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2016 Postmortem

appalachiablue

(41,132 posts) Fri Feb 5, 2016, 12:00 PM Feb 2016

NOW, BERNIE ON *CSPAN (Uncut!) Speaking in New Hampshire at St. Anselm College

in Manchester at the 'Eggs and Politics Breakfast'. He's been speaking about 20 mins. It was carried on MSNBC for a while but they cut away.

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NOW, BERNIE ON *CSPAN (Uncut!) Speaking in New Hampshire at St. Anselm College (Original Post) appalachiablue Feb 2016 OP

Very soft-spoken but detailed and compelling. bklyncowgirl Feb 2016 #1

You described him today very well. Rushed sound bite interviews on cable news, and appalachiablue Feb 2016 #2

bklyncowgirl

(7,960 posts)

1. Very soft-spoken but detailed and compelling.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Fri Feb 5, 2016, 12:08 PM

Feb 2016

I'm used to seeing him in "stadium rocker" mode. This is a smaller group, much more intimate setting. Mostly middle aged business type audience. He ties his arguments together in what is really a damning indictment on our political system.

appalachiablue

(41,132 posts)

2. You described him today very well. Rushed sound bite interviews on cable news, and

Reply to bklyncowgirl (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 5, 2016, 01:09 PM

Feb 2016

drama-spectacle debate events forbid this kind of deep, thoughtful public speaking that was so well respected even until the 1960s and into the 1980s.

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