Getting to Know Jane Sanders "when I heard him speak, well, that was it"

[J_J_]

At that time the mayor's race was happening here in Burlington that Bernie was in. I went with the Neighborhood Organization folks to a meeting with the then Mayor and they asked questions. I didn't feel we were getting direct answers, so I started asking questions. They said, "You sound like Bernie Sanders now!" I sat down and said, "Who's Bernie Sanders?" They said, "He's running for mayor." I said, "Let's organize a debate."

So we did. He came, and everyone was swarming around him and the other candidates, because they weren't supportive of the mayor, so, being the good Catholic girl, of course I was very nice to the mayor and barely even said hell-o to Bernie. But when I heard him speak, well, that was it. The police department I was working with supported him after that, and he won 10 days later. We met at the victory party, and that was the beginning of forever.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-05-12/getting-to-know-jane-sanders-wife-of-bernie

[hootinholler]

1. 15 recs with no kicks?

Shame on you DU.

[LWolf]

2. I read this a couple of weeks ago,

because I realized I didn't know much about her. The more I learn, the more I like her. In this article:

“I have a lot of ideas for the state!” she said then, a notable refusal to refuse to talk policy. She brought up health care, broadband connectivity, energy, infrastructure. That day, she sounded a bit like her remarkably consistent husband talking about the Trans-Pacific Partnership on MSNBC Monday. “For me,” Jane Sanders said, “the focus has to be on the individual, the worker, not on profit margins, not on stock returns, but on how do we have a wonderful community in the State of Vermont that has good jobs that keep our kids here and keeps our communities healthy.”

That could actually be me, saying:

I have a lot of ideas for our school! For me,the focus has to be on the individual, the student, not on test scores, not on scripted curricula, but on how we provide a wonderful school in our community that has abundant learning opportunities and that keeps our kids safe, healthy, thriving, and growing.

I think she would make an incredible first lady.