I just got a call from a volunteer with the HRC campaign. I told her I supported Bernie,

[tblue37]

said, sounding surprised, "You're a Bernie supporter?"

"Yes," I said, "and you should be, too, if you ever want a chance to take our country back from the banksters, the corporations, and the 1%. Besides, the polls show that Bernie would mop the floor with any of the Republican candidates, while Hillary shows just a 1-point lead over Trump--which is within the margin of error--and losing badly to all of the other possible candidates. Maybe you should give some thought to this information and switch sides."

[Mbrow]

1. K&R great line!

thanks

[MMTampa]

28. Just stop it..

Really guys, just stop it right now. Sorry about the Bernie situation. Really, sorry. So really sorry. No, really sorry...

[MrMickeysMom]

39. What, pray tell, are you talking about?

To you want to stop the happy thought upon hearing the story of the caller and response was to encourage support of Bernie Sanders?

Is there some trauma associated with that?

[Stryder]

44. I'm not. In fact things are going better than I thought.

But I do appreciate your sincerity. (Oh, and we will not stop.)

[Cheap_Trick]

64. Overconfidence, thy name is Hillary supporters.

See 2008.

[Fawke Em]

65. You'll be really sorry when your candidate loses to Trump.

She doesn't attract independents or Millennials and Republicans will crawl naked over glass to vote against her. Add an FBI investigation and possible indictment over her head and she'll be lucky to win some blue states, much less the purple ones.

[thereismore]

2. Excellent work.

Are you black by any chance? That would explain her consternation.

[tblue37]

4. Nope. A 65-year-old white woman. Maybe that is why she thought I would support Hillary. nt

[thereismore]

5. Oh yes. That too. nt

[Peace Patriot]

45. We need to start a group: Old Fartettes for Bernie? (Old Peacetitties for Bernie?)

I'm getting real disgusted with my demographic (born in the year of The Bomb, campaigned for JFK in 1960, when I was 16). Hillary Clinton is a disaster for feminism and for everything else.

Just learned this week that she has Henry Frigging Kissinger for an advisor. And now, PNAC's Robert Kagan!!! Do we have to do THAT all over again? Christ! Yes--Hillary the neo-con! She might as well be Maggie Thatcher! Worse. She might as well be Bush in those guys' bloody hands. And how dare they use my lifetime feminist struggle, and your lifetime feminist struggle, and every woman's lifetime feminist struggle as a MASK FOR WAR!!! HOW DARE THEY!!!

See my comments on what Susan Sarandon said. There is FEAR in Hollywood of the bully "Alpha" girls. Fear! People "won't come out for Bernie" because they "fear being shamed"! I kid you not. WTF is going on!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141368021
(last comment)

[tblue37]

49. Preach it sister!

And how dare they use my lifetime feminist struggle, and your lifetime feminist struggle, and every woman's lifetime feminist struggle as a MASK FOR WAR!!! HOW DARE THEY!!!

(BTW, I was 10 in 1960.)

[Betty Karlson]

55. Bernie-Bras?

Sorry, couldn't resist the lame humour.

[mnhtnbb]

57. I'll join that group!

A lot of us 60ish women (I'll be 65 in less than week) broke glass ceilings or were otherwise the token female in male dominated professions. Hillary is the old style "do it the way the guys did it" to
get power. I do believe that's one reason she's so hawkish...she wants to show her "balls" to the guys she wants to play with, much the same way Trump has to talk about
the size of his dick.

I proudly voted for Bernie yesterday in early voting in NC--and so did my 73 year old husband.

[sarge43]

3. Any reply or did she just hang up? n/t

[tblue37]

6. She was very polite. She thanked me for my time and then I thanked her

for listening, asked her to think about what I had said, and then said goodbye.

I suspect that I won't get any more calls from that campaign, though, since the volunteer probably made a note that I would try to persuade callers to switch sides.

ON EDIT: We were BOTH polite and friendly. I think that is important.

[sarge43]

9. Well done to you both. n/t

[Bubzer]

12. +1

[Gilmore Tuttle]

63. Both Polite

There was a time when opposing politicos only went after positions on issues. Nowadays, positions, issues and the concerns of the electorate are of little consequence. When I see the conduct of the Republican candidates, I wonder who stinks the worst, since they're all rubbing shit in their hair.

[Cleita]

7. I find the Hillary supporters both here and in real life cultish. Every time I say I'm a Bernie

supporter, they get that deer in headlights look and walk away.

[abelenkpe]

18. Omg that is exactly how my aunt responded

Mind you she's well off, wife of a retired lobbyists in Northern VA. She's passionate about electing a woman and doesn't understand why younger generations are attracted to Bernie. Her mom loved FDR though and so she sees his plans as attractive but unattainable.

[desmiller]

27. I no longer call this "Hillary Hypnosis." I now called it "Extreme Obsession"

[Akicita]

70. I think they get that look and walk away because they are afraid they're going to have to defend her

It is much easier to just blindly follow her than to try to defend her past and present. I have seen many of her supporters who claim to be feminists start sputtering when I press them to defend Hillary "We must destroy her story" Clinton's treatment of Bill's sex abuse victims. Much easier to walk away. A few here on DU have walked away when I have brought up the subject rather than try to defend her.

[CentralMass]

8. I can hear the teeth gnashing now...

[djean111]

10. Awesome. Thank you.

[jillan]

11. I bet you were the topic of conversation after that call.

[tblue37]

19. Maybe--or maybe they get those kinds of responses all the time. nt

[jillan]

31. Good answer!!!! Woot!

[dchill]

13. K&R!

[LibDemAlways]

14. Awesome! Why would anyone be surprised

to learn that a voter favors Bernie? I frankly would be surprised to find out someone was a Hillary supporter since I've never met one.

[libdem4life]

43. Well, she was a Woman, you know. HRC supporters kind of expect that as a given. n/t

[Fawke Em]

66. Ironically, my local Bernie group has more women than men.

And the women range from all ages. They're aren't just a bunch of "young'ens."

[blondie58]

15. Bravo

Well done and informative. Bernie 2016!

[emulatorloo]

16. What a pleasant exchange!

[tblue37]

23. Yes, it was. That's the thing. We are all on the same side--or at least we

should be. We should not act as though the People's Front of Judea are our blood enemies, because we need to come together in November to defeat the real bad guys, no matter which candidate wins the Democratic nomination. With the likelihood of three vacancies on the SCOTUS, too much is at stake to risk a GOP president.

[Plucketeer]

37. I don't know............

Somehow " we CAN'T" and We CAN don't seem to be from the same page.

[tazkcmo]

61. I don't see it.

From where I'm standing, Sec Clinton is not on my side.

[Ligyron]

17. OK, that does it

You are now totally banned from the Hillary Group for posting this!

[tblue37]

21. I don't normally go to the Hillary group. It is a protected group, so I consider it

their private property and would not want to trespass by going there to voice my support for HRC's opponent. The only times I have ever gone to the Hillary group have been when I had something nice to say about her.

[Ligyron]

25. I am sorry I forgot the sarcasm tag

That is totally on me and I appologize

[Gore1FL]

38. I never went there to troll, but being a Sanders supporter was enough for them to ban me.

They seem unusually frightened.

[JudyM]

20. Nice job! Are you also phonebanking for Bernie at all? You'd be terrific!

[tblue37]

22. No--because I am *severely* hearing impaired. In fact, it took three tries

before I could even figure out that the woman was calling from Hillary's campaign. I had to keep asking her to speak up and to speak more slowly so I could understand what she was saying.

Even when wearing my hearing aids, I rely heavily on lipreading to understand--and I get a lot wrong anyway.

I use both closed captioning AND the volume up all the way to follow TV.

[JudyM]

29. So sorry to hear that... Well I love the awesome job you did with her!

There's texting for Bernie too, but I'm not sure if there's any persuasion involved.

[Turn CO Blue]

52. No persuasion if you're doing texting - just send the reminders, send address to poll location, etc.

They also now have Facebanking for Bernie on Facebook - which works like any type of messaging.

Had my first Facebank contact me last night. He was wonderful (I am already involved in campaign, but was age of my grown kids, so I let him tell me all about how excited he was about Bernie and why.)

The contact mode is either a friend, or a friend of a friend who has "liked" one of the pages/groups identified with Bernie (so not total strangers, no more than one degree of separation).

[JudyM]

58. Cool! Going to check that out.

[WillyT]

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

[Little_Wing]

30. I've gotten calls from the DNC and I support that response

I've politely expressed my disagreement with Bernie's treatment by the DNC. Then I explain my meager income and that the only person I could imagine supporting was Bernie Sanders. And would you please pass that along.
I wonder if the PTB hears that? I see no evidence of that.
It is so frustrating to not get to vote until June (California). Hope Bernie can hang in there.

[Motown_Johnny]

32. I got a call from a Bernie volunteer this morning.

After saying "Hello" she went into a short speech and asked if I would be voting for Bernie next Tuesday.

My one word response, "Absolutely".

She then said that was all she needed to hear and thanked me.

I thanked her for taking the time to volunteer and the conversation ended.


I am guessing it took about 20 seconds from start to finish.

[Ivan Kaputski]

33. k and r

[Uncle Joe]

34. Excellent testimony, tblue.

Thanks for sharing.

[tblue37]

35. I enjoy reading about other Bernie supporters' experiences, which is why I decided to share mine. nt

[tblue37]

41. Oh, BTW--I am tblue37. tblue is a different DUer. ALthough I have never met her,

we call each other "cuz" because of the similarity of our DU nicknames.

[Uncle Joe]

47. I will keep that in mind.

Peace to you, tblue37.

[oldandhappy]

36. Well done. Good job!

[MrMickeysMom]

40. That's a very good response...

As a Bernie phone banker, I can tell you that persons answering me who supported Hillary didn't use the same strategy in their response. One woman said in a rather terse way that she couldn't understand why every woman wasn't supporting Hillary. Since I know that I should not respond TO that, I just let her talk and then thanked her for her time. When that type of call is finished, I simply mark in who they support or are leaning towards, if not Bernie. I move on after.

This response of yours was a thoughtful one. Good on you!

[RoccoR5955]

42. I keep sending them back their mailers

with a pocket full of pennies in the prepaid postage envelopes!

[eridani]

48. Send Bernie literature instead

Might influence whoever opens the envelope.

[greymouse]

50. probably not

They have probably hired a firm to process mail donations, so any comments, etc. just get tossed.

[eridani]

53. That firm would employ people--in a very boring job

Plenty would look at literature just for the distraction, IMO.

[greymouse]

62. no

I'm sure they have no way to feedback about that, if they even cared.

Plus having worked as assembly line type jobs, I can tell you you work as fast as possible or get in trouble. Each worker there probably can open an envelope get a check out and discard the envelope and anything else in it in about one second.

[RoccoR5955]

60. Hmm, good idea! n/t

[Peace Patriot]

46. Thank you for your great on-the-ball thinking! Excellent reply!

[greymouse]

51. OP, good idea

I never thought of doing that. I will if they call me.

[Betty Karlson]

54. Bookmarking this for sheer power of conviction. Recommend it too.

[Enthusiast]

56. Kicked and recommended a whole bunch!

[CharlotteVale]

67. I got a call from an HRC volunter who kept going on about "hardworking Americans" - I

told her I was voting for Bernie because he was on my side and she wasn't. This person immediately responded with "But wouldn't you agree that hardworking Americans..." and I don't know what else she was going to say because I interrupted and told her that I wasn't a hardworking American because I don't work, that lots of people are retired and or just can't work, and to please not call me again. I should have added that I don't respond to dog whistles.

Yeah, like Hillary gives two fucks about "hardworking Americans" - unless they work on Wall Street.

[Fritz Walter]

68. Gee, maybe I ought to stop screening calls

I'm getting LOTS of calls from unfamiliar numbers and I ALWAY let those roll over to voicemail. The callers never leave messages, so I figure I'm avoiding personally telling someone to go to hell.

And you have a lot more tact than I do. My instinct would be to challenge them to persuade their ideal candidate to release scripts or transcripts of her Goldman Sachs speeches, explain how Bill and his bullhorn did not violate electioneering laws in Massachusetts, and justify DWS and DNC's anti-Bernie shenanigans. This call would not end well for either party.

Stay strong, my friend!

[Smarmie Doofus]

69. They don't call me.

I'm red-flagged or something.

I wonder why.

[Unknown Beatle]

71. "Maybe you should give some thought to this information and switch sides."

Really? You told them that? Might as well have conversation with a tomato. If you present facts to a Hillary supporter, they'll not only turn red with anger, they'll deny the facts. With a tomato, they won't get angry with you and they're already red, so save yourself the trouble with HRC supporters.

Yes, I know, tomatoes are only red when they're ripe. Hillary supporters are ripe with daily fresh BS and newly found anger at the truth.

[tblue37]

72. This woman was very polite. Besides, some people support a candidate because they

don't stop to realize there are better alternatives. I seriously doubt I changed her mind, but maybe hearing someone speak calmly and intelligently in Bernie's favor caused her to stop and think for a moment.

I have verifiably caused low-info voters, usually young ones, to switch from GOP to Dem. Often people vote out of misguided brand loyalty, and that can be true in a primary as well as in a general election.