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sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
1. Good for her for having him on. I hear she is a Hillary supporter so I'm glad she isn't using her
Thu Oct 1, 2015, 01:53 AM
Oct 2015

show to block other candidates. And who knows, she may start #FeelingTheBern as other former Hillary supporters have.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
8. She was very upset in 2008. She wants a woman President very much.
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 02:24 PM
Oct 2015

I do as well, but not so much that I would vote for Hillary in the primary.

 

think

(11,641 posts)
2. Reddit's Sanders group promoted the petition to get Bernie on Ellen's show. Cool that she's having
Thu Oct 1, 2015, 09:31 AM
Oct 2015

him on.

It will be great exposure to an audience that he is probably not as well known with.

 

fbc

(1,668 posts)
3. good point
Thu Oct 1, 2015, 10:16 AM
Oct 2015

I was thinking "Ellen? who cares? who the hell would watch that show?"

But you raise a good point: People that may not know about Bernie might watch that show.

 

think

(11,641 posts)
4. According to Wikipedia the show averages around 3.9 million viewers per episode
Thu Oct 1, 2015, 10:51 AM
Oct 2015

That's a lot of people who probably aren't real familiar with the Sanders campaign at this point. It looks like great exposure for Bernie.

We'll see how the dance segment goes....

merrily

(45,251 posts)
9. Um, did you see Hillary on Ellen's show?
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 02:27 PM
Oct 2015

Did you see Primary Colors? Hillary's inability to dance to a beat made it into the film.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
12. LOL - ok. I see. Is good to know what the competition is.
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 05:39 PM
Oct 2015

Dancing politicians .. Too funny. Thanks for the good laugh

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