lot of the 'red' folks are starting to pretty much shut up, because when asked straight out if THEY want to give up THEIR social security, or Medicare, or how they feel about THEIR boss buying a new Porsche while they are stuck scratching in the dirt for pennies, their replies betray how they really feel, not what the right-wing machine tells them to.

[1monster]

50. We just had humongous birthday party for the 450th

anniversary of the founding of our little red city... About 65,000 people showed up for the celebration. I didn't feel like braving the crowds so stayed home.

Are we neighbors?

[bullsnarfle]

61. Pretty darn close...

I live just up the road from you, in a much bigger red city just to the north. The birthday party sounded like fun, but the driving/parking did not, so I stayed home too.
Got a lot of (badly needed) sleep over the long weekend though!

[HassleCat]

51. Sanders generates genuine enthusiasm

Sure, people get excited about every candidate, from Hillary Clinton to Scott Walker to Jiggles the Clown. But Sanders seems to have a little extra capacity to get voters interested. They're captured by the fact he's a different kind of candidate.

[Faux pas]

52. That's great!

Now, I'm trying to wrap my mind around a months worth of laundry...

[1monster]

53. Usually I do laundry every two weeks, but two weeks ago we had

constant heavy rains (I hate washing, drying, folding, and hanging my laundry only to have it get soaked going to and from the car).

And last week I had a very bad upper resiratory infection that I am still trying to get over...

[Faux pas]

55. I was just giving you the business,

hope you're feeling better.

[1monster]

58. Getting better every day!

[WillyT]

57. HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!!

[IkeRepublican]

59. Bernie Rocks

You all have stated what I believe, so as Wolf Buttkisser at CNN loves to say, "we'll have to leave it therrrre!"

CREDIT: The Wolf Blitzer reference comes from the Voice Deity on The Stephanie Miller Show.

[SoapBox]

60. More flyers and brochures, in English, Spanish and Chinese here.

http://www.berniesandersvideo.com/bernie-sanders-brochures.html


FYI.

[Demeter]

65. If I waited a month to do laundry, not only would I and my daughter be stark naked

We'd have to rent the entire building for the night....