Bernie Sanders Hosts a Nationwide House Party for Over 100,000 Would-Be Foot Soldiers

The New York Times' First Draft ^ | July 30, 2015 | Nick Corasaniti

[2ndDivisionVet]

It had all the markings of a Washington house party: guests milling about, talk of politics and policy, a few custom cocktails and a crowd that would make a fire-code enforcer sweat.

Oh, and Senator Bernie Sanders.

Indeed, on what the campaign is calling one of the most important days of its upstart movement, Mr. Sanders came to this small apartment in southwest Washington, looked into a camera and spoke live to what his campaign said was more than 100,000 supporters nationwide.

“Enough is enough,” Mr. Sanders, a Democratic presidential candidate from Vermont, told his followers, listing grievance after grievance, from income inequality to the Citizens United ruling to the minimum wage to Sandra Bland. Then he called on them to act.

The first step? A text message....

[2ndDivisionVet]

Why can't we do this for our candidates?

[MSF BU]

House party for Sanders? What kind of weed they got?

[FlingWingFlyer]

More bad news for Hillary Benghazi Rodham.

[GeronL]

Because commies love a good parade

[KarlInOhio]

Today Vermont, tomorrow the world.

[ozzymandus]

Yay, Bernie! We need a National Socialist President. Kind of ironic that he’s Jewish, though.

[RginTN]

notice no one in the Dem Party bashes Sanders. I'm almost jealous of how Dems pander to their base

[Din Maker]

Chara Espera, a 37-year-old living in Washington who had never before volunteered for a campaign, said she was moved by Mr. Sanders’s message. “I wish he was president when I was pregnant,” she said, noting Mr. Sanders’s policy on maternity leave.

Aw hell Chara; cheer up. If Bernie gets elected and serves 8 years, you can get all the "entitlements" for 8 of your Welfare bastards that you'll crank out to reach your goal of 10.

[northislander]

Bernie? More proof there need to be qualifications for voting?

[RightGeek]

Perhaps they had dramatic readings?

[RightGeek]

Pictures of some of the parties at http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/30/bernie-sanders-online-house-party-grassroots

[2ndDivisionVet]

The first one looks like the day room at a halfway house.

[Boowhoknew]

a hunnert thousand conservatives in one spot. They’d drop a bomb on us

[Reno89519]

I really think this is good and should serve warning to Democrats that Clinton is likely to fail. I’d love to see a match-up of Sanders and Trump. Won’t that be a great election?

[2ndDivisionVet]

Might be Sanders/Warren vs. Trump/Cruz or some such.

[Reno89519]

Sanders/Warren vs. Trump/Cruz

That would be refreshing choice! Love it.