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Showing Original Post only (View all)Oh, Susan Sarandon -By Connie Schultz [View all]
Susan, Susan, Susan.
This Democratic primary is starting to feel like the family reunion that should have ended weeks ago in a house full of relatives who refuse to leave.
Earlier this week, actor and progressive activist Susan Sarandon showed up for Chris Hayes' show on MSNBC to talk about why she supports Bernie Sanders.
Fine. I mean it. I was fine with that. I had already accepted that Thelma's friend Louise was not going to support the first viable female candidate for president. I'm a teensy bit troubled that, for the first time, I don't feel that pang of regret when I think of them driving off that cliff, but I've been hanging on to that for too long anyway.
Besides, I've got friends and people in my own family who are a lot like Susan Sarandon, whom I have long admired. Like her, they go on and on about the purity of their commitment, pausing just long enough to give me an unsolicited tutorial on why my support for Hillary Clinton proves I can't possibly be a true progressive.
Please. As I've mentioned before, I grew up with the Jack and Jesus wall. There they were, Jack Kennedy and Jesus, hanging shoulder to shoulder a tag-team reminder that every fight for justice starts with a true believer and ends with a pragmatist to hammer out the details...............MORE WHICH YOU SHOULD READ..................
https://www.creators.com/read/connie-schultz/03/16/oh-susan-sarandon
This Democratic primary is starting to feel like the family reunion that should have ended weeks ago in a house full of relatives who refuse to leave.
Earlier this week, actor and progressive activist Susan Sarandon showed up for Chris Hayes' show on MSNBC to talk about why she supports Bernie Sanders.
Fine. I mean it. I was fine with that. I had already accepted that Thelma's friend Louise was not going to support the first viable female candidate for president. I'm a teensy bit troubled that, for the first time, I don't feel that pang of regret when I think of them driving off that cliff, but I've been hanging on to that for too long anyway.
Besides, I've got friends and people in my own family who are a lot like Susan Sarandon, whom I have long admired. Like her, they go on and on about the purity of their commitment, pausing just long enough to give me an unsolicited tutorial on why my support for Hillary Clinton proves I can't possibly be a true progressive.
Please. As I've mentioned before, I grew up with the Jack and Jesus wall. There they were, Jack Kennedy and Jesus, hanging shoulder to shoulder a tag-team reminder that every fight for justice starts with a true believer and ends with a pragmatist to hammer out the details...............MORE WHICH YOU SHOULD READ..................
https://www.creators.com/read/connie-schultz/03/16/oh-susan-sarandon
Connie is so good!
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Sarandon was just lying.. and you can tell she's had a lot practice if she can say "bernie doesn't
Cha
Mar 2016
#7
Sarandon regularly tows the Sanders line and attacks Clinton on the Iraq vote. But Sarandon...
CalvinballPro
Mar 2016
#3
Oh wow.. that's right. A good reporter would dig that up and ask her! And, Obama Wasn't.
Cha
Mar 2016
#8
Yet another reason Sherrod would make a kick ass VP pick - Connie would be gold
jsmirman
Apr 2016
#17
I think SS would like to be heralded as a thorn in the side of the Democratic Party. Remember....
Tarheel_Dem
Apr 2016
#26
I'll just be glad when they are both consigned to the history bins, and off my teevee machine.
Tarheel_Dem
Apr 2016
#31