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Honeylies

(77 posts)
1. Republicans for Bernie has nearly 13k followers on FB
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 03:34 PM
Oct 2015
https://m.facebook.com/republicansforbernie

I think the tea party site is tongue n cheek. The repub site actually offers some good talking points to help convince your conservative pals that Bernie is a good choice for them too.

eridani

(51,907 posts)
3. I can see him peeling off a number of them during the general election
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 02:45 AM
Oct 2015

Obviously, the ones who conclude that they hate banksters more than immigrants.

SandersDem

(592 posts)
4. One of the biggest issues for Tea Partiers was
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 10:07 AM
Oct 2015

the bailouts of the big banks. That movement began that way before it got co-opted by the Republican party and turned into what it is now. At the roots, there is some common ground there.

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