Bernie lights fire of Doors drummer

[n2doc]

By John Densmore

This wasn’t an acid flashback, although to my ears it sounded like one. Several months ago, I was with 27,000 people screaming for a disheveled, 74-year-old senator from Vermont. We were in the Los Angeles Sports Arena, where The Doors played in the 1960s. I remember the mass adulation, but that was for our lead singer in leather pants. Even though the white-haired politician has no colorful wardrobe, after he speaks, you want to hug him. Why? Because what Bernie Sanders says feels like the unbridled truth. And he says it loud!

Backstage I said, “It’s so refreshing, almost shocking to hear words that ring true ... out of a politician! You’re like the pope!” That’s why the mass appeal (pun intended).

Let’s not forget that just a couple years ago, in thousands of cities, across 82 countries, on every continent except Antarctica, the mantra that 1 percent owns the 99 percent got embedded in the world’s psyche. Gosh, that’s Bernie Sanders' main theme.

And he’s a minority! We’ve had an African-American in office who, at times, has been rather centrist. We now see that some Hispanic politicians (Rubio, Cruz) are as conservative as they come. And Maggie Thatcher didn’t exactly bestow motherly love. So, it’s not about race or gender any more. It’s about substance.

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http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/caucus/2016/01/21/bernie-lights-fire-doors-drummer/79118130/

[libdem4life]

1. The Boomers...still coming on strong, with a hand up to the next generations...do us Proud.

[appalachiablue]

2. Nice article. Densmore was on Hartmann to promote the LA music event last summer

maybe. Loved their music, drove my parents berserk playing it although Dad actually had a great sense of humor and tolerance about it.

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, n2doc.