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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumChrist Mattthews just described Bernie as "a Tony Bennett figure' to young progressives.
(please tell me that doesn't mean Chris sees Warren as Lady Gaga).
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Christ Mattthews just described Bernie as "a Tony Bennett figure' to young progressives. (Original Post)
Ken Burch
Feb 2016
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Armstead
(47,803 posts)1. Not a bad thing to say, actually. Tony Bennett is cool
angrychair
(8,702 posts)3. ^^^agree^^^
Of people to be compared to this falls into the 'good' category
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Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)6. The point was really more to comment on Matthews here.
Agreed that Tony Bennett is cool.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)8. The best comment appropriate to Tweety is...Loose Cannon
silenttigersong
(957 posts)2. He's ridiculous
Wish we had a caucus for msm pundits
a kennedy
(29,673 posts)9. Yah, got to agree with this.....and I hate how he interviews people.
keeps interrupting, doesn't let the person finish, Stephen Colbert interviews the same way. Ugh....drives me nuts.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)4. Tony Bennett was one of the few older singers that the
youth really liked. I do not see this as bad.
Senator Tankerbell
(316 posts)7. I'd say he's more of a Larry David figure.
By the way, Larry David is hosting SNL this Saturday!
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)10. I wonder if they'll do a moment where he's playing Bernie
and the actual Bernie sneaks up behind him.
That has to happen at some point this spring.
Gregorian
(23,867 posts)11. I'm not leaving my Bern in San Francisco.