I love my email appeals from Bernie: "Dear Sisters and Brothers,"

[CTyankee]

and he asks for $3!

and they sign off with "In solidarity."

Wow, I haven't heard words like that since my antiwar days!

I feel like singing "Solidarity forever!"

I'm giving him more than three bucks...

[HereSince1628]

1. I recognize not everyone responds the same way to such things,

but as an ex-Mormon, that sister/brother thing leaves me feeling creepy.

[CTyankee]

2. Oh, yes, I can see how that would...

it used to be "sisters and brothers in the struggle." It was used a lot in direct mail appeals to other lefties...

[HereSince1628]

3. I know. My father was a union officer and we got lots of Union newspapers

which were full of that sort of language back in the late 50's and early 60's.

It's strange but "Citizen, Fellow Citizen, Fellow American's" and 'Comrades" doesn't leave the same oily feeling.

[MADem]

4. I think it sounds affected. Like he's going out of his way to play the Birkinstock card.

Of course, he's my 2nd choice, so his most ardent fans won't care what I think!

I lived through those antiwar days--they weren't much fun. Too many dead friends.

[CTyankee]

5. that war just haunted me...I had a little son and was scared the draft could take him

one day and he would get in harm's way...

[MrMickeysMom]

6. Have you see THIS ONE? It's so, SO GOOD...

(Dear ____,)

If you were wondering how the political and financial establishment of this country would respond to us winning six of seven contests, most of them by extraordinary margins, here’s your answer:

Over the next 15 days alone, Hillary Clinton’s campaign has scheduled 33 high-dollar fundraisers. While Bernie is campaigning in Wisconsin and New York, the Clinton campaign is traveling to places that have already voted like Colorado, Virginia, and Florida to collect massive checks, including one event where couples can contribute $353,000 to sit with George Clooney.

Now, there’s nothing wrong with George Clooney. Everybody loves George Clooney. We’ll even plug his new movie, “Money Monster” that appears to be about the destruction caused by the greed, recklessness, and fraud on Wall Street.

But that $353,000 is an outrageous sum of money. And one of the great questions of this campaign is whether people coming together can overcome the electoral influence of a small number of millionaires and billionaires who are buying our elections.

That is why as we near the Wisconsin primary, we have to ask:

Can Bernie count on you to contribute to our campaign to help us win in Wisconsin and as a way of saying you have had ENOUGH of millionaires and billionaires buying elections? You can do that here:

Of course, I budget a regular amount to Bernie, and so do many others.

[CTyankee]

7. that's pretty much the theme of what I am getting but no salutation by name, which

is why I guess I get the leftie greeting...wonder how they knew h ow far left I am...