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woodsprite

(11,916 posts)
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 11:48 AM Mar 2016

My 15yo son had some time at school to kill between classes and orch. rehearsal last night.

He phone banked for Bernie for over an hour! He said most calls were favorable, while some were Trump supporters (he was calling into AZ and PA), a few refused to talk to him because they don't let anyone know who they vote for. He said one guy he called said he couldn't vote because he was a felon. My son thanked him for his time and said "maybe that will change if Bernie gets elected".

I'm just surprised (and happy) that he did this on his own.

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My 15yo son had some time at school to kill between classes and orch. rehearsal last night. (Original Post) woodsprite Mar 2016 OP
Super kid! oldandhappy Mar 2016 #1
That's the kind of future that we need! highprincipleswork Mar 2016 #2
Congrats on your successful parenting!!! Scuba Mar 2016 #3
I am proud of you. SamKnause Mar 2016 #4
The know they are trying to build for the future. LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #5
A future activist! RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #6
I used to take my now 15yo daughter (formerly known at DU as baby blm) to blm Mar 2016 #7
That is one cool kid! SoapBox Mar 2016 #8

LiberalArkie

(15,719 posts)
5. The know they are trying to build for the future.
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 12:39 PM
Mar 2016

Hopefully they will not loose it when they start making money like a lot of us boomers did.

 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
6. A future activist!
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 12:48 PM
Mar 2016

Just what the world is lacking. Keep on raising him like that, and he could be president!

blm

(113,065 posts)
7. I used to take my now 15yo daughter (formerly known at DU as baby blm) to
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 12:54 PM
Mar 2016

pretty much every Dem event here in Charlotte area. She would go to the office with me after school and on weekends. She liked it OK during 2012 and the convention events, but, recently she turned her attention more to local politics. But, she does love Bernie.

Congrats on your son's involvement, he'll learn so much along the way.

BTW - My daughter received a score of 104 on her last civic test. It rubs off on them. Her father thanked me. ; )

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