Susan Sarandon Endorses Bernie Sanders

[UglyGreed]

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https://www.facebook.com/PeopleForBernie/videos/1741882769365263/?theater

[in_cog_ni_to]

1. Wonderful! I knew she would. She's a true Progressive!

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[reformist2]

46. One of the few celebrities I truly respect.

[valerief]

2. Of course, she does! She's a people's activist, not a banker's activist. nt

[Ino]

3. Of course she endorses Bernie!

Very heartfelt talk.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. A great lady endorses a great man. So does Bonnie Raitt and Kshama Sawant.

[CharlotteVale]

5. K&R

[beam me up scottie]

6. Dammit Janet!

I'm not big on celebrity endorsements but this is a good one for Bernie, K & R!

[Eric J in MN]

7. I hope celebrities who support Bernie Sanders will do Iowa events.

Sarah Silverman introduced Sanders in Los Angeles.

Killer Mike introduced Sanders in Atlanta.

But I haven't heard of any celebrities introducing Sanders in Iowa.

[CoffeeCat]

28. That would be interesting

but I don't know that it would make much difference in Iowa. In fact, I tend to think that Iowans look at celebrity schlepping as a bit gimmicky. We take this process pretty seriously and we tend to balk at tactics like that. We're pretty boring that way!

There are exceptions. Oprah's endorsement/event for Obama was extremely helpful. She's in a league of her own, though--and she was a transformative person who was giving testament to a transformative politician. So, it made sense.

I could see a Mark Ruffalo getting involved to endorse Bernie's environmental policies/stances. That would make sense.

Hillary had Katy Perry open for her at the JJ dinner and do a concert. Hillary's crowd was the same size as Bernie's crowd. I don't see it having a difference-making impact.

Stuff like that can backfire in Iowa--and make you look desperate. But I do get what you are saying! Bernie is drawing 2,500+ crowds now in Iowa. His crowds keep growing and growing and growing. The peak caucus season that happens in the latter two weeks of January should be AWESOME!! I think he's become the celebrity!

Bernie may want to check into renting some Iowa stadiums or indoor arenas!

[Eric J in MN]

43. Some of Sanders' events in Iowa had over 2500 people but others had 100 people.

Maybe an event which had 100 people would have had 2500 with celebrity help.

[cascadiance]

48. A good celebrity to target for the Iowa caucuses would be Ashton Kutcher...

... who is from Iowa and even attended many Iowa basketball games when he was married to Demi Moore earlier. Perhaps target getting him to endorse Bernie as is being done on this page:



http://www.betterworld.net/quotes/EndorseBernie/endorse2k.htm

His new wife Mila Kunis though is a Hillary supporter now.

[Amimnoch]

8. Hmm, a 1% er. I wonder if Bernie is going to turn it down?

There goes that meme since Susan has a net worth of over $50 million.

She supported Hillary's opponent for her New York Senate run.
She supported Barak Obama in 2008.
She's made it apparent that she doesn't think much of Secretary Clinton.

She's a stellar actress. She's an incredible activist, and overall one hell of a wonderful person. BUT... this is hardly either news or shocking.

[cali]

10. Why would he turn it down? Bernie isn't against wealthy people.

Do consider becoming informed.

[Ken Burch]

18. It's a lot more newsworthy than Wall Street Dem Leon Panetta endorsing the Wall Street candidate.

Oh, and Bernie has NOTHING in common with Ron Paul. Ron Paul's politics are driven solely by greed and bigotry. Bernie's are driven solely by the common good and total opposition to all forms of bigotry.

[Amimnoch]

45. Heh, more newsworthy than the Planned parenthood endorsement?

nt.

[Warren DeMontague]

31. Nah, he should justify it "because nineeleven"

Ive heard that a primary candidate can justify pretty much anything, "because nineeleven"!

[WillyT]

9. HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!!

[UglyGreed]

14. According to the date on the

video this speech was recorded yesterday in Brooklyn...................

[SoapBox]

12. Alright!

Thank you Susan!

[TIME TO PANIC]

13. K & R !

[AzDar]

15. Love this!

[Enthusiast]

16. Kicked and recommended!

Thank you, Susan!

[MeNMyVolt]

17. That's a nice pick-up. Always liked her.

[Ken Burch]

19. Why did Bernie's YouTube channel make this video private?

That pretty much defeats the purpose of posting an endorsement video.

[bvf]

20. That was *great!* Thanks, UG!

Just great!

Will the phrase "voting with your vagina" earn alerts around here? Guess we'll see...

I'm off to see what Tim Robbins is up to!

(Yes, I know there's no connection there anymore, and I've heard he's not as outspoken anymore, but "Cradle Will Rock," y'know?l

Back to Sarandon: Fantastic on her!!

[LiberalLovinLug]

21. K & R

[MohRokTah]

22. I ADORE Susan Sarandon!

Her endorsement doesn't alter my opinion in the primaries one whit, but still, I ADORE Susan Sarandon.

[azmom]

23. Woohoo

[Spitfire of ATJ]

24. I wonder if Hillary wanted her.

[marmar]

26. Love that woman

[oasis]

27. The same Sarandon who was national co-chair for Nader's 2000 presidential run?

If so, she has our thanks for assisting Bush's theft of the election.

[marmar]

30. Still flogging that bs talking point?

[oasis]

33. Let me put it this way. No Bush, no Hillary IWR vote.

How does that work for you?

[PowerToThePeople]

37. Hillary's vote was hers alone

No one is at fault for it but Hillary.

[MeNMyVolt]

32. Shit, didn't know that. I rescind my comment above.

She did a lot of good stuff against the war though. I have a problem forgiving Naderites.

[oasis]

34. Her heart's in the right place. We all make mistakes.

There should be room for true Democrats to forgive both Susan and Hillary for falling victims to the Law of Unforeseen Consequences.

[MeNMyVolt]

35. You're right. Thank you for that!

I rescind my previous rescind.

[oasis]

39. Good on you for that, being the good Democrat you surely are.

[marmar]

36. Hillary is a hawk. No "unforseen consequences".

She had access to all the same info that those of us who saw this coming had.

[oasis]

38. You had the same info that was shared among Kerry, Biden, Colin Powell,

Hillary, and many other high officials and congress folk?

Wow.

[marmar]

40. She had access to the same info that caused Barbara Boxer, Ted Kennedy....

..... Carl Levin, Dick Durbin and 17 other senators to vote NO on the IWR.

She didn't because she's a HAWK.

[oasis]

42. We'll just have to disagree on "hawkishness". For the record, I,

Like millions of others worldwide, was against the invasion of Iraq. The Cheney/Bush/Perle/ Wolfowitz/PNAC crew worked overtime putting out false information about Saddam's threat to the U.S..

It's only natural that certain congress folk would vote no on any hint of a war no matter what evidence was put before them.

[FarPoint]

29. She will embrace Hillary very soon....

She has in the past....so, don't hold your breathe.

[quickesst]

41. I think Bernie should reject her endorsement

... based upon the criteria his supporters have framed him with. She's a 1%er, unless, I suppose, one believes she is a better human being then say, Salma Hayek?

[stillwaiting]

49. Salma Hayek is married to a billionaire. nt

[quickesst]

51. And that

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... makes her less of a good person than a multimillionaire? The more money one has, the worse one is, and the less one has, the better they are. There is one hell of a long gap between poverty and multi millionaire status. So, given those guidelines, Susan Sarandon is hardly what Sanders supporters would deem a very good person, and Salma Hayek would be one of the worst. Strange logic.

[stillwaiting]

52. I would say BILLIONAIRES are different than millionaires. Yes I would.

Very few billionaires would support Bernie Sanders. And there's a reason for that.

[quickesst]

54. Wash rinse repeat...

... Again why is Susan Sarandon a better human being then Salma Hayek? It is obvious that you measure the worth of a human being by the wealth they have. By your logic the worst criminal in prison would be a better human being than Susan Sarandon.

[stillwaiting]

55. No. That is NOT my logic.

I believe that something happens to people when they amass BILLIONS of dollars (or, perhaps, only a special type of person is able to amass billions of dollars in the first place).

By the way, science has demonstrated that as an individual gets more and more wealthy, their empathy tends to be lower.

[quickesst]

56. Ok...

'No. That is NOT my logic.".

"I believe that something happens to people when they amass BILLIONS of dollars (or, perhaps, only a special type of person is able to amass billions of dollars in the first place)."
Nuff said.

[7wo7rees]

44. SWEET!! nt

[one_voice]

47. I love Susan Sarandon! She seems like a really good person.

[senz]

50. Yay, Susan Sarandon! So many good people for Bernie!

Her bio reads like a Hillary wanabe's dream:

Internationally acclaimed actress Susan Sarandon has dedicated much of her time to fighting hunger, promoting women’s issues and helping people with HIV/AIDS. She was appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in December 1999.

Since her appointment, Ms. Sarandon has helped raise awareness about UNICEF-supported child development and education programmes in developing countries. On mission for UNICEF, she participated in HIV/AIDS youth advocacy events in the United Republic of Tanzania, and met with women and girls who were victims of gender discrimination in India.

And like any woman of good sense and high integrity, she LOVES Bernie!

[Babel_17]

53. Not a lot of celebrity endorsements mean much to me, hers does

Hers does, in that I respect her reasoned opinions.