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on Tuesday February 19 2019, @05:14PM
from the how-many-candidates-are-there-now? dept.
from the how-many-candidates-are-there-now? dept.
"Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)........is launching a second run for the White House in 2020." breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/19/bernie-sanders-2020-bid
"Reaction to the news was split......with some supporting the 77-year-old and others upset with the move." foxnews.com/politics/trump-campaign-pokes-fun-at-bernie-sanders-2020-announcement-as-reaction-splits-on-candidacy
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(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @12:40AM
Coming to the US in the 80s, I don't remember any young person attracted to politics. "Going into politics" was joining student council to participate in a powerless group and pick litter from the streets in exchange for preferential college admissions.
On the other hand, Bernie Sanders, and a lot of his generation, confronted racism in the South, putting himself at personal risk to fight for something he believed in. They haven't been making them like they used to.
What a difference a few years makes: The current Democratic "favorite", not too much younger than Sanders, instead uses affirmative action and a claim of Indian ancestry for better access to employment.