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Bernie Sanders

sadoldgirl

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6. PDA= Progressive Democrats (of) America

Reply to Manifestor_of_Light (Reply #5)

Sun May 3, 2015, 06:21 PM

May 2015

I think it was supported in the beginning by Jim Dean,
brother of H.Dean.
It is also very active about an amendment to declare
Money is not speech and corporations are not people.

They also protest the TPP for instance. Try to google
it, please, if you would like more info.

They definitely know how to organize, and,yes, they
are a PAC.

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Well, I attended a "house party for Bernie" yesterday. [View all] sadoldgirl May 2015 OP

A lot of younger voters are jaded because Obama was not as transformative as they wished peacebird May 2015 #1

On the other hand, those are dependable voters. blm May 2015 #2

Okay, but I thought that Bernie talked sadoldgirl May 2015 #3

I think blm has a good point about younger voters. I live in a college town emulatorloo May 2015 #4

Excuse me, I live under a rock? Manifestor_of_Light May 2015 #5

PDA= Progressive Democrats (of) America sadoldgirl May 2015 #6

The organizers for the house parties vive la commune May 2015 #7

Thanks, I will pass this on. sadoldgirl May 2015 #10

Hang on a sec. Wilms May 2015 #8

They were wrong about OWS. The endorsement for Bernie came from the original organizers of OWS sabrina 1 May 2015 #9

Right, I tried to tell them this, sadoldgirl May 2015 #12

Not to worry, I watched the website when they were organizing as we had heard that some group sabrina 1 May 2015 #15

will the 20 somethings vote for their great granpa figure? nt msongs May 2015 #11

Did they not do so with their demigod Raycon? sadoldgirl May 2015 #13

YES BrotherIvan May 2015 #14

Definitely! Because no one speaks for them the way Bernie does. sabrina 1 May 2015 #16

So are we dragging the tired canard TM99 May 2015 #17

My youngest son, 24, is on board. mmonk May 2015 #18

Oddly enough, most social movement meetings have an odd age split eridani May 2015 #19