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In reply to the discussion: Why teens call Bernie Sanders "Daddy" [View all]namahage
(1,160 posts)65. Daddy, can you spot me $25,000 so I can run a think tank?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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Yep. I've referred to Joe as Uncle Joe for years. I've always liked Joe Biden.
Hassin Bin Sober
Apr 2019
#4
Ideal "Father like figure" someone that best exemplifies the highest meaning of the word.
Uncle Joe
Apr 2019
#10
Yes - especially when I saw it was from a college newspaper, I thought it was satire.
ehrnst
Apr 2019
#46
Fact: It was former NYS Senator HRC who proposed exactly the plan that NYS adopted.
lapucelle
Apr 2019
#68
Yep: "Hillary Clinton Joins Gov. Cuomo to Sign Free College Tuition Bill Into Law"
ehrnst
Apr 2019
#63
All of this makes me want to puke a little. "Daddy" "Father" Sisters and Brothers"
Maru Kitteh
Apr 2019
#21
Sorry, but I wouldn't be bragging about this. At best it almost sounds like idol worship
still_one
Apr 2019
#29
Is a college newspaper a source of the now deleted tweet by his national press secretary?
ehrnst
Apr 2019
#34
A 21yr old sports writer for a college newspaper interviewed teens about calling BS "daddy" in 2016?
ehrnst
Apr 2019
#39
I've always believed Bernie's free-college promise was 90+% of his appeal to young voters,
highplainsdem
Apr 2019
#40
I believe that "free college for all" scores much better than "debt free college" in focus groups of
ehrnst
Apr 2019
#41
Of course. And free college plus free unlimited pizza would score even better.
highplainsdem
Apr 2019
#42