[x]
Welcome to the Stink Eye Discussion Forum!
Join the Discussion! Click Here for Instant Registration.
The Stink Eye Conservative Forum; Politics, News, Republican Election Headquarters
May 18, 2024, 11:52:28 AM *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
 
   Home   Help Search Login Register  
Pages: [1]   Go Down
  Print  
Author Topic: Bernie Sanders Draws Crowd of 10,000 in Wisconsin  (Read 457 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
apples
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 37975



« on: July 02, 2015, 05:02:01 PM »

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/bernie-sanders-draws-crowd-10-000-wisconsin-n385641

Quote
MADISON, Wisconsin - "In case you haven't noticed, there are a lot of people here," Bernie Sanders said a bit awed as he took the stage in front of nearly 10,000 in a coliseum here.

Sanders has been attracting outsize crowds wherever he takes his unlikely presidential campaign. Five thousand came out for his kickoff rally in his hometown of Burlington, Vermont. Another 5,000 turned out in Denver, Colorado. In Minneapolis, a thousand listened from outside when the basketball arena where Sanders was speaking filled to capacity.

But Madison was different.

"Tonight we have made history," Sanders declared to thunderous applause. "Tonight we have more people at a meeting for a candidate for president of the United States than any other candidates have."

Indeed, Sanders - the self-declared Democratic-socialist from Vermont; the former perennial protest candidate; the man who until a few weeks ago
Logged
Stan In FL
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 5898



« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2015, 03:07:15 PM »

Dem party leadership is in a panic.  Hillary absolutely sucks as a candidate, and the entire country is being reminded of just how slimy the clintons are.

Someone will jump in before Saunders gathers too much more attention.
Logged
jafo2010
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 7228


« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2015, 01:02:49 PM »

Jim Webb will appeal to independents and gain traction quickly.  Whether he is the one remains to be seen.
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Contact Us by Email
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.11 | SMF © 2006-2009, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!