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Related: About this forumBernie Sanders Wows Hollywood Progressives at Two L.A. Fundraisers
by Tina Daunt
6/20/2015 5:52pm PDT
After the glitz and glitter of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton's fundraising trips to L.A. this week, a cadre of industry super-liberals turned out Saturday to support Sanders.
With the dust still settling after Barack Obamas and Hillary Clintons glitzy fundraising trips to Hollywood this week, Clintons first official Democratic rival Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders slipped quietly into town Saturday for a pair of low-key events that didnt raise seven-figure sums, but did warm the hearts of two overflowing crowds of Hollywood progressives.
Sanders supporters might be called the entertainment industrys irreconcilables the left flank of the Hollywood Dems most progressive faction, with activists deeply disappointed in Obama, who they supported, and unwilling to sign on to a Clinton presidential campaign. In the former Secretary of State, they see another moderate waiting to happen.
Early Saturday morning, they filled the already blazing frontyard of actress Mimi Kennedys Van Nuys home and at midday the living room of long-time activists Betty and Stanley Sheinbaums sprawling Brentwood Park mansion to hear the program of a candidate they see as everything Hillary is not.
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)Do you think they'll likely be in the Clinton camp? Perhaps they'll stay out of the
process altogether, but if they're in..my guess it will be for Sanders.
Robbins
(5,066 posts)he has made no secret of fact he has been disappointed In Obama and he said that before 2012 election.I can't see one like damon
who is disappointed in obama backing hillary.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)swoon...
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)I bet his wife would support Sanders...swoon....heehee.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)"I know her and I think the world of her and I think that I would be very happy if she was president," he told Jorge Ramos. When asked about helping her, he responded: "Whatever she wants. In whatever way I can help."
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)It makes sense..I am not aware of Clooney disagreeing with any Obama policy
publicly.
brooklynite
(94,591 posts)Hollywood types would happily contribute $1,000 or $2,700 for a political fundraiser, but I'd hate to think that someone her couldn't "afford" to meet with Sanders if the price was too high...