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Old 02-19-2016, 02:28 AM
 
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These two candidates are pretty unconventional so I'm wondering if you're the only ones of your family and/or friends who are passionate about them?

I would imagine a young millennial Bernie supporter has peers who are also feeling the Bern, but what about Mom and Dad? Are you trying to explain to Grandpa why you're supporting "a Socialist"? Are there any parents out there trying to talk their kid into voting for Bernie? (if so, what the heck happened there! Ha ha!)

Also Trump supporters, are you alone in this fight or is your whole family on board? Do your friends think you're crazy? Have you been "unfriended" on Facebook when you revealed you supported a future dictator??

Personally I tend to be a "moderate Republican"... my early 20's son is for Bernie and has been trying to get me to "feel the Bern"... "sure", I tell him... "I feel the Bern! Heartbrrn! Now hand me a Tums!"
We still love each other and haven't disowned each other... yet!
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Old 02-19-2016, 05:37 AM
 
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I'm a Bernie supporter, and my family and most of my friends are too. In my social circle, anyone who DOESN'T support Bernie is a lone wolf!
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Old 02-19-2016, 05:39 AM
 
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I see what you did here. Suggesting the rest are sheep. You might have a point.
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Old 02-19-2016, 06:51 AM
 
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I see what you did here. Suggesting the rest are sheep. You might have a point.
Ha ha... no.didn't think that, but that's pretty good! I could have asked if they were the black sheep!
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Old 02-19-2016, 06:56 AM
 
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I'm a Bernie supporter, and my family and most of my friends are too. In my social circle, anyone who DOESN'T support Bernie is a lone wolf!
Curious... in your case does the Bern feel extend to the wider community where you live?
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Old 02-19-2016, 07:21 AM
 
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Among the leftist side of my facebook feed, Bernie is the clear favorite.

Amongst the other side, it isn't quite as clear..a few people for each candidate or they haven't made up their minds, or they just enjoy sending cut and paste crap from right wing blogs bashing Hillary, Bernie, and Obama..all day..every day...and don't want to talk about who they support, only who they hate and is the devil incarnate.
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Old 02-19-2016, 07:28 AM
 
Location: 500 miles from home
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These two candidates are pretty unconventional so I'm wondering if you're the only ones of your family and/or friends who are passionate about them?

I would imagine a young millennial Bernie supporter has peers who are also feeling the Bern, but what about Mom and Dad? Are you trying to explain to Grandpa why you're supporting "a Socialist"? Are there any parents out there trying to talk their kid into voting for Bernie? (if so, what the heck happened there! Ha ha!)

Also Trump supporters, are you alone in this fight or is your whole family on board? Do your friends think you're crazy? Have you been "unfriended" on Facebook when you revealed you supported a future dictator??

Personally I tend to be a "moderate Republican"... my early 20's son is for Bernie and has been trying to get me to "feel the Bern"... "sure", I tell him... "I feel the Bern! Heartbrrn! Now hand me a Tums!"
We still love each other and haven't disowned each other... yet!
HAAHAHAHA! This reminds me of my early twenties son, who is ALSO feeling the Bern! He was Hillary all the way (with a sarcastic comment that she 'had me in 2008') but he has switched to Bernie.


He knows I'm a bit more moderate but constantly tells me that 'middle aged women need to get used to the idea that Bernie is going to beat Hillary'!


We just laugh. We can't really control it so . . why fight?
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Old 02-19-2016, 07:59 AM
 
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We just laugh. We can't really control it so . . why fight?
That's so nice. If you were a Republican family, someone would have gotten smothered in his sleep with a pillow in a rural cabin during a hunting trip paid for by a litigant for whom you ruled in favor before.

Mick
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Old 02-19-2016, 09:20 AM
 
Location: New York
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... Also Trump supporters, are you alone in this fight or is your whole family on board? Do your friends think you're crazy? Have you been "unfriended" on Facebook when you revealed you supported a future dictator??

Personally I tend to be a "moderate Republican"... my early 20's son is for Bernie and has been trying to get me to "feel the Bern"... "sure", I tell him... "I feel the Bern! Heartbrrn! Now hand me a Tums!"
We still love each other and haven't disowned each other... yet!

Great Point!!!

My wife was a Hillary voter. Shes been seeing all the bad info about her, think shes turning over to Trump with me. She says I should go work for Trump.......

I watch one report on CNN till commercials, then switch over to MSNBC till their commercials start up. Then switch back to CNN. Thank goodness for DVR backing up and fast forwarding through the commercials.

< Initiated with commercials > A few days ago were running the same commercial at the same time, on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox.... the one with the "Big Xray Screen setup on a city block"....

T.C.
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Old 02-19-2016, 09:28 AM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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I'm a Bernie fan, sort of - an old hippie who is having a rebirth of fist-pumping anger. My millennial kids and wife are all Clinton. In the end, we will all be on the same page, though. Everyone in our circle is Jeb! or Kasich with a few for Trump. I don't know any Cruz supporters at all. Our crowd is not very evangelical.
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