What it feels like in those huge crowds for Bernie Sanders - Bloomberg News

[peacebird]

It's good to be the insurgent candidate. On Saturday, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders made just one public campaign stop in New Hampshire, in the city of Keene. His campaign clocked more than 750 people in the crowd; the local Keene Sentinel saw 1,000; the candidate gave the newsy promise that he would "win New Hampshire."

Within 24 hours, boosted by supporters in Progressive Democrats of America, Sanders took 41 percent of the vote at the Wisconsin Democrats' straw poll, a feature of their state convention that had heretofore received little media coverage. That news has led the Nation's website since last night, and inspired reporters to reconstruct how it happened.

That has given the Sanders rallies something familiar to insurgent campaigns—a sense that people need to be there lest the media move on. In Keene, a random sample of voters in the audience found plenty of visitors from Vermont who just wanted to see their local hero and be part of a movement. They packed a rec center to the doors, and out, past the tables where attendees were asked to sign their names and e-mail addresses. Some grabbed Sanders 2016 merchandise, such as a bumper sticker reading "Bernie 2016: You Know You Wanna!" Even with the doors open, the heat steadily rose inside the room, with at most two or three people leaving before the end of Sanders's 53-minute speech.


http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-06-08/what-it-feels-like-in-those-huge-crowds-for-bernie-sanders

[Trajan]

1. ...

It's good to be the insurgent candidate. On Saturday, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders made just one public campaign stop in New Hampshire, in the city of Keene. His campaign clocked more than 750 people in the crowd; the local Keene Sentinel saw 1,000; the candidate gave the newsy promise that he would "win New Hampshire."

Within 24 hours, boosted by supporters in Progressive Democrats of America, Sanders took 41 percent of the vote at the Wisconsin Democrats' straw poll, a feature of their state convention that had heretofore received little media coverage. That news has led the Nation's website since last night, and inspired reporters to reconstruct how it happened.

That has given the Sanders rallies something familiar to insurgent campaigns—a sense that people need to be there lest the media move on. In Keene, a random sample of voters in the audience found plenty of visitors from Vermont who just wanted to see their local hero and be part of a movement. They packed a rec center to the doors, and out, past the tables where attendees were asked to sign their names and e-mail addresses. Some grabbed Sanders 2016 merchandise, such as a bumper sticker reading "Bernie 2016: You Know You Wanna!" Even with the doors open, the heat steadily rose inside the room, with at most two or three people leaving before the end of Sanders's 53-minute speech.

[peacebird]

2. I posted the link and went back for the snippet... Thanks!

[LWolf]

3. ...a reporter shouted a final question

about why Americans making more than $200,000 should vote for him

"Because they love this country and they want to see future generations do well," Sanders said.

[peacebird]

4. Got to love Bernie!

[KingCharlemagne]

5. Americans making more than $200,000 (4x the median) should vote for Hillary in the

primary. Bernie should only get the votes of those earning the median or less (or slightly more). By the math, he will stomp Hillary into the dirt with that electorate.

[peacebird]

6. Bernie answered that, he said Americans making greater than$200k should vote for him

Because they love their country and want to improve things for their children

[KingCharlemagne]

8. That's why he's a Senator and running for POTUS, while I'm merely a

nattering nabob of negativism (to quote Spiro T. Agnew out of context

[peacebird]

12. :)

[Divernan]

15. And it really is EXACTLY that simple if you're not consumed w/ greed.

[LWolf]

31. Yep. nt

[jwirr]

18. Great statement.

[Roland99]

7. "a sense that people need to be there lest the media move on."

yet the dozen+ in the GOP clown car have the media fawning all each and every one of them.

Liberal media my fucking ass.

[Divernan]

9. I Know I Wanna!

[sabrina 1]

11. Met too!

[kenfrequed]

10. I feel bad

I missed his being in town in Minneapolis. Though I probably wouldn't have gotten in anyhow.

[L0oniX]

13. K & R

[stonecutter357]

14. do you have a link to the huge crowds?

I would to see it.

[Divernan]

17. Oh? That commie rag, Bloomberg News, made it up? Snort! Snort!

On edit: "Snort! Snort!" infers sarcasm.

Your post challenges the accuracy of the Bloomberg headline and the details within the article as to the estimated size of the crowds.

[stonecutter357]

20. is Bloomberg News a commie rag?

[Divernan]

22. Why ARE you questioning it's headline/article?

It said HUGE. Quite simple.

[stonecutter357]

23. I am not questioning it's headline/article?

I asked for a link,do you have a problem with that?

[Divernan]

25. Asking for a link for a link? Just google it, FHS

oooh, oooh, here you go. "Huge" is a subjective term, further specified by the numbers within the article. If you want to argue with the reporter, do so.

[stonecutter357]

26. Dose bernie act like you?

I wish bernie would come here and read this shit.

[freshwest]

29. Bernie has his eyes on fighting the billionaire class, not Democrats. Here's a pic from the link:

These are not stadiums, they are small venues. Obama was in such venues for many years.

But none of the candidates have had large events AFAIK, not yet.
And there will never be another Obama, so we will not have that charisma to gain votes for us again. No one running for office, IMO, has the amount of talent or intelligence he has. So we were given a chance to unite, and have not done so.

There were beautiful scenes of Bernie in Burlington, VT in this video. Scoot the button to the right until you pass the 'live' announcement and introduction. Bernie begins at about 40.05:

#t=620

Here's a video from Texas to a packed room in Austin:

His ideas are not disrespected in the Democratic Party at all. He is part of the CPC that the GOP calls communist. The SWP can't stand him, because he is to them a Democrat first, believing in a combined system of socialist and capitalism. That is the European model, which he and Democrats I work with, embrace.

Bernie is a Democratic Socialist, a well recognized faction of the Democratic Party. He's voted with traditional Democratic groups and refuses to go negative on any Democrats.

Our problem in achieving any of our goals is a large, hostile, anti-government voting block fueied by RW hatred. The GOP is afraid of him. Bernie doesn't speak to their attempts to smear, but of good governance and ideals. He's easy to understand.

I am guessing you are also in our party and want a Democratic win in November next year. We are all anxious about who is best to capture enough votes to prevent the utter destruction of our government. The GOP must not win. We need to be united.

I'd say to ignore any hostility. It's not Bernie's style, but it seems to be a regular thing online. Which is why a lot of people don't take online opinion very seriously anymore. As MM said:

Optimism encourages activism.
Pessimism enables inaction.

Activism breeds change.
Inaction begets nothing.

Let's keep it positive. Hope you enjoy the videos.

[swilton]

27. I was there -

I can tell you they were that large.

[peacebird]

30. I have the link in the OP.

[Jackpine Radical]

16. Some folks are having a lot of fun noting that

Bernie only came in second. Only 41% in the WI straw poll.

[Omaha Steve]

19. The DU for Bernie Act Blue link has seen an increase in donations as time goes by too

Donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/duforbernie


The DU is currently in 4th place of ALL PACs and groups raising funds for him: https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/39795

[Divernan]

21. Feels like a CONVOY! And Bernie, we got your back!

'Bout a mile outta Shaky Town
I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck.
"And I'm about to put the hammer down."

Cause we got a mighty convoy
Rockin' through the night.
Yeah, we got a mighty convoy,
Ain't she a beautiful sight?
Come on and join our convoy
Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way.
We gonna roll this truckin' convoy
'Cross the U-S-A.
Convoy! Convoy! Convoy! Convoy!

Nota Bene: Absolutely no private jets allowed

[swilton]

24. Glad Sanders got such positive coverage -

[TheNutcracker]

28. There should be more! GO BERNIE!