2016 Postmortem
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kenn3d
(486 posts)Another @2700 viewing the live feed
LOTS of enthusiasm for Bernie in the deep South
LWolf
(46,179 posts)7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)We were in Dallas last Sunday, this speech is 3 times better!
Feeling really hopeful about Bernie!
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tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)Great energy!
Love it!!
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)cilla4progress
(24,725 posts)PUMPED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)....is doing Donald Trump.
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)I don't think he'll have much of a shelf life.
avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)kenn3d
(486 posts)Louisiana News Site quickly posts a nice synopsis of Bernie's full-capacity rally at the Pontchartrain Center tonight...
Supporters were already lined up to get spots at the rally by 5 p.m., two hours before Sanders began speaking.
To get a crowd like this in Kenner, youve got to have some sort of message people are listening to, said Ray Guidry... With Clinton facing unrelenting attacks from Republicans, he said it would be good for Democrats to have an alternative ready in case someone lands a knockout punch.
Some good photos too:
http://theadvocate.com/news/neworleans/neworleansnews/13017187-123/bernie-sanders-uses-fiery-rhetoric
artislife
(9,497 posts)kenn3d
(486 posts)More good "local" coverage from the Times-Picayune of Greater New Orleans:
People attending the rally said they were pleased at the chance to see Sanders in person, and many described Sanders as a truth-teller who doesn't bring the political baggage that Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton comes with. New Orleans resident Anthony Ladd, a sociology professor, said he liked Sanders even though he wanted Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., to run.
"I wanted to see how Bernie resonates with people," Ladd said of why he came to the event. "I'm teaching a summer class and we talk about what's happening with middle class people. ... Ordinary and working people are getting left in the dust."
Anne Freedman, a retired social worker from New Orleans, said she was impressed by the huge number of young people who were at the event.
"We were just talking about the average age here has to be in the 30s because there's so many young people," Freedman said. "If they're excited about it, that's what got Obama elected. So I'm thrilled."
And of course Bernie said:
"I think my colleagues in the Democratic Party have made a very, very serious mistake and that is they've kind of written off half of America, including Louisiana, I'm here to tell you that the time is now for us to fight in 50 states."
Again many excellent photos of the big crowd.