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Bernie will win in the end!! (Original Post)
Rosa Luxemburg
May 2016
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Human101948
(3,457 posts)1. Wow! Bernie is transgender!
Another demographic in our corner.
1monster
(11,012 posts)3. Bernie was made and honorary woman way back when, by Gloria Steinem
no less:
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2016/01/time-bernie-sanders-became-honorary-woman
In the fall of 1996, locked in a tough re-election fight against Republican Susan Sweetser, then-Rep. Sanders got a big boost when feminist writer and activist Gloria Steinem came to Burlington. At the time, Sweetser was running negative ads attacking Sanders' liberal positions, and so the Sanders campaign held an event to highlight his support among progressive women. An opening act, a former state senator, told the audience that "a feminist is a person who challenges the power structure of our country" and "Bernie Sanders is that kind of feminist." When it was Steinem's turn, she started off with an announcement: "I'm only here today to make Bernie Sanders an honorary woman."
In his memoir, Outsider in the House, Sanders, who went on to beat Sweetser comfortably, called the event "the nicest moment of the campaign."
In the fall of 1996, locked in a tough re-election fight against Republican Susan Sweetser, then-Rep. Sanders got a big boost when feminist writer and activist Gloria Steinem came to Burlington. At the time, Sweetser was running negative ads attacking Sanders' liberal positions, and so the Sanders campaign held an event to highlight his support among progressive women. An opening act, a former state senator, told the audience that "a feminist is a person who challenges the power structure of our country" and "Bernie Sanders is that kind of feminist." When it was Steinem's turn, she started off with an announcement: "I'm only here today to make Bernie Sanders an honorary woman."
In his memoir, Outsider in the House, Sanders, who went on to beat Sweetser comfortably, called the event "the nicest moment of the campaign."
Biaviians
(167 posts)2. I believe it!
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)4. Awesome!!!!
Loved it
dana_b
(11,546 posts)5. Lol... love it!
did you make that? can I "steal" it? if not, I understand.
someone shared it on our Bernie FB page! I don't know where they got it.
dana_b
(11,546 posts)9. cool! Thanks
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)10. Ive just added it to my sig
dana_b
(11,546 posts)13. perfect!
Faux pas
(14,668 posts)6. Love it!
aspirant
(3,533 posts)7. What a finishing kick
shanti
(21,675 posts)12. made me smile!
thanks