Birdie Sanders, Ladies and Gentlemen:

[Fantastic Anarchist]

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Special thanks to Organism for the "Birdie" part of the title!

[Land of Enchantment]

1. What's Not To Love? nt

[Fantastic Anarchist]

2. That was crazy and amazing!

Meanwhile, over at the GOP camp ...

[tomm2thumbs]

19. Context now that original thread was locked down by the powers that be

[Silver_Witch]

23. Thank YOU!

This made me cry!!

[tomm2thumbs]

24. You're entirely welcome!

[Silver_Witch]

26. I am so enjoying your posts

It is so nice to find a like mind that expresses it so much more beautifully than I.

[tomm2thumbs]

28. for those that missed the original post

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1391362

Fun to read the comments there.... it was about to top the Greatest Thread when it was locked

[Fantastic Anarchist]

30. I didn't see, but why did it get locked?

[tomm2thumbs]

34. well, let's see

Some facts:

1. It was soaring to the top of Greatest threads right before a major primary and caucus day
2. Everyone was going to see it clearly and obviously on the front page
3. It put Bernie Sanders in a very positive and feel-good light
4. It was getting lots and lots of attention and replies and 'recs'
5. It had already gotten over five thousand views

I don't know.

My opinion is that since the actual news in question WAS the video clip itself and it was FIRST seen on YouTube, then it should have been considered a foundational-source and a valid post for a LBN, but they said it didn't follow the terms of LBN. 'off topic' was what they noted

Of course this is a private site. The owners and their folks can do as they please.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

38. That's pretty shitty, if true.

[tomm2thumbs]

40. I found it interesting

[Silver_Witch]

46. I am new here....

Clearly I don't get the rules around here - seems to me this was the GREATEST breaking news in a very long time. But then who am I?

[tomm2thumbs]

47. Luckily, just like that bird, the news of it flew free

sometimes the tiniest of birds can sneak though the bars of prison into the sunlight

[Silver_Witch]

50. and the sun warms its soul

May all our souls be warmed by this beautiful moment.

[tomm2thumbs]

52. awwwww

those that can be... will be!

[Land of Enchantment]

37. What is locked down? I am new here.

Watched the entire thing on the idiot box. Loved it!
here is a nice photo for you...

[tomm2thumbs]

39. moderators can decide what they feel is a post that can no longer be replied to

This can vary depending on where the post is originally placed.

if it is locked, it will usually disappear from the Greatest Page and only accessible by direct link

I may be wrong and others can add/adjust this info

[Land of Enchantment]

41. wow.. thanks for the explanation. You know, for new people, it would be helpful

if this was explained to us. I was on Kos for years and walked away because it became more hostile by the day. I am happy with my new friends here and your posts are interesting. Thanks.

A photo for tomm2thumbs

[tomm2thumbs]

44. beautiful mosaic

thanks for that picture

And well the news of the bird's appearance has hit the news EVERYWHERE from TIME, CNN, FoxNews, NBC News, Politico, BuzzFeed, HuffPo, Mediaite, The Guardian/UK, even (ugh) Drudge Report, and Japan Times, CBS News and from coast to coast on endless local news stories.

Some beauty, just as your mosaic, you can't paint over

[polly7]

3. LOL. That is adorable. nt.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

5. I feel like I'm in a Disney movie.

LOL

[polly7]

7. I know, right .... silly me nearly cried when I saw the video. It was just too sweet.

And all those people were just so full of joy .......... loved, loved it.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

10. Everyone went bonkers and lost their minds.

[roguevalley]

45. it was an omen. there are no coincidences.

[tomm2thumbs]

48. the law of attraction is very powerful

I agree with your take

[Peace Patriot]

54. Mojo! He's got mojo!

I was trying to think of the word for what this event felt like to me. I had a friend, Janie Phillips, who wrote a book in the '60s called "Mojo Hand" about a black jazz musician that a young college girl falls in love with. (It is considered a minor classic of black literature--though not very well known.)

Having mojo exactly describes what is happening when you are in tune with the very birds in the sky. You are plugged in. You are channeling the Muses. Inspiration comes to you. People come to you. Nature comes to you. Success comes to you but you don't even notice it because you are listening to the Music of the Spheres and it is beautiful beyond belief.

Bernie Sanders has mojo.

[TheProgressive]

4. Birds rule!

[Fantastic Anarchist]

6. This one does.

[0rganism]

8. lol! Birdy Sanders!

i'm saving that pic...

[Fantastic Anarchist]

9. Oh, I should include that in the title!

[jalan48]

11. Bernie's got it all going on.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

12. About to watch the rally ...

Do you happen to know how many people will attend? Safeco seats 54,000 but doesn't look like it will fill out the whole stadium. But still has a ton of people judging from my TV screen.

[jalan48]

13. I hope 54,000 -He's popular here in the NW-we're more liberal out this way.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

14. I hope so, too.

[MADem]

16. Not even close but he has a massive crowd by any measure. nt

[Fantastic Anarchist]

31. MSNBC reported 15,134, I believe.

[MADem]

33. It was a very good turnout. He should be pleased.

There are some rooms that it's terribly difficult to fill. That's one.
Unless you're playing ball there, mind you...!

[basselope]

43. So in MSNBC numbers it is likely about 30K

[me b zola]

15. They stopped letting people in because of an unattended package outside of the stadium

...We'll never know how full it would have been

[Fantastic Anarchist]

32. Is that for real?

Wouldn't they have cancelled the rally?

[me b zola]

36. A large number of people had already entered the stadium.

I know that after the event the black suits swarmed him and took him out of there fairly quickly.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

42. Wow, that's crazy.

[spooky3]

17. So cute!

Thanks.

[Tracyjo]

18. That was the coolest thing n/t

[SoapBox]

20. That is just adorable!

[Equinox Moon]

21. This is so fun!

Thank you!

[elmac]

25. #BirdieSanders is #1 twitter trending now

[tomm2thumbs]

51. that is too funny

gotta love how a tiny little birdie jumped into the political arena (literally) and changed the course of the next couple of day's news

whoduthunkit!

[Tragl1]

27. Put a bird on it!

[Rex]

29. Don't touch his fries!

[JDPriestly]

35. Endearing!

[L. Coyote]

49. Trends right now #BirdieSanders is #1 by miles with 184K tweets already, pun intended!!

[Aerows]

53. Okay now.

That is so damn precious I don't even know what to do with myself.

[mcar]

55. Locking

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