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Bernie echoes Harry Perkins from "A Very British Coup"
Just saw a clip where Bernie responded to a Bill Clinton attempt to hit him for being angry.
Bernie turned it by saying He is angry at ... and listed various society problems related to poverty.
This is very similar to a speech given in a great BBC production called A Very British Coup where an everyman blunt talking socialist steel worker is elected Prime Minister of Britain. There are a lot of similarities (hopefully not the ending) between Bernie and Harry Perkins especially in this rhetorical touch.
Not sure how many people in this group have seen it but its a great movie and I am pretty sure that Bernie or whoever advised him on how to respond to Bill has