Bernie Sanders

Jackpine Radical

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9. Never give up on apparent "right-wingers" without exploring what they really think.

Sat May 30, 2015, 02:21 PM

May 2015

You can often find common ground with them about bank bailouts, anger at Wall Street, SocSec & Medicare issues (if they're older, as most of them are, along with the likes of you & me), their grandchildrens' futures (free university education?), the sense of loss & of things falling apart (rebuild the infrastructure; echoes of WPA & CCC, ow which they have at least second-hand memories) etc. There is a distinct advantage to having a non-Establishment candidate in talking to this crowd. Just be gentle, listen, & meet them where they are.

But of course you know all that.

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Tabling for Bernie. Or campaigning like Ben Franklin did it. [View all] Cleita May 2015 OP

I think that's a great idea, and I think the group here could come up with Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #1

I had his 12 Steps & Iraq speech pinned at the top of this group. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #3

Thanks. I am going to be relying heavily on this group. Cleita May 2015 #4

I will get permission, of course, and in order to use the DCCs equipment, Cleita May 2015 #7

Tabling Works HassleCat May 2015 #2

In Wisconsin, one of the things the Walkerbots did was to complicate the registration process, Jackpine Radical May 2015 #5

Some justification HassleCat May 2015 #8

Originally Hayward, now Eau Claire. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #10

Eau Claire is good HassleCat May 2015 #11

I moved down here from Superior for the climate. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #13

I can do that because there's things going on every weekend in this county and the Cleita May 2015 #6

Never give up on apparent "right-wingers" without exploring what they really think. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #9

"Join the Bernie Journey" or "Bernie Journey 2016" Snotcicles May 2015 #12

I think it's a great idea because people need to become familiar with his name. That is the only sabrina 1 May 2015 #14

You should have separate tables for voter reg and Bernie stuff fed-up Jul 2015 #15

Good idea. mmonk Jul 2015 #16