Facepunch's very own Bernie Sanders 2016 discussion thread.
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As many of you guys know, US Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, is running for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016. I am making this thread for any discussion and questions you guys have about him. Let it be known that I am only making this thread because I know he is pretty popular he on Facepunch. Here, have some background history on him:
[QUOTE]Bernie Sanders was born on September 8, 1941 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, to Eli and Dorothy (Glassburg) Sanders. His father immigrated to the United States from Poland, and much of his family was killed in the Holocaust. His mother was born in New York to Jewish immigrant parents. Sanders attended elementary school at P.S. 197, where he won a state championship on the basketball team. He attended Hebrew school in the afternoons and became bar mitzvah in 1954. Sanders then attended James Madison High School, where he lost his first election, finishing last out of three for the student body presidency. Sanders's mother died in June 1959 at the age of 46 shortly after Sanders graduated from high school. Sanders went to Brooklyn College for a year before transferring to the University of Chicago. While there, he was active in the Civil Rights Movement, and a student organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. One of the actions he took was the coordination of sit-in protests against segregated campus housing. Sanders also participated in the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. He graduated from the University of Chicago with a bachelor of arts degree in political science in 1964. After graduating, Sanders spent several months on an Israeli kibbutz, and he moved to Vermont in 1968.[/QUOTE]
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders[/url]
[B]Here are also some important links if any of you are interested - [/B]
[QUOTE][url]https://www.facebook.com/berniesanders?fref=ts[/url]
[url]https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/[/url]
[url]https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/28138-15-15-15-moneybomb-for-bernie?locale=en[/url][/QUOTE]
[B]If any of you are interested in seeing Sanders become president, but worry he cannot fund raise enough money, these links are VERY helpful for your support to the campaign:[/B]
[QUOTE][url]https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/28138-15-15-15-moneybomb-for-bernie?locale=en[/url] [B]- You don't even need to donate, just support it.[/B]
[url]https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/lets-go-bernie?refcode=homepage_module&amount=10[/url][B] - Donations [/B]
[url]https://store.berniesanders.com/[/url] [B]- Merchandise [/B][/QUOTE]
[B]Wanna know what Bernie wants for the US? Read this. It is hugely important:[/B] [url]http://www.sanders.senate.gov/agenda/[/url]
Cool facts about Bernie:
- Longest serving independent in the US Senate
- Former mayor of Burlington, Vermont
- Only declared Democratic Socialist in the US government
- Is Jewish
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