Bernie Sanders’s ‘100% Brooklyn’ Roots Show Beyond His Accent (NYTimes)

[TBF]

Nice article in the NYTimes this afternoon about Bernie's early years in Brooklyn -


By JASON HOROWITZ ~ JULY 24, 2015

Ivor Williams stood on his porch and stared suspiciously at the visitor who was pointing to the attic of his pink and shingled house near Brooklyn College.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton may be a former senator from New York who located her campaign headquarters in Brooklyn Heights, but all it takes to know who really represents Brooklyn in the race for the Democratic nomination is for Mr. Sanders to open his mouth and utter a few syllables.

As Mr. Sanders, a senator from Vermont, draws large crowds on the campaign trail and enjoys an unexpected surge, his ur-Brooklyn accent and upbringing in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Flatbush off Kings Highway have become a particular point of pride for friends, former schoolmates and fellow progressives in the borough where he was born.

“I’m very proud of the fact that he speaks Brooklyn, because he’s not a phony and that shows,” said Marty Alpert, who used to cheer for Mr. Sanders when he was on the track team at James Madison High School, where she now is on the alumni board ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/us/politics/bernie-sanderss-100-brooklyn-roots-show-beyond-his-accent.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

[TheNutcracker]

1. Go bernie! My whole family is voting for you!

We have been waiting for you to run for president for years!

[udbcrzy2]

2. 'he’s not a phony and that shows'

Great article. I love how the one person said, 'he’s not a phony and that shows'. He's so plain spoken and easy to listen to.

[SoapBox]

3. Bingo!

[RoccoR5955]

4. I am originally from Brooklyn

Not far from where Bernie lived, though I didn't go to Madison.
I know what roots he came from. They are also mine!
They are the best roots in the universe, and Bernie shall win!

[Enthusiast]

5. +1!

[PotatoChip]

6. Has anyone checked out the comments? A VERY good portion of them are favorable

which, as we all know, is an unusual thing for an article written about a politician. Of course, I read it about an hour ago, so a troll army may have since arrived. Still, it lifted my mood to see what was said there.

Lol, one woman simply wrote "I think I'm in love".

I almost never encourage people to a read newspaper comments section, but this might be an exception.

[TBF]

7. I was afraid to do it!

I'm glad to hear they are a little more positive than what we are used to seeing.

[PotatoChip]

8. I know. It can sometimes be a scary thing.

I hate seeing people viciously attacked, even people whose views I don't particularly agree with --if it is a lie, or unfair personal attack.

But obviously, it's worse to see nasty things about someone we care about. I really didn't see a whole lot of that with this piece. I think it's a very good sign!

[LiberalElite]

10. Most of the comments are great! - a few

parrot that old tired Nader business. I commented several times. If anyone sees "Lifelong New Yorker" there it's me.

[merrily]

16. NADER DID NOT RUN IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.

Not shouting at you LE. Just having a few seconds of frustration.\

[beam me up scottie]

9. "Hillary Rodham Clinton may be a former senator from New York..."

Hillary Rodham Clinton may be a former senator from New York who located her campaign headquarters in Brooklyn Heights, but all it takes to know who really represents Brooklyn in the race for the Democratic nomination is for Mr. Sanders to open his mouth and utter a few syllables.

We've all heard her southern drawl, now let's see if she can fake a Brooklyn accent.

[LiberalElite]

11. If she says something like

"toity toid & toid" we'll know she hired a bad speech coach, because no one talks like that now. LULZ

I love NYC accents. But maybe I'm prejudiced - I'm born raised and still live in NYC.

http://www.npr.org/2015/03/21/394438297/new-york-is-losing-the-accent-that-gave-it-toidy-toid-street

[beam me up scottie]

12. I'm biased too, my dad's a New Yawker, born and raised.

And he has funny looking white hair too.

[London Lover Man]

13. My SO is from Brooklyn

so.....

[beam me up scottie]

14. That accent is so familiar, so comforting.

It brings back so many wonderful childhood memories of NY.

[merrily]

15. If she was coached in accents, she deserves a refund.

[L0oniX]

17. Bernard!