Watch Michael Stipe Stump for Bernie Sanders in Brooklyn

[Live and Learn]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-michael-stipe-stump-for-bernie-sanders-in-brooklyn-20160411

Michael Stipe once again found himself in front a microphone Sunday, this time as the introductory speaker at a Bernie Sanders rally in Coney Island, New York. With the Empire State's crucial Democratic primary set for April 19th, the former R.E.M. singer, an avid supporter of the Vermont senator, delivered a passionate four-minute speech on why Sanders has his vote.

At the rally, Stipe praised Sanders as "a man with an unflappable position on issues that are important to me, like LGBTQ rights, environmental justice and equality. Whether we're talking about pay equity, a living wage for all fulltime employees or making sure Main Street doesn't suffer because of Wall Street, Bernie Sanders walks the walk and talks the talk in terms of fairness.

"Over the years of traveling across the United States and outside of America with my former band, I have discovered within myself an underlying but potent appreciation for justice and common decency," Stipe added. "I seek out leaders who represent themselves honestly and fairly, and who share the same appreciation of justice."

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Stipe recently spoke to Rolling Stone about why he's campaigning on Sanders' behalf. "I became aware of his 'outsider-insider' position in Congress," Stipe said in an email. "He's the senator who has consistently voted the way I would if I were a politician, and who has stood firm in his position and belief.

[wendylaroux]

1. Thanks to Micheal Stipe for this. And he is

so right,Bernie has always stood for what was right,not what was popular at the time.

[Warren DeMontague]

2. JEFFERSON I THINK WE'RE LOST

[Zira]

3. Cool! I'm ticked for the currently Rolling Stone Endorsing Hillary and

comparing anyone who doesn't to Naderites in 2000. Glad they're at least publishing this.

Nader btw wasn't in the Dem primary and didn't even get 5% of the vote and was only aiming for 5% in the GE.

Sanders is competing in the primary with Clinton where the GE is only at stake if Clinton wins because Sanders is stronger against any GOP contender in the GE. Rolling Stone's whole excuse for supporting her has it's foundation falling out when looking at that comparison to Nader and saying the Dems would be throwing the election to the Republicans who are far more right than ever.

The only thing that should scare people is that the Dems are far more right than ever by running Hillary who has consistently been on the wrong side of history and Democratic principals. I expect her first move as president will be to cut food stamps because I kept seeing her voting to do that when she was a senator.

[Live and Learn]

5. +1000 nt

[Warren DeMontague]

7. To say RS has lost some credibility in the past year or two

would be a towering edifice of understatement.

[Rebkeh]

4. Always glad to see musicians support good candidates nt

[AzDar]

6. K & R

[beam me up scottie]

8. K & R! I missed this thread before!