Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumHillary's mega rally in the Bronx
Setting the stage for her rally in Co-Op City served as a strategic venue for the Clinton camp, given the 25,000 residents that live in the sprawling complex. Mrs. Clintons husband, former President Bill Clinton, had campaigned in Co-Op City in 1992 during his first run for the White House.
But since the campaign begun in New York, Mrs. Clinton has barely made any visits in the Bronx, unlike the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan, where he presence is strongly felt. Mr. Sanders, who jumpstarted his campaign in the Bronx, made two official stops to the borough.
Mr. Sanders held his rally in St. Marys Park on March 31 with several thousand in attendance.Mrs. Clintons rally produced some 400 people, with some waiting in line for hours to get in.
Those who entered grumbled, with several older residents in walkers pleading for an available seat and offered none. Co-Op City is ranked the countrys largest naturally occurring retirement community (NORC), with a large chunk of its residents considered senior citizens.
You gotta tell people who are standing on line, theres a chance you might not get in, said Claudia Sampson, a Co-Op City resident for 22 years who waited in line three hours to see Mrs. Clinton speak.
Sampson walked in to the center with her neighbor, Naomi Weston, who griped of waiting three hours in a long line that snaked along the mall on Dreiser Loop and out to Deb Place.
http://www.norwoodnews.org/id=20812&story=clinton-rallying-in-the-bronx-riles-up-the-base/
revbones
(3,660 posts)Phlem
(6,323 posts)This has been the norm and does not add up.
WTF?
thereismore
(13,326 posts)thereismore
(13,326 posts)The backdrop is shoddy like they just put something together, my oh my.
yourpaljoey
(2,166 posts)thereismore
(13,326 posts)RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)NOT!
So Camp Weathervane is saying that the proportion of people living in Co-Op City (25.000) to the number of attendees (400)
Is greater than the proportion of NYC population (about 7,000,000) to the number of attendees at Bernie's rally (11,500 by their estimate).
Like Co-Op City is a different city than NYC!
This is unreal!
They certainly are living in their own Bizzaro world, aren't they?
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)responded to me that Bernie's rally attendance was 11,500. I wondered where they pulled that number out of. Those folks act like bots. Maybe they ARE all bots!
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)because their head is so far up there!
Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)Phlem
(6,323 posts)yourpaljoey
(2,166 posts)TalkingDog
(9,001 posts)The facts are accurate. The slant is a bit snarky.
HRC may not be doing as well in NY as the polls suggest.
yourpaljoey
(2,166 posts)Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)Here's my smirk on this
Most of the people there were on pain killers.
yourpaljoey
(2,166 posts)She seems to do better when she does nothing.
And she needs to hide Bill while she cruises into the General
EdwardBernays
(3,343 posts)that's just lame!
She probably lost votes
Bernin4U
(812 posts)dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)and claim that her rally had 25,400 in attendance?