Ronda Rousey endorses Bernie Sanders

[HerbChestnut]

Very popular athlete. Should make a few waves.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/11/ronda-rousey-just-endorsed-bernie-sanders-for-president

[whatchamacallit]

1. Oh no DSB will be crushed

[Catherina]

2. Who's DSB? n/t

[lovemydog]

49. According to Urban Dictionary its Deadly Semen Buildup.

According to google it's a Danish Railway company.

I have no idea and I'm curious too.

[Recursion]

50. Opposite of a DNB? (nt)

[joshcryer]

3. That's my girl!

Though I don't like the third party message, she's in CA and a lot of people will protest vote there.

[roguevalley]

34. i love her.

[sabrina 1]

4. 'Because he doesn't take Corporate Money' she says! A Huge issue in this campaign!

The undefeated UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion said in an interview with Maxim that she is voting for Sanders “because he doesn’t take any corporate money.”

“I don’t think politicians should be allowed to take money for their campaigns from outside interests,” Rousey said.

[bunnies]

5. Love her.

Such a badass.

[Aerows]

30. That woman she fought last night

was tough as nails. I have no idea how she even survived round 2, let alone made it to round 3.

[bunnies]

36. Someone made it to round 3?

Thats amazing! You couldnt pay me enough to get in the ring with Ronda. And I guarantee you I'd be crying.

[Aerows]

37. Her technique is fantastic

She has upped her game with boxing in conjunction with the judoka that she is.

I learned that I watched an earlier match with the one she nearly beat to death. (my bad)

I anticipate the match. She is a very technical and versatile athlete. She takes judo and flavors it with her own natural abilities, much like Bruce Lee did with Wing Chun.

I would actually like to see her compete against male MMA fighters in her weight class.

[bunnies]

39. For some reason I thought she already fought a guy.

I think they should let her. She'd crush 'em.

[Aerows]

41. I believe she does

in training, but I can't remember which ones.

All I can tell you is the satisfaction of throwing a 6'5" Marine over your shoulder in intense martial arts training is worth the blood sweat and tears.

I have done my katas for a couple of decades. I may not branch out, but what I do have is solid.

[bunnies]

43. You are clearly far more self disciplined than I.

I have so much respect for that.

[Aerows]

44. It is something that has consistently

kept me grounded. That's all. Nothing to respect.

It's a mechanism to keep me together.

It is never too late. You can find some excellent schools or even programs online. It's just a habit that I have never shaken, thankfully.

[lovemydog]

52. Rousey didn't fight last night.

She fights Holly Holm Saturday night.

[NurseJackie]

6. Who? (Honestly, I've never heard of her before today.)

But then again, "Maxim" isn't a magazine that we subscribe to, maybe that's why.

"I voted for Roseanne last time," Rousey said.

Well, that pretty much tells me all I need to know.

[DURHAM D]

8. They just reported this on MSNBC

re: Bernie this time, Roseanne Barr last time.

[NurseJackie]

10. There's GOT to be a new campaign slogan in there somewhere!

[roguevalley]

35. yeah. rousey hangs with badasses

[HerbChestnut]

11. She's a MMA fighter.

[NurseJackie]

13. Thanks very much. (I had to google her name to find out more.)

[Agschmid]

28. Me too.

[leftofcool]

29. Me too.

[PowerToThePeople]

7. Oh no!

Her handle here is going to be ppr'd!

[Starry Messenger]

9. Great athlete. Sandy Hook truther.

http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news/435454/Ronda-Rousey-tweets-video-suggesting-Sandy-Hook-was-govt-conspiracy/

Ronda Rousey tweets video suggesting Sandy Hook was gov't conspiracy

"UFC Women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has an affinity for attracting media attention nearly equivalent to her skill with armbars.

Mae West, or maybe it was P.T. Barnum, Will Rogers, or W.C. Fields, famously said "I don’t care what the newspapers say about me as long as they spell my name right."

That nostrum may be put to the test after "Rowdy" posted a video on her twitter account that suggests that the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a government conspiracy."

[SunSeeker]

12. Oh wow. I think she's been hit in the head a few too many times. nt

[Starry Messenger]

17. She's got some issues.

[Aerows]

40. Issues like speaking up for herself

bringing women into a world that was mostly a male arena.

She did indeed turn things on their head, and she isn't the least bit sorry for it.

[oasis]

58. Seems the Bernie team have hooked themselves a live one.

[joshcryer]

59. Could've been high.

Go watch her on Joe Rogan's experience when she got high. Whenever she gets high she really gets out there. Since she deleted the tweet I don't think she really believed that crap.

[FlatBaroque]

14. How interesting that the public figures I love and admire endorse Bernie

and vice versa

[HerbChestnut]

15. Well you know the saying...

Birds of a feather flock together.

[NCTraveler]

16. A Sandy Hook truther...

And offensive to the transgender community. What is it that you love and admire outside of her amazing talent in the octagon?

[NurseJackie]

18. That's distressing to hear.

[UglyGreed]

19. Why didn't you mention that

when someone here was posting her image while endorsing Hillary???????

[NCTraveler]

20. I probably didn't see anyone admiring her character as is the case here.

Other than that I'm not sure what you are talking about. She is an unbelievable fighter.

[UglyGreed]

21. Sure you must of missed

it......... thanks for the reply.

[NCTraveler]

23. Your welcome. Nt

[NCTraveler]

26. And so you know...

I'm not saying I would reject her endorsement or anything like that. Not in any way. But speak well to her character I wouldn't.

[UglyGreed]

31. She overcame

her father's suicide, being homeless and I believe was hooked on drugs. She is a true champion and is the only MMA fighter I follow because she is the best in the sport, woman or man. Never heard she was Sandy Hook truther though. If she thought that a transgender person might have an advantage over other women in MMA I'm not sure if that is right or wrong since it could cause an advantage in some cases. She is winner and I'm sure many women and men agree.

[Codeine]

33. A transphobic Sandy Hook truther is who you choose to admire?

Well, there you go.

[Aerows]

38. Now she's transphobic?

Jesus.

I guess there is a rush to get on the "I hate Ronda Rousey" train, and I'm not on it.

Thankfully.

[Codeine]

45. Yeah, she is.

http://www.advocate.com/sports/2014/09/22/ufc-womens-champ-refuses-fight-trans-athlete-fallon-fox

No thoughts on her Sandy Hook trutherism?

[Aerows]

46. I will evaluate that. n/t

[joshcryer]

61. She later came out on that on a "case by case basis."

Like the Olympic committee has decided it will handle trans athletes.

The trutherism shit was deleted quickly and I think she might've been high when she posted that.

Nobody said she was perfect though.

[Codeine]

62. I don't give people a pass for being high.

I think intoxication makes people more likely to say what they really mean.

[joshcryer]

64. I don't think pot is a truth serum.

I think it invokes wild stupid imaginings.

[cosmicone]

22. Ronda WHO???????????

[FlatBaroque]

25. A classic Ronda Rousey 14 second fight

[Aerows]

27. That other competitor

that she fought last night, probably lasted as long as anybody I have ever seen in a fight with her. She made it to 3 rounds. Rousey literally beat the stew out of her - I have no idea how she managed to make it past round 2 because Rousey was on her like white on rice.

[riderinthestorm]

32. Rousey is very well known generally in the 18 - 30 yr old age group

And very well known in the broader sports community of all ages.

It's an interesting endorsement and can only help Sanders.

[moobu2]

42. Who? Never heard of her.

[Recursion]

51. Probably the best mixed martial artist competing today

Without question the best female MMA ever.

Also a very weird person who has a history of trans-shaming.

[SidDithers]

71. Well, maybe not...

She got pretty demoished on Saturday night.

Sid

[Metric System]

47. According to the article she voted for Roseanne over Pres. Obama in 2012. 'Nuff said.

[HerbChestnut]

48. Lots of people vote 3rd party instead of either the Democrat or Republican.

And Roseanne has just as good a chance of winning as any 3rd party candidate.

[SheilaT]

53. Who the hell is she?

And why should I care who she endorses?

Don't get me wrong, I'm a Bernie Sanders supporter, but when some totally obscure person "endorses" him, it's just not very important.

[HerbChestnut]

54. Read the thread.

She's not obscure, she's just not in politics. Actually she's quite popular with anyone who pays attention to sports.

[SheilaT]

55. Ahh, but not everyone pays a lot of attention to sports.

Least of all the sport she seems to be in.

I'm going to have to do a lot more name dropping of the science fiction writers I'm close to, and then act all surprised when people here say they've never heard of them. But they're HUGE names in the s-f community!

[HerbChestnut]

60. Well, I think sports have more followers than Sci-fi in the US.

That said, if Neal Stephenson endorsed Bernie, I'd be over the moon.

[Codeine]

63. If Neal Stephenson endorsed Bernie

it would be a nine hundred page endorsement with an unnecessary 300 page tangent halfway through. Then the whole thing would fall completely apart at the end, but would somehow still end up being absolutely amazing.

[SheilaT]

65. But for those of us who don't follow sports, it's the same as sci-fi to the rest of you.

I'm being reminded of when I was a ticket agent at National Airport in Washington DC, back in the 1970's. I never recognized the Washington Redskins who came to the counter, but I knew all of the Washington Post columnists.

[AzDar]

56. K & R

[joshcryer]

57. Whoa the claws came out on this one quick.

[vorgan24]

66. Great!

A endorsement by a person who makes a living beating people up is for sure more valuable then all the Union endorsements he missed out on.

[Omaha Steve]

67. Trump thought he would get her endorsement

K&R!

OS

[Dem2]

68. That's cool

I like her, she's fun to watch.

[Cali_Democrat]

69. Ronda Rousey lost her first match on Saturday.....a few days after endorsing Bernie

Coincidence?

[Codeine]

70. The fascist oligarchy has long arms indeed. nt

[SidDithers]

73. Or, in the case of Ms. Rousey...

long legs.

That kick. Ouch.

Sid

[Snotcicles]

74. WTF is your problem? nt