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Hillary Clinton

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Rose Siding

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Thu Mar 31, 2016, 08:30 AM Mar 2016

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


Connie is so good!
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Yup the answer to our problems is yet another old white guy. Tommy2Tone Mar 2016 #1
huh Angrydemex Apr 2016 #29
He's old and he's white Tommy2Tone Apr 2016 #33
She's married to Sherrod Brown! That was great.. Mahalo Rose~ Cha Mar 2016 #2
I didn't know that! NastyRiffraff Mar 2016 #6
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
Oh ya! You nailed it! pandr32 Mar 2016 #12
Sarandon regularly tows the Sanders line and attacks Clinton on the Iraq vote. But Sarandon... CalvinballPro Mar 2016 #3
I noticed that, too. Rose Siding Mar 2016 #4
I wish someone would ask her that! Little Star Mar 2016 #5
Me too! pandr32 Mar 2016 #13
Oh wow.. that's right. A good reporter would dig that up and ask her! And, Obama Wasn't. Cha Mar 2016 #8
Sarsndon also was a Nader supporter/ advocate. FarPoint Apr 2016 #18
hmmm Angrydemex Apr 2016 #30
K&R liberal N proud Mar 2016 #9
Love Connie! mcar Mar 2016 #10
Great article! BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #11
Do love Connie Schultz!! ladym55 Mar 2016 #14
The Brown's are our foundation Democratic couple in Ohio. FarPoint Apr 2016 #19
That would be awesome ladym55 Apr 2016 #24
Hillary winning the Democratic Nomination is essential for Ted Strickland. FarPoint Apr 2016 #27
She reminds me a bit of Molly ivins. And her DH spooky3 Apr 2016 #20
K&R SharonClark Mar 2016 #15
Lovely! Thanks so much for this! Hekate Apr 2016 #16
Yet another reason Sherrod would make a kick ass VP pick - Connie would be gold jsmirman Apr 2016 #17
I like that idea! spooky3 Apr 2016 #21
She's being attacked mightily on social media for writing this obamanut2012 Apr 2016 #22
Something tells me that Connie doesn't give a shit leftofcool Apr 2016 #25
K&R Starry Messenger Apr 2016 #23
I think SS would like to be heralded as a thorn in the side of the Democratic Party. Remember.... Tarheel_Dem Apr 2016 #26
Nader, now Bernie enid602 Apr 2016 #28
I'll just be glad when they are both consigned to the history bins, and off my teevee machine. Tarheel_Dem Apr 2016 #31
What a good writer! LisaM Apr 2016 #32
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