Why teens call Bernie Sanders "Daddy"

[Uncle Joe]

Dan Almasi, Sports Editor
February 10, 2016

(snip)

Some teens look up to Bernie as a literal father-like figure who serves as a moral compass.

“I call Bernie Sanders Daddy because he is always watching over me. Every time I consider doing something bad, like hard drugs, or not paying the meter, I hear a heavy Brooklyn accent echoing in my head, talking about the shrinking middle class. It’s my Daddy, Bernie Sanders, telling me to rethink my actions,” said Breanna Ghazali (@JollyGhazali), a 19-year-old Des Moines Area Community College student from Urbandale, Iowa.

“I call Bernie Sanders Daddy because he has all the qualities of a steadfast father: loyal, loving, supportive – he’s like the type of dad who shows up to your soccer game, and even if you don’t win, he buys you ice cream. He believes in you, he respects you – especially as a young woman – and he wants the best for you,” said Kiara (@kgdrue), an 18-year-old DePauw University student from Greencastle, Indiana.

(snip)

Some teens call Bernie Sanders ‘Daddy’ because it’s funny, even though his campaign is no joke.

“The reason I call Bernie Sanders Daddy is because of the humor in saying that. And also because he’s been able to win over people on social media, not by trying to be funny, but by talking about issues that matter to young people like college affordability, universal healthcare and minimum wage. Once you win over teenagers, all the jokes and memes will come naturally,” said Ben Forte (@BEEN_JAMM1N), a 19-year-old Butler Community College student from Wichita, Kansas.

(snip)


They believe he is their actual father as he is the first being they gazed upon after hatching out of their Twitter egg.

“I call Bernie Sanders Daddy because he is Daddy. He knows exactly what the millennials want and everything he says just makes me go ‘YASSSSSSS!!!,” said Lauren Pellegrino (@TrippyLoner), a 20-year-old Valencia College student from Orlando, Florida.

(snip)

They share mutual respect.

“I do it to be humorous for the most part, but I do think it speaks to our generation as a whole that someone who looks like Bernie Sanders gets called “Daddy.” He’s not a bad looking man, it’s just that it’s his mind we’re attracted to. Bernie Sanders is Daddy as F because he cares about my rights. I can sit on his lap and call him “Daddy,” and he’d still give me the respect I deserve. That makes him the epitome of “Daddy,” said Alex (@tophatstevie), a 20-year-old from San Pedro, California.

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https://buffstaterecord.com/6409/opinion/why-the-teens-call-bernie-sanders-daddy/

[UniteFightBack]

1. Bizarre. nt

[highplainsdem]

2. Very.

[Uncle Joe]

3. I know, I guess they prefer a daddy over an Uncle Joe

[Hassin Bin Sober]

4. Yep. I've referred to Joe as Uncle Joe for years. I've always liked Joe Biden.

I’ve heard him called that here by others. Now those terms are bizarre?

[TexasTowelie]

30. Republicans refer to Biden as Uncle Joe

because that was FDR's nickname for Joseph Stalin. I refuse to use that nickname in reference to Biden.

[radical noodle]

5. More like Grandpa n/t

[BlueFlorida]

6. ...

If one has to explain it and defend it, the damage has already been done.

[Uncle Joe]

7. ...

What damage to the word "daddy?"

[Me.]

8. They Believe He Is Thier Actual Father?

Some weird type of thing going on.

[Uncle Joe]

10. Ideal "Father like figure" someone that best exemplifies the highest meaning of the word.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

13. That fits Bernie to a T!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[Me.]

28. OMG

Now I've heard everything, or is this an April Fool's joke?

[Gothmog]

38. I was also hoping that this was a bad April Fools joke

[Me.]

43. ...

[ehrnst]

46. Yes - especially when I saw it was from a college newspaper, I thought it was satire.

Then I looked at the date.

Never heard of this until now. But it certainly does make one wonder about the recent tweet from BS's national press secretary.

Are they actually test marketing "daddy Bernie?" If they were, it looks like they found out it was a bad idea, judging from the response on twitter, and the scrubbing of that tweet.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

73. I don't think I called my father daddy past the age of six

Just saying

[brush]

20. Shouldn't that be "great grandfather" of teens today?

Just saying. Sanders is closing in on 80 pretty fast.

[LongtimeAZDem]

9. That borders on cult-like, frankly.

[Tarheel_Dem]

11. This isn't going to end well. n/t

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

14. Certainly not for those who are anti-Bernie!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[mr_lebowski]

12. As long as his catchphrase doesn't become "Who's Your Daddy?" ...

For real though whatever the media says 'this is what all the kids are doing these days' I feel pretty confident in saying ... it's what very few to none are ACTUALLY doing ...

[Uncle Joe]

15. This article was from 2016 and many of them are still wanting a

better life, higher education, livable wages, health care that doesn't break them, urgently addressing the crisis of climate change, etc. etc.

Bernie has been on the right side of these issues for decades and thanks to the Internet, they know it.

[mr_lebowski]

16. I hear ya ... I was kinda messin' around ... (as I often do here n/t)

[Uncle Joe]

17. ...

Peace to you mr_lebowski.

[mr_lebowski]

18. Watching this thread go down is amusing to watch, I have to say ...

Especially when the story's from 2016 ... lol ...

[lapucelle]

51. SUNY Buffolo is now tuition free thanks to Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo.

Democrats get things done.

[corbettkroehler]

58. Got That Right! And Who Pushed HARD In 2016 For Free Tuition?

Hint: it wasn't the former New York Senator.

[ehrnst]

61. Interesting how that senator pulled Sanders to the left on the issue...

Hillary Clinton Joins Gov. Cuomo to Sign Free College Tuition Bill Into Law

He credited the former secretary of state for first conceiving of the program — and said he got the idea after hearing Clinton propose free state college tuition while on the campaign trail last year.

"The inspiration for the idea came from a woman who I know very, very well, who I spent eight years with in Washington," Cuomo said.

https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170412/long-island-city/hillary-clinton-andrew-cuomo-free-college-tuition-excelsior-scholorship-bill/

Bernie did come around to Hillary's idea of requiring that the wealthy pay for their kids tuition at four year public universities, so that others could go tuition free without as much burden on taxpayers, and all could go to community college for free.

Senator Bernie Sanders stepped into that breach Monday afternoon, introducing a bill with Senator Elizabeth Warren, Representative Keith Ellison, and several other members of Congress. The College for All Act aims to eliminate tuition and fees at public four-year colleges and universities for students from families that make up to $125,000 per year. The bill would make community college tuition-free for all income levels.

https://www.thenation.com/article/bernie-sanders-just-introduced-his-free-college-tuition-plan/

"I'm a little different from those who say free college for everybody," she said on NBC's "Today" show in 2015. "I am not in favor of making college free for Donald Trump's kids. I am in favor of making college free for your grandson by having no-debt tuition."

Clinton's plan would make tuition at four-year public colleges and universities "debt free" and would be calculated based on family income.

Her proposal starts by making public college free for families that earn $85,000 or less annually, gradually lifting the threshold up to families that earn $125,000 a year by 2021. Community college would be free for all students, and interest rates on student loans would be decreased.

https://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-free-college-tuition-plan-details-2016-9

[lapucelle]

68. Fact: It was former NYS Senator HRC who proposed exactly the plan that NYS adopted.

LONG ISLAND CITY — Hillary Clinton joined Gov. Andrew Cuomo in Queens Wednesday to sign the state's new free college tuition bill into law — and the governor credited the former presidential candidate for inspiring the program, which will make CUNY and SUNY colleges tuition-free for qualifying students whose families earn $125,000 or less a year.

The new law, which Cuomo announced alongside U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders in January, will be called the Excelsior Scholarship and was included in the $153.1 billion state budget that lawmakers passed on Friday.

"That will make this place a better place and this scholarship program is going to transform lives," Cuomo said at the bill-signing event at LaGuardia Community College, where Clinton joined him on stage.

He credited the former secretary of state for first conceiving of the program — and said he got the idea after hearing Clinton propose free state college tuition while on the campaign trail last year.

"The inspiration for the idea came from a woman who I know very, very well, who I spent eight years with in Washington," Cuomo said.

Here's HRC's 2015-2016 policy proposal. It provided the blueprint forthe NYS legislation which mirrors her precise, detailed plan:

Here’s what every student and family should expect under Hillary’s plan:

Every student should have the option to graduate from a public college or university in their state without taking on any student debt.

By 2021, families with income up to $125,000 will pay no tuition at in-state four-year public colleges and universities. And from the beginning, every student from a family making $85,000 a year or less will be able to go to an in-state four-year public college or university without paying tuition.

All community colleges will offer free tuition.

https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/college/

Have a donut.

[ehrnst]

63. Yep: "Hillary Clinton Joins Gov. Cuomo to Sign Free College Tuition Bill Into Law"

LONG ISLAND CITY — Hillary Clinton joined Gov. Andrew Cuomo in Queens Wednesday to sign the state's new free college tuition bill into law — and the governor credited the former presidential candidate for inspiring the program, which will make CUNY and SUNY colleges tuition-free for qualifying students whose families earn $125,000 or less a year.
...................................................
He credited the former secretary of state for first conceiving of the program — and said he got the idea after hearing Clinton propose free state college tuition while on the campaign trail last year.

"The inspiration for the idea came from a woman who I know very, very well, who I spent eight years with in Washington," Cuomo said.

The Excelsior Scholarship will be phased in over the next three years. Starting this fall, it will offer free tuition for qualifying SUNY or CUNY students whose families make up to $100,000 a year, with that amount increasing to $110,000 in 2018 and $125,000 in 2019.

"I cannot tell you adequately how thrilled I was when the governor, as you heard him say, took this idea and said, 'It’s going to happen in New York,'" Clinton said. "I hope it's the first of many states."

https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170412/long-island-city/hillary-clinton-andrew-cuomo-free-college-tuition-excelsior-scholorship-bill/

[lapucelle]

70. Democrats get things done. In NYS, we also have a $15/hr minimum wage

in metro areas and are on track to have it totally phased in state wide by 2020-2021. In addition, Roe v Wade was recently codified into state law, and we passed a gold standard family leave act. We have strong Democratic leadership and support in NYS.

It's a shame that other states have been unable to achieve any goals and that some states with "progressive" reputations are saddled with Republican governors who veto raises to the minimum wage, refuse to consider family leave legislation, allow universities to be driven into bankruptcy by mismanagement, and send the incarcerated (disproportionately POC) to serve their time in hellish for-profit prisons hundreds of miles from home and family and community support systems.

I know it's glamorous to be on the road garnering media attention, but one would think that leaders from those states might spend a bit more time at home working to get local Democrats elected so that their actual constituents could have better quality of life.

[ehrnst]

74. +1000. (nt)

[Apple Fritter]

19. Lol

I didn't know Bernie was given the "Daddy" title. HAHA a lot of different people have that title to intentionally make people uncomfortable. I know the term"daddy" has been coming back into fashion as a joke. To call a boyfriend daddy is like cringey to me, but it's also the point of the joke! No man is safe from the d-word haha.

[Maru Kitteh]

21. All of this makes me want to puke a little. "Daddy" "Father" Sisters and Brothers"

It feels WAY too culty for me. That's my opinion.

[lunamagica]

22. This is The Onion, right?

[docgee]

23. And I thought millennials were fucking wierd!

[murielm99]

24. Ewww.....

I hope this is an April Fool's Day joke.

[JI7]

25. no

[RandySF]

26. And people call Biden creepy?

[bigtree]

27. this does not help me

...oof.

[still_one]

29. Sorry, but I wouldn't be bragging about this. At best it almost sounds like idol worship

and at worst I won't even delve into

[namahage]

31. Mmmmhmmm.

They have daddy issues, and Bernie knows how to solve them.

“I call him Daddy because I have deep-seated Daddy issues and I need a father figure in my life. Also his drug policy is my shit,” said Chris (@crasstopher_), a 22-year old Michigan State University student.

Bernie is their Bill Clinton.

“With his age and his status, I’d love to be his Monica Lewinsky,” said 18-year-old Kody (@k_horvath23), a Florida State University student from Tallahassee, Florida.

Some teens support Bernie Sanders for superficial reasons.

“I call Bernie Sanders Daddy because he WOKE, he CUTE, he FINE, and he old,” said Will (@EGGSERCISE), a 15-year-old from Salt Lake City, Utah.

They are being controlled by a shapeshifting pizza demon named Nefarious who wants to pursue a romantic relationship with their label manager, Matt.

“I call Bernie Sanders Daddy because I am being controlled by a shapeshifting pizza demon named Nefarious who wants to pursue a romantic relationship with my label manager, Matt,” said Justin Andrew (@falsepanic), a 21-year-old University of Tennessee student from Knoxville, Tennessee.

[Skidmore]

32. The same Bernie who

abandoned his own son as a child and wouldn't support him as an adult when he ran for office? SMH.

[ehrnst]

35. Indeed. (nt)

[comradebillyboy]

54. Bernie's family values at work.

[WeekiWater]

33. .

[ehrnst]

34. Is a college newspaper a source of the now deleted tweet by his national press secretary?

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"The youths have spoken. They want daddy Bernie."

I know she was referring to a poll, but did she get that "daddy" thing from a college newspaper?

[BooScout]

36. Well this totally creeped me out...

I have strong urge to go take a bleach bath now. Ewww

[cwydro]

37. Ditto. nt

[ehrnst]

39. A 21yr old sports writer for a college newspaper interviewed teens about calling BS "daddy" in 2016?

I never heard anything about this at all at the time.

Interesting it gets discovered now.

The author's linkedin page.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-almasi-52397310b/

[highplainsdem]

40. I've always believed Bernie's free-college promise was 90+% of his appeal to young voters,

and it's a promise I don't think he can deliver on, especially with state governments required to share the cost (a detail I've found some of his supporters are completely unaware of).

Take that promise away...

[ehrnst]

41. I believe that "free college for all" scores much better than "debt free college" in focus groups of

college students.

[highplainsdem]

42. Of course. And free college plus free unlimited pizza would score even better.

My point is that most of the people I've met who are enthralled by the free-college promise simply aren't aware that Bernie's plan would require the states, including states controlled by Republicans, to pay a large fraction of the cost. Which is not likely to happen.

[ehrnst]

45. Definitely. Especially in the original proposal, which didn't require wealthy people to pay what

they were able to, and would have burdened taxpayers with covering tuition for rich people's kids. Which was also really popular with rich people's kids.

It seems that Hillary pulled him to the left on this, as was shown after the General election.

[Me.]

44. Has He Offered Free Pot Yet?

Bet that would score highest of all

[lapucelle]

55. SUNY Buffalo is now tuition free thanks to Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo.

You know, the guy Cynthia Nixon called "a closet virtual Republican".

"Damn those damn 'incrementalist centrists' and their damn $15/hr minimum wage and free state university tuition!"

[comradebillyboy]

64. Cuomo worries more about results than ideological purity.

I like those folks who actually advance the ball. As opposed to those folks who only talk about the ball.

[ismnotwasm]

47. What the actual fuck?

Ok. You got me. This is satire.

“I call Bernie Sanders Daddy because he is always watching over me. Every time I consider doing something bad, like hard drugs, or not paying the meter, I hear a heavy Brooklyn accent echoing in my head, talking about the shrinking middle class. It’s my Daddy, Bernie Sanders, telling me to rethink my actions,” said Breanna Ghazali (@JollyGhazali), a 19-year-old Des Moines Area Community College student from Urbandale, Iowa.

Bernie is their Bill Clinton.
“With his age and his status, I’d love to be his Monica Lewinsky,” said 18-year-old Kody (@k_horvath23), a Florida State University student from Tallahassee, Florida.

My Personal favorite;

They are being controlled by a shapeshifting pizza demon named Nefarious who wants to pursue a romantic relationship with their label manager, Matt.
“I call Bernie Sanders Daddy because I am being controlled by a shapeshifting pizza demon named Nefarious who wants to pursue a romantic relationship with my label manager, Matt,” said Justin Andrew (@falsepanic), a 21-year-old University of Tennessee student from Knoxville, Tennessee.

[Uncle Joe]

59. No, it's a combination of inspiration and humor.

[George II]

48. Briahna Joy Gray isn't a teenager.

[nolabear]

49. Too bad it's not Pete Buttigieg.

He could be Hoosier Daddy.


I’ll see myself out....

[WeekiWater]

50. Daddy, why do all of the kids at the roller rink ask me about your taxes?

This daddy thing is going to blow up into some beautiful meme's.

[peggysue2]

60. Hahahaha!

Daddy, why do all of the kids at the roller rink ask me about your taxes?

Another belly-laugh! Thanks for that.

[namahage]

65. Daddy, can you spot me $25,000 so I can run a think tank?

I'm tired of being a snowboard salesman.

[WeekiWater]

67. Daddy Daddy. The gig is up!

[Renew Deal]

52. That's some Chavista fealty

[itsrobert]

53. Cult.

Next.

[qazplm135]

56. whenever a teen calls Bernie Daddy...

an Angel gets its nose-ring.

[Celerity]

62. roflmaooooooooooo

[comradebillyboy]

66. I hate nose rings. And tattoos. God, I'm old.

[WeekiWater]

57. I had no clue this was a thing. From 2016.

[BlueFlorida]

69. It is creepy nt

[David__77]

71. cool with me

If that’s someone’s experience of Bernie Sanders, that’s ok with me!

[Uncle Joe]

72. I keep thinking about how with each generational change, language, symbolism

and culture are modified usually to the chagrin of the previous generation(s), it's a form of minor culture shock.

[SouthernProgressive]

75. Wow.

Every time I consider doing something bad, like hard drugs, or not paying the meter, I hear a heavy Brooklyn accent echoing in my head, talking about the shrinking middle class. It’s my Daddy, Bernie Sanders, telling me to rethink my actions,” said Breanna Ghazali

[stonecutter357]

76. WOW !