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I was 2 years older than Bernie ....... (Original Post)
jillan
Feb 2016
OP
Nice. Also reminds me of Jimmy Carter and all that he is still accomplishing.
Marie Marie
Feb 2016
#3
This might be interesting because Mandela is such an icon that this kind of comparison could
Cheese Sandwich
Feb 2016
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DemocraticWing
(1,290 posts)1. Even worse, he was an old SOCIALIST
ebayfool
(3,411 posts)2. Bam! That right there! n/t
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)3. Nice. Also reminds me of Jimmy Carter and all that he is still accomplishing.
Commitment to justice and decency indeed has no age limit.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)4. K&R - Good one! nt
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)5. This might be interesting because Mandela is such an icon that this kind of comparison could
come across as presumptuous or disrespectful.
It would work slightly better as a statement instead of a quote spoken in first person voice.
jillan
(39,451 posts)6. Point taken. It's going around twitter, so I snagged it for us. I think it's just a point being made
Definitely NO disrespect to Mandela!
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)7. I'm sure you didn't mean any damage
onehandle
(51,122 posts)8. So Obama's America = Apartheid South Africa?
Cool story, bro.
HerbChestnut
(3,649 posts)9. W...T...Actual...F...
I honestly have no words...