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Bernie Sanders

Oixi1993

(81 posts)

7. Teddy Roosevelt

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Sun Apr 24, 2016, 11:49 PM

Apr 2016

It just dawned on me. Many if not most of my right leaning friends LOVE Teddy Roosevelt. Do you think it is a good bridge to show them how he progressively tackled the power brokers of his day? I see a lot of similarities.

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Winning over some friends [View all] Oixi1993 Apr 2016 OP

There are a lot of progressive news aggregators eridani Apr 2016 #1

Welcome to the revolution. I'm interested in your insights into the appeal Bernie might have with Kip Humphrey Apr 2016 #2

Conservative or just principled and fair minded. Oixi1993 Apr 2016 #4

Fairness + logic = common sense Kip Humphrey Apr 2016 #5

Presumptious Oixi1993 Apr 2016 #9

Excellent post! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2016 #6

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Teddy Roosevelt Oixi1993 Apr 2016 #7

Welcome to DU and the Bernie Sanders group. think Apr 2016 #8

Forget trying to change minds on the right. 62% of the electorate didn't bother in 2014 ... Scuba Apr 2016 #10