Bernie Sanders: “If I were to run for president, do you know how much money the Kochs would spend?

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99. Ah, thanks for the explanation. That clears up my question.

Thank goodness, my experience is so very different from yours. Then again, I have lived in blue states all my life and my family (down to kids of first cousins) and friends are all Democrats. I have one close-ish relative who is Republican and one lifelong friend whom I met in elementary school who somehow became Republicans; and that's it.

In 2008, every Democrat I knew well enough to talk politics to IRL was very excited about Obama, both because we liked him for President and because, on top of that, we were getting to vote for the first African American to head the ticket of a major party. We knew it was a great and important moment in American history. Same thing for those I met in line while waiting to vote, but I am not sure the very young ones got the history part as deeply.

In the convenience store I walked into right after I voted, was ranting about how he'd never seen anything like this before in his life, meaning, I guess, how long the line to vote was, and "I'm not voting for him, so I don't care." Could have been an angry racist Republican or Democrat or just an angry man. I have no clue. Some of the younger store employees had their backs to him, but I could see their faces and they were mocking him.

I am so glad I live in blue state. I hope like anything it stays that way.