Rolling Stone: "2015: The Year in Bernie Sanders"

[Attorney in Texas]

Link to the great article, "2015: The Year in Bernie Sanders -- Sanders emerged as a national political phenomenon this year"; excerpt (with excellent photos):



The rise of Bernie Sanders has no doubt been one of the more fascinating political stories of 2015 – a year that was not short on fascinating political stories. When he announced his run in the spring, few thought the self-described democratic socialist would be such a strong opponent against Hillary Clinton, but his impact in the race has been significant: He's raised significant money, without relying on super PACs, and has pushed Clinton to the left in very real ways.
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[libdem4life]

1. Let Time magazine have Germany's Merkel...Rolling Stone...now I'm going to read it.

Great photo, to be sure.

[Live and Learn]

2. Love it. Bought 15 copies. nt

[R B Garr]

3. And yet Bernie did not even have a forum here

until last April, so he wasn't all that much of a phenomenon.

[roguevalley]

7. god, the pettiness.

[beam me up scottie]

9. Jealousy is ugly, isn't it?

It makes people post absurd things and actually believe they have a point.

[R B Garr]

18. Oh, same to you.

[R B Garr]

16. Same to you. Only the people who switched bandwagons

from Warren to Sanders in May have integrity or are true Democrats -- that kind of pure pettiness.

[LWolf]

19. Pettiness and ignorance.

Of course, Bernie didn't have a forum under "Democrats" before he declared as a Democrat in the Democratic primaries.

That doesn't mean he wasn't known and discussed "here."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1695187

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x94173

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x381488

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3018937

[senz]

8. He declared his candidacy in April (nt)

[R B Garr]

17. That's what I mean. Nothing but bandwagon. nt

[senz]

20. Ohh. Well, prior to that he kept a relatively low profile

so few of us were aware of what a courageous, caring, committed person he is. But when he stepped up, people recognized how unusual he is and how fortunate we are to have someone like him running for the nation's highest office.

[ejbr]

4. Pushed Clinton to the left?

Talk is cheap, particularly from someone who lied about being under sniper fire (for reasons I have yet to understand). She definitely has some progressive credibility, but only on social issues (now); finance, I'm not so sure.

I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'

[erronis]

6. She just swerved a bit. Don't worry, she'll get Up Right again once the winds change.

[Betty Karlson]

10. I try not to take issue with someone who supports a good candidate,

but I can't help myself.

Progressive credibility on social issues, now? She was so late to the party called LGBT rights (2013), after a history of going to the social conservative party: "marriage is between a man and a woman"/ "Can someone tell me why the depatrment now has a form with parent 1 and parent 2 instead of mother and father - that needs to change back" / and even now there is no comment on how she belatedly "evolved", leaving the suspicion that polls and focus groups changed her mind.

Which candidate wants to adress the issue of detention for LGBT undocumented workers? Not Clinton. That plan is Sanders' plan. What does Clinton plan to do for the LGBT community, except grudgingly include a few (admittedly heartwarming) pictures of their families in her videos?

[thucythucy]

5. For those who haven't read it:

The Rolling Stone interview in the last issue was excellent, a great introduction to the man and his politics.

[Attorney in Texas]

14. Definitely worth reading!

[Repleto]

11. I had not heard from Rolling Stone since the UVA story.

That was some piece of journalism.

I hope they bounce back and regain their past credibility.

[RiverLover]

12. I love that they included video highlights from his most meaningful speech at Liberty U

[bigwillq]

13. K and R

[in_cog_ni_to]

15. K&R! n/t

[99th_Monkey]

21. Big K/R for Bernie!!! -nt-