Has Bernie Sanders always listened to Barry Manilow?

[beam me up scottie]

* as reported in July

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	Yes. I read in a socialist rag that someone saw a cassette of Barry's greatest hits in his Saturn
	0 (0%)
	No. that cassette was his wife's
	1 (11%)
	Yes. I knew there was a reason why I didn't like that guy
	0 (0%)
	Yes. I'm a Fanilow too. Go Bernie!
	1 (11%)
	Who cares? What I really want to know is if he likes Lemon Meringue Pie
	0 (0%)
	So what? Hillary likes Bon Jovi!
	0 (0%)
	Beam me up, Scottie, there's no intelligent life in GD- P
	7 (78%)
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[winter is coming]

1. As long as he doesn't try to sing it, I'm prepared to look the other way. n/t

[beam me up scottie]

2. Aw, c'mon!

I think he would probably do all right with Copacabana on karaoke night.

[winter is coming]

3. Cringing now. n/t

[NCTraveler]

4. I appreciate how trivial you view the issue...

and member you are mocking. I like some aren't hiding their feelings anymore.

[beam me up scottie]

6. This is actually a spin off of Manny's thread from July 14.

Can you predict tomorrow's terrible revelation about Bernie?

It's not mocking anything except ridiculous revelations about Bernie.

[NCTraveler]

9. Cute.

Keep the thought consistent. Don't say it is about man us thread and then one sentence later confirm what it really is.

I love the transparency. This is about a reply you made to an op started three weeks ago. Not the current op that your headline is a copy cat of. Lol.

[beam me up scottie]

11. You mean the one that was a callout of my post in another thread?

I went back to Manny's thread to find some material and was inspired.

If you don't like the poll don't vote.

[NCTraveler]

12. Love it. Keep going.

The spin deepens. I get it. I see what inspires you. Makes more sense now.

[sabrina 1]

46. Well, fyi, in elections like this things like HAIR, remember we were told how important

'optics' were when Bernie first entered the race, are EXTREMELY important issues which can make or break a candidate??

This is why I don't think Trump can possibly win, it will be the hair in the end.

Now we are looking at their taste in music.

Even if it turns out to be true that Bernie DOES love Barry Manilow, so long as he stays FAR, FAR away from the Kardashians, I am willing to overlook it.

THAT would be the final straw for me!

You know something? People may find this to be irrelevant, but then, we have to look at who candidates allow themselves to be photographed with. Their advisers no doubt calculating how many votes they might get depending on the popularity of the 'star'.

Low info voters apparently can be attracted to a candidate by something like these inane 'issues'.

How sad is that?

[artislife]

20. I'm glad she can make sense of you

Because you are just some crazy chick to me!

[beam me up scottie]

21. Right back at ya, artislife!

I knew I liked you from the first post!

Besides, we evil atheists have to stick together.

[artislife]

22. Heh. This is why they can't put the fear of God in us! nt

[beam me up scottie]

27. Have you seen my other polls?:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/123040620

http://www.democraticunderground.com/123040171

http://www.democraticunderground.com/123041077




Psst! They're in our super secret lair, the key is under the mat.

[Snotcicles]

5. No Dancing Queen ringtone? nt

[beam me up scottie]

18. ABBA?

[Snotcicles]

43. That's what Newt Gingrich had on his cell phone in Iowa a few years back.nt

[artislife]

7. You know I can't smile without you. nt

[olddots]

8. Bernie strikes me as Zappa fan

not that there is anything wrong with Manilow ( barf )

[beam me up scottie]

19. Zappa's cool too!

I refuse to comment on Barry because it may be held against me in the future.

[MannyGoldstein]

10. More evidence he's a gun-humping Libertarian*

*actual accusation made on DU.

[beam me up scottie]

13. They called him a socialist draft dodger too.

Among other things.

It's a good thing we can see the humour in their desperation because they sure can't.

[davidpdx]

14. The fact that Hillary is backed by Jon Bon Jovi almost makes me want to cancel my tickets

for the show next month. He backed her in 2008, but then ended up getting behind Obama once the primary was over.

[beam me up scottie]

16. I saw them in concert many years ago.

I forgive them, it was a great show.

[davidpdx]

33. I did too, April 2003 in Portland Oregon

Now I get to see them in Seoul South Korea over 12 years later.

[senz]

15. Trying to imagine Bernie listening to Barry Manilow...

just. can't. do. it.

[beam me up scottie]

17. I picture him listening to Dylan.

He is a certifiable socialist and once lived in a commune* you know.




*Yes, someone actually said that.

[senz]

25. Actually, at 72 he could have been into Dylan, Baez and the whole lefty folk music scene...

and, yes, I could imagine him staying on with Dylan after he "went electric."

There were communes and then there were communes, and in the mid to late sixties, a LOT of people lived communally, often like-minded people merely sharing a suite in a building in a city, sharing food, smoking dope, living loosely and gently together. It wasn't a Big Deal. So, being the person he was, he could have done that. But nowadays, people see the sixties in a two-dimensional, stereotypical way and would (and will) try to paint Bernie as some kind of wild man. But at that time, it was not wild. For someone like Bernie, it would have been deeply sincere and kind and good. As it often was, for maybe two or three years.

I admire him so much for keeping the faith, so to speak. He seems to have stayed true to his ideals. I hope they don't hurt him.

[world wide wally]

23. Speaking of Christ Christie he is having a hard time waffling between Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen

Neither of whom will support him

[beam me up scottie]

24. Ikr!

What a buffoon!

[senz]

26. You probably know that Springsteen was Jon Stewart's final "moment of Zen" last night.

Very sweet and emotional. Cannot imagine him ever letting himself be used by someone like Christie.

[Zorra]

28. He never said he didn't listen to Barry Manilow, so this means he

definitely listens to Barry Manilow.

[beam me up scottie]

29. Of course.

It's like asking you when you stopped beating your wife.

Doesn't matter how you answer, you're a wife beater.

[Juicy_Bellows]

30. I couldn't reply in that other thread.

This made me chuckle! Thank you.

And the Hillary fans sing -



Well you came and you gave without taking and I sent you away, oh Sanders.

Cheers!

[beam me up scottie]

31. LOL!

Weekends in New England, took me away, to long rocky beaches and Bernie by the bay...


His announcement in Burlington on the waterfront -- get it?







eta I've never listened to Barry Manilow. Ever. I only know the lyrics cuz...um...they came to me in a dream.

Yeah, that's it.

[Juicy_Bellows]

32. Haha, yes!

This music nerd appreciates your posts!

Bernie by the bay! Ha!

[Cosmocat]

34. This is jus going too far

Lets just leave barry out of it!

[beam me up scottie]

35. ROFL!

[Vattel]

36. In a poll of 19 Barry Manilow fans,

42% (8) said that they would prefer Sanders to win the primary and 27% (5) said that they would prefer Clinton to win the primary. It does not surprise me that Sanders would be so much more appealing to people like that.

[beam me up scottie]

38. I love scientific polls!

So does Jesse!

[cyberswede]

47. *snerk*

[Motown_Johnny]

37. .

Just admit it, you like a lot of those songs too.

[beam me up scottie]

39. I admit nothing!

Just because I know the lyrics to his songs, the word 'Fanilow' and the fact that Barry wrote the Bandaid jingle doesn't mean I like him or anything.

[Motown_Johnny]

40. But he does have a great voice,

even if you don't like the style of music he sings. The tone is exceptional.

[beam me up scottie]

41. Okay.

You got me. I was kidding, I always liked him.

I remember I almost put someone on ignore because they called him a two bit lounge singer.

Just don't tell anyone.

I do have an image to consider.

[Motown_Johnny]

42. I think everyone likes some of those songs

but most don't admit it.

He has a great voice and some of the songs are catchy. If someone tells me they don't like any of his stuff I don't believe them.

[Fawke Em]

44. I always thought he liked Woodie Guthrie.

[senz]

48. Wow. Fawke Em, you're my new hero.

Late last night I found a recording of this along with a discussion of how Bernie made the album, how it was proposed to him because he loved folk music, how he admitted that it felt nice to his ego, and how his cohorts in this scheme eventually realized that Bernie has absolutely no sense of rhythm (except in his speeches), can't even tap his foot in time. I was going to bring it over here and share w/bmus but was too tired and also too aware of my own Bernie-like limitations that keep me from being light and funny in the way that bmus is w/o even trying. So I can't keep the "rhythm" of the thread, which must be a tad irritating to a virtuoso like bmus.

Anyway, that video -- which I hadn't found -- is absolutely precious on so many levels, and I hope Bernie will use it in his campaign -- or that we the people spread it around the internet. It shows how unpolished and utterly sincere the man is, how simple and real and right on he is. I've admired many politicians; don't think I've ever loved one before.

So THANK YOU for this.

[sabrina 1]

45. A very important question! I hope they will ask him this in the Debates.

People have a right to know where candidates stand on something like this.