Larry Sanders Weighs in on Campaign (+New Interviews)

[Donkees]

Last edited Sun Jan 31, 2016, 05:43 PM - Edit history (1)

[in_cog_ni_to]

1. Aaaawe...when he cries, it makes me cry! He sounds exactly like Bernie. Same voice and accent.

Thanks for posting this!

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[ypsfonos]

2. Thank you for a wonderful OP

Bernard will be our next president, just like Larry said

[Jarqui]

3. I loved how his older brother

described him as "very truthful" as a boy

He's been this way his entire life.

[CharlotteVale]

4. That was great, and touching.

[valerief]

5. HIs 80-year-old brother looks pretty damn healthy. Must be good genes in the family! nt

[Donkees]

6. Larry plans to join Bernie on campaign trail!

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/07/politics/bernie-sanders-brother-larry-sanders-uk/

Excerpt:

"Larry, the elder by six years, plans to join his sibling on the U.S. presidential campaign trail at some point.


Bernie paid tribute to his big brother last month, when he launched a presidential campaign that will see him take on prohibitive Democratic Party favorite Hillary Clinton.

"I owe my brother an enormous amount. It was my brother who actually introduced me to a lot of my ideas," he said at the launch event."

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"Larry has watched his sibling's political development from his British outpost ever since arriving in England at the end of the '60s. A retired social worker, he has lectured at Oxford and remains deeply involved in health and anti-poverty efforts.

Speaking with a New York accent now overlaid by the plummier tones of southern England, Larry rejected the idea that he and his brother are part of a fringe movement -- even though they are ideologically well to the left of the political center in the UK and the U.S. and have shunned the big political parties.

"I don't think we are out of the mainstream. I think that what we have noticed is that the mainstream has been ignored for a long time," he said.

"Can you believe that you can have a politics that has vast amounts of money -- rich countries -- and more and more of it goes to a tiny amount of people?"

[Live and Learn]

7. K&R nt

[karynnj]

8. Thanks that was so beautiful

In so many ways, his brother has similar characteristics to Senator Sanders - at least from this very short segment. What a remarkable family to have produced two such thoughtful men. Bernie Sanders was a surprisingly cute kid in that picture in the op.

[bvf]

9. Charming. And I don't use the term lightly.

Great clip, thanks!

[snagglepuss]

10. Sincerity& authenticity radiate from both brothers. Yeah their parents would sure be proud.

[ananda]

11. Beautiful!

"The thing to do is to create a better society."

[ChisolmTrailDem]

20. They need that clip to appear in an ad, tout de suite! Like tomorrow or Monday! nt

[Donkees]

23. Excellent idea!

[navarth]

12. Thank you, that was wonderful

Bernie's story is so compelling.

If only people get to know him, they will support him.

[SMC22307]

13. "The thing to do is create a better society" ... instead of hate.

BOTH Sanders brothers are awesome.

[Uncle Joe]

14. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Donkees.

[TryLogic]

15. Very interesting.

[dreamnightwind]

16. That was great!

[mhatrw]

17. Great story and nice interview. nt

[daleanime]

18. You need a warning notice....

so folks can have tissues ready.

[Karmadillo]

19. No clicking!

[Enthusiast]

21. How incredibly awesome!

[RiverLover]

22. This is wonderful.

Thanks for posting.

[Donkees]

24. Another Larry Sanders Interview

[Donkees]

25. Larry Sanders Interview about Bernie's Chances

[Donkees]

26. Bernie Sanders’ brother compares him with Jeremy Corbyn – audio

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2016/feb/10/bernie-sanders-brother-compares-him-with-jeremy-corbyn-audio


Larry Sanders, whose brother is vying to be the Democrats’ US presidential nominee, compares Bernie with the UK’s Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Wednesday, Larry Sanders says winning the Democrat nomination is hard, but winning the presidency against the Republicans will not be difficult
This audio was originally broadcast on BBC Radio4’s Today programme

[Donkees]

27. kick