Bernie Sanders won't kiss your baby, but he feels your pain

[JoeOtterbein]

(This article was written by this DU poster's daughter)

[link:https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/28/bernie-sanders-emotion-2020-1476623|

The famous curmudgeon shows his emotional side.

By HOLLY OTTERBEIN 08/28/2019 05:00 AM EDT Updated 08/28/2019 08:19 AM EDT

SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Bernie Sanders is getting warm and fuzzy.

The Democratic presidential candidate who wouldn’t be caught dead kissing babies or flipping burgers at state fairs has figured out a way to engage in retail politics on his own terms — and there’s evidence it might be working.


Over the past month, Sanders has held a series of small, share-your-pain town halls and other events, in which he’s asked voters to respond to prompts such as “Talk about your health care experience" and "Anybody in the room trying to make it on less than $15" an hour? People have told wrenching tales of not being able to afford treatment for PTSD after surviving a mass shooting, losing their home, and their boyfriend killing himself after being kicked off Medicaid, as the candidate offers sympathy and encouragement. At times, Sanders has cut himself off during a talk or ditched a planned speech to segue into a conversation with voters.

“How do you do well in school if you can’t hear what your professors are saying?” Sanders said at one event after a 19-year-old college student discussed having to pay more than $5,000 for a hearing aid. “And this is a story we hear a hundred times."

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Vote Blue No Matter Who

[SunSeeker]

2. Exactly. nt

[corbettkroehler]

3. I Likewise Reaffirm My Commitment To Support Our Nominee

I am certain down to my toes that the nomination is Sanders'. However, every DUer can take it to the bank that our nominee, whoever it may be, has my vote.

[Dagstead Bumwood]

4. I understand it's not the focus of the article.

But, I do not fault Bernie (or any politician who chooses to do so) in the slightest for avoiding all of the cloying, pandering bullshit. I don't need to see you kissing a baby, oohing and aahing over a butter cow statue or taking a turn serving up clam chowdah. Need to eat a corndog? Please do it in private. I know you're not one of us, and I'm fine with that. I supposedly could drink a beer with Dubya, and he was still a worthless idiot with whom I would never want to drink a beer. Just make with the politics and leave the pandering aside.

Rant over