A Christian, A Muslim and A Jew Go Canvassing For Bernie Sanders

[LongTomH]

Great piece on Huffpost:

We meet outside my apartment at seven in the morning on a freezing cold Saturday. We're Facebook friends, but total strangers; three idealistic pilgrims on a quest to the faraway land of Iowa, that frigid empty wasteland that will decide our nation's next president.

As soon as we're on the highway, a sense of excitement permeates the car. We don't know each other, but we already know we have the most important thing in common: a passion for social and political change, a desire to be a part of what Bernie calls a political revolution.

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There are some beautiful musings on the spiritual meaning of the Sanders campaign, beautifully summed up in the last 2 paragraphs:

That vision of love and hope is older than, and will continue after, Bernie Sanders. But what Senator Sanders has done is give a voice to the politically disenfranchised and disenchanted all across America. Idealistic? Sure. Improbable? Maybe. But every great thing humanity has ever done was at one point improbable. Out in those cold Iowa streets, doors slamming in our faces, new friends at our sides, we felt anything was possible. That's because anything is possible.

A Christian, a Muslim, and a Jew go canvassing for Bernie Sanders. It's not a joke. It's a political and spiritual revolution.

[in_cog_ni_to]

1. kick!

[Le Taz Hot]

2. VERY cool article!

K & R

[zentrum]

3. Love it! nt

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

4. Stay warm!

nt

[Juicy_Bellows]

5. It's like Voltron.

Powerful on their own but form up to be The Defender of the Universe!

[retrowire]

7. lol nt

[retrowire]

6. Yes, I loved this one. Great read. nt

[WillyT]

8. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[Mnemosyne]

9. KnR! nt

[slipslidingaway]

10. A Christian, A Muslim and A Jew fight for their lives as we did a year ago ...

we had a similar conversation almost a year ago, but it was not about a candidate, it was about surviving a stem cell transplant and the conversation took place at the American Cancer's Center Hope Lodge in NYC. At some point we realized there was a Christian, Muslim and Jewish family together at the table in the common kitchen, but our focus was on survival. We shared meals, and sometimes drugs when insurance companies gave someone trouble.

Happy to say all are alive and doing well considering their circumstances.

We are all in this world together and are striving to survive, this is not unlike people coming together for a common cause/candidate.

In the end we are all just people, just trying to survive.