Dick Van Dyke Endorses Bernie Sanders: "A Man Saying The Emperor Has No Clothes"
Source: Real Clear Politics
Could this endorsement help Bernie Sanders attract elderly voters away from Clinton?
DICK VAN DYKE: In Bernie Sanders I see a man saying that the emperor has no clothes, while everyone around him insists they see clothes. Whether or not he makes it to the White House, I hope and pray that everyone hears the alarm he is sounding now, it may be the last voice we ever hear.
Read more: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/02/23/dick_van_dyke_endorses_bernie_sanders_a_man_saying_the_emperor_has_no_clothes.html
EmperorHasNoClothes
(4,797 posts)Kittycat
(10,493 posts)Delphinus
(11,840 posts)Herman4747
(1,825 posts)Aristus
(66,436 posts)I'm glad to see that's not the case. I've been a fan for as long as I can remember.
noamnety
(20,234 posts)and am sitting here laughing - because this is what I found from 2006!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2457305&mesg_id=2457313
I swear I didn't have your name in the search terms, or even DU!
daleanime
(17,796 posts)And DVDs were much more democratic?
bananas
(27,509 posts)'He maybe the last voice we ever hear': Veteran actor Dick Van Dyke releases video endorsing Bernie Sanders calling for voters to 'hear the alarm he's sounding'
Mary Poppins actor has released 30 second clip endorsing Bernie Sanders
The 90-year-old said voters should 'hear the alarm' Sanders was 'sounding'
Comes after he said Sanders had 'caught the eye and minds of young people'
By Julian Robinson for MailOnline
Published: 06:17 EST, 23 February 2016 | Updated: 09:28 EST, 23 February 2016
Legendary actor Dick Van Dyke has released a video endorsing Bernie Sanders insisting the veteran Democrat 'maybe the last voice we ever hear'.
The Mary Poppins star, 90, backed Sanders, 74, during a 30 second clip released on YouTube and urged voters to 'hear the alarm he's sounding'.
The clip comes days after an interview in which he said the White House hopeful had 'caught the eye and minds of young people' and that 'this time it's going to happen.'
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Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)roguevalley
(40,656 posts)Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)corruption. He seems like a nice man, unfortunately these endorsements
don't add up to much..BUT, so great his message is out there via the press.
Very nice, thank you.
Yuugal
(2,281 posts)on "Hey! I like that guy from the TV show!" Yikes. Glad to have a vote but yikes!
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)His message was clear and all it can do is have people pause, it
may reaffirm that even a wealthy man is telling you..our system is
corrupt so vote for this guy.
Bad Dog
(2,025 posts)His name is a byword for atrocious accents.
huh?
Bad Dog
(2,025 posts)Dick van Dyke has experienced more than a half century of ribbing from fans about his famously off-radar cockney accent in Mary Poppins, the veteran US actor has revealed.
Speaking as he picked up a lifetime achievement award for humanitarian work at the Princess Grace Foundation Awards in Beverly Hills, Van Dyke said he would never be allowed to forget his turn as chimney sweep Bert in the 1964 Disney musical.
People in the UK love to rib me about my accent, I will never live it down, he said. They ask what part of England I was meant to be from and I say it was a little shire in the north where most of the people were from Ohio.
Van Dyke, 88, said he was completely unaware during the shoot that anything was wrong with his attempted cockney brogue. I was working with an entire English cast and nobody said a word, not Julie [Andrews], not anybody said I needed to work on it so I thought I was alright, he said.
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/oct/10/dick-van-dyke-brits-have-teased-me-for-50-years-about-mary-poppins-accent
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)work on the accent.
Thanks for the link.
Bad Dog
(2,025 posts)When I was a kid I thought he was brilliant, also in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. One thing really upset me about that film was that at the end it was only a story. It was just a story in the first place, why couldn't the story part have remained as real (fictional) as the rest of it?
Bit of trivia, the guy who played the evil Baron Bombast also played Goldfinger.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)I never saw Chitty Chitty Bang Bang but I have seen Goldfinger. That crown is a riot, especially
the mustache.
Bad Dog
(2,025 posts)Good to watch with kids, he plays a nutty inventor single dad who "invents" a flying car. It's a good way to spend a wet Saturday afternoon. We get a lot of those over here.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)I have a cousin who lives in London since she married a Brit..she loves it there
but not the weather.
Bad Dog
(2,025 posts)It's not all bad, some Summers are alright, but Jubilee year in particular (2012) was a complete wash out. Last few Winters have been very mild, but quite wet, and the Summer evenings are very long. On some days it doesn't get dark until about 10pm. The reverse is true in the Winter though.
Btw, I wasn't trying to imply that you were trying to imply something or other.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)They said that was very unusual, so guess they were lucky with the timing.
It's funny what you get accustom to, here it is beginning to get light out around
6am again..a little. I like the early morning hours and don't like the dark that
comes with winter..but it passes, thank goodness. Daylight until 10 pm is a long day!
Bad Dog
(2,025 posts)It gets light at about 7 and dark about 5, which is quite good compared to December/January.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)I'd focus on that too if I had nothing of substance or relevance to add.
Bad Dog
(2,025 posts)It's like talking to one of the Illuminati.
tblue37
(65,477 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Spike Lee, Dick Van Dyke, Ben and Jerry, Susan Sarandon - he's got some very wealthy folks in his corner.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)He's obviously shilling for billionaires like Susan Sarandon.
Your idiotic post reflects poorly upon you.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Prominent wealthy people are backing his campaign.
They support his message ardently and are more than willing to pay their fair share.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)I'm stupid.
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)backing Bernie versus HRC?
oberliner
(58,724 posts)But it's great that so many prominent wealthy people are eager to support Bernie!
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)from Bernie supporters like you, as those two illustrate. Doesn't feel good, does it?
oberliner
(58,724 posts)I would be thrilled with either of them as our president.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)This is a good thing!
There are some great progressives who are very wealthy and are more than willing to pay their fair share.
These folks are proud to support the Sanders campaign.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)There was one pundit a while back that acted like Bernie wasn't good enough for Air Force One.
TIME TO PANIC
(1,894 posts)daleanime
(17,796 posts)daleanime endorsement?
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Or maybe just on the borderline?
daleanime
(17,796 posts)maybe....
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)Those guys will pay more in taxes with Bernie and they still support him.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)And she's supporting Bernie Sanders for president of the United States.
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/11/guess-what-bernie-sanders-actually-has-backerson-wall-street.html
They are few in number but they are out there!
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)Your advocacy for Hillary is amusing.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)I don't really have a strong preference between them. I deeply loathe the candidates on the Republican side and look forward to the real battle to make sure our side wins the White House (be it Bernie or Hillary).
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Must maintain purity and receive endorsement only from the poor.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)It's great that people from all socio-economic backgrounds, including some of the very rich, are eager to lend their support to the Sanders campaign. It reflects well on his message.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)All we did was postpone it with the bailout.
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)He'll choose better when he gets a few years behind him.
deutsey
(20,166 posts)I agree wholeheartedly with his insight here.
valerief
(53,235 posts)TIME TO PANIC
(1,894 posts)Botany
(70,555 posts)blackspade
(10,056 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Dick Van Dyke...how cool is he? Damn cool!
Mike__M
(1,052 posts)Rob Petrie thrown under bus.
CharlotteVale
(2,717 posts)lunamagica
(9,967 posts)Lodestar
(2,388 posts)Cavallo
(348 posts)Glad to see he's still with us!
Lodestar
(2,388 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,598 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)Takes guts to state what is supposed to remain unsaid.