Hell freezes over, Penn Jillette likes Bernie's campaign video more than anyone else. [View all]

[joshcryer]

Penn Jillette: What shocked me about the campaign videos

All that being said -- if I had nothing to go on other than these announcements, Bernie would have my vote wrapped up. I'm shocked by that. I've always just dismissed him as not my kind of nut. But checking my heart, it seems I'd rather have ideas that I disagree with then no ideas at all. He doesn't look like he's selling peanut butter or douche. He doesn't sound like he's selling a Marvel comics movie. He seems like he wants to talk about how we should govern ourselves and he knows we can disagree without being evil.

If these candidates are my only choices (and they are not!), I would vote for Bernie if for no other reason than he didn't offer me hope, and he didn't make me feel that if I voted for him, I would win something. He made me feel like we should talk about government.

I have no idea how these videos will affect the people, but I was shocked by how they affected this one person.

Bernie? That's gotta change, right?

I'm gobsmacked.

Note: Penn is a hardcore libertarian. He's not typically a source for political commentary that anyone here (and on DU as a whole) would agree with. I just think it's great that he was inspired by Sanders' campaign video.