Brunch with Bernie: the Kiln in which the Bern was fired (thanks Thom Hartmann!)

[ProfessorPlum]

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I saw this mentioned in another recent thread, but it was something that I had been thinking of recently and wanted to make it a separate thread.

For years (decades?), Thom Hartmann has been having Bernie on his shows to talk about progressive policy and to field questions from his audience. Over the years, Bernie's messaging and policy has been honed and burnished by this exposure to the public and to thoughtful discussion with Thom.

It is this kind of interaction with the public, and this practice of defending policy and ways to talking about policy that makes Bernie so sharp in talking with the media and communicating with crowds. Do you think the hairdos on TV can come up with questions that Bernie hasn't heard a million times before?

Clinton, while sharp, and a master triangulator, definitely doesn't have these thousands of hours of discourse with the public under her belt and it shows. Bernie's ability to speak with honesty, passion, and a deft command of the issues comes through.

Thanks to Bernie for making himself available, and to Thom for giving him a platform . . . and lots of practice.

(Edited to change "Breakfast" to "Brunch&quot

[beam me up scottie]

1. Thank you!

The meme that he only gives speeches and doesn't listen to people is so idiotic it's breath taking.

Anyone who knows anything about Bernie can tell you that's the farthest thing from the truth.

DU rec!

[angryvet]

2. It was BRUNCH with Bernie n/t

[asuhornets]

3. Bernie Sanders does not

seem like the type of guy I would want to drink a beer with. He seems grumpy when he doesn't get his way. Kind of like his supporters.

[beam me up scottie]

4. What a nasty thing to say. If you knew anything about him you'd know Bernie is a funny, likeable guy

[asuhornets]

6. Funny AND likable- that's a stretch. Sorry not feeling it. n/t

[beam me up scottie]

7. Your loss. There's a reason why Vermonters love Bernie.

Many many reasons actually but that's just one.

Anyone who has listened to Brunch with Bernie knows better too.

And voting for someone just because you want to "have a beer" with them was the reason why so many supported *

[asuhornets]

15. Nasty thing to say?

Compared to the nasty things said about Hillary?

[beam me up scottie]

16. They do it too is no excuse, just ask your mother.

I stay out of positive threads about other candidates because I don't mind when others say nice things about their guy/gal.

Ymmv.

[asuhornets]

17. What does my mother has to do with this?

[beam me up scottie]

18. If she's anything like my mother she'd say it's no excuse.

I would tell you to ask my mother but she's no longer with us.

That woman could lay one hell of a guilt trip on you.

[white_wolf]

5. First of all, I completely disagree. Secondly, who cares?

I don't vote for a president because I want to hang out with them. i vote for a Canaanite because I think they'll be the best person to lead this country and, in my opinion, that person is clearly Sanders.

[nashville_brook]

8. we're arguing beer-drinker votes now? is this a constituency?

b/c i think the metric you're looking for is favorability.

[asuhornets]

9. Bernie is only known in Vermont..

What about the remaining 49 states?

[nashville_brook]

14. it's such a shame NO ONE's heard of this Bernie fellow.

[winter is coming]

19. Great news! Your time machine worked! n/t

[beam me up scottie]

20. Really? Who are those hundreds of thousands of people at his rallies?

Does he bus them in from Vermont?

Sounds expensive.

And the logistics must be a nightmare.

[cali]

22. Even before he started running for President

Bernie was known to millions outside Vermont due to his filibuster and brunch with Bernie.

[MrMickeysMom]

25. shit!

You mean I've been living in VT all this time?

[Uncle Joe]

12. "George W Bush was the kind of guy someone would want to have a beer with," we saw how that

turned out.

Personally, I prefer a President that is keenly aware of what's happening to American Society and is willing to take on the powerful interests that have created such massive dysfunction on multiple levels.

[Fumesucker]

13. Interesting meme about drinking the beer with the President

[asuhornets]

26. Fuck no...eom

[MrMickeysMom]

24. Have you ever sat down with one of us and had a beer?

[ProfessorPlum]

21. Damn it! You are right.

That was stupid of me.

[marlakay]

10. Brunch with Bernie on Fridays

is how I got to know him other than hearing he was only senator to vote against Iraq.

He patiently answered questions on the phone from people all over U.S.

[cali]

23. He was by no means the only senator who voted against the IWR

[MerryBlooms]

11. Fridays, "Brunch With Bernie", I've been listening for years and years.

A full hour of discussing issues with Hartmann and taking all calls. One of the best segments on radio.

[Matariki]

27. I always loved that segment