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David Axelrod Feels the Bern at University of Chicago Institute of Politics. (Original Post) Fawke Em Sep 2015 OP
Kickety-kick & big REC. nt 99th_Monkey Sep 2015 #1
With some of the photos hootinholler Sep 2015 #2
Orchestrating the Revolution! Fawke Em Sep 2015 #6
Love this! raindaddy Sep 2015 #15
Go Bernie! MindfulOne Sep 2015 #3
LMAO! Fawke Em Sep 2015 #5
In the NW it's blackberry brambles. Can't stop them. Nt aidbo Sep 2015 #8
It became such a problem here, it was taking over farmland. Fawke Em Sep 2015 #9
Scary! Invasive species are everywhere. aidbo Sep 2015 #10
Why aren't we making toilet paper out of it? valerief Sep 2015 #11
Seriously? Fawke Em Sep 2015 #12
Sure. We should be making toilet paper out of hemp, but you know who blocks valerief Oct 2015 #22
Yikes. That stuff's like out of a SK novel. Ned Flanders Sep 2015 #19
That was a fun movie. Fawke Em Sep 2015 #20
Yes, but those blackberries are fantastic in pies and milkshakes! DrBulldog Sep 2015 #17
Not blackberries zalinda Sep 2015 #18
Woo Hoo !!! - HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Sep 2015 #4
See?! Bernie does well in the states that will be early but those others... HereSince1628 Sep 2015 #7
so when is the first debate exactly? punguin54 Sep 2015 #13
Oct. 13, but I don't think they've set the time. Fawke Em Sep 2015 #14
This is an amazing tweet! But NOT because of the crowd ... DrBulldog Sep 2015 #16
No, I doubt it. He went to see the 'phenomenon' of Bernie because he couldn't stop it, as he tried sabrina 1 Sep 2015 #21
K&R Go Vols Oct 2015 #23

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
9. It became such a problem here, it was taking over farmland.
Mon Sep 28, 2015, 09:58 PM
Sep 2015

When I was in school, it was so plentiful in my suburban high school's back yard, we used to cut it to make baskets in art class.

http://freeplants.com/kudzu.html

It's under control in most cities, now, but travel some of the older state highways and you can still see it taking control of everythign.

http://media.graytvinc.com/images/kudzu+charlottesville.jpg

valerief

(53,235 posts)
22. Sure. We should be making toilet paper out of hemp, but you know who blocks
Thu Oct 1, 2015, 04:32 PM
Oct 2015

progress in that area (rhymes with smoke mothers). Their Georgia-Pacific and all the other paper barons.

I just got my bamboo toilet from korabrand.com today. $7.99 for a pkg of 12 big rolls. All treeless (bamboo) and all BPA-free. We shouldn't be wiping our butts with slow-growing trees (and killing our rain forests in the process). We should be using fast-growing weeds like bamboo and kudzu and hemp and other such stuff. (Exactly what might and might not be feasible is beyond me, so maybe kudzu isn't a candidate for butt-wiping manufacturing, but it might be.)

zalinda

(5,621 posts)
18. Not blackberries
Mon Sep 28, 2015, 11:30 PM
Sep 2015

They are black raspberries. They throw out runners which quickly root, which is why they spread so fast. You can keep them in check if you cut the runners, they won't produce fruit until the next year.

They are small and flavorful, although I wish they were blackberries, which are a lot bigger and still tasty.

Z

 

DrBulldog

(841 posts)
16. This is an amazing tweet! But NOT because of the crowd ...
Mon Sep 28, 2015, 11:07 PM
Sep 2015

. . . but because David Axelrod was one of the first two major Clinton supporters (the other: Claire McCaskill) to publically heap derogatory trash upon Bernie a few months ago as Bernie was catching fire.

Is he changing his fricking Mind?! Wow!

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
21. No, I doubt it. He went to see the 'phenomenon' of Bernie because he couldn't stop it, as he tried
Tue Sep 29, 2015, 02:03 AM
Sep 2015

nor could all the smear campaigns paid for with Corporate Money. He's no doubt 'puzzled' like Chuckie that their 'expertise' and overwhelming political genius, has failed to stop the people from supporting a Real Democrat, something Axelrod made clear a while ago, are not really all that welcome in the party they took over.

My guess is that after all they've tried to do, all the money spent on the smear campaigns, especially the 'Bernie has a problem with POC' orchestrated campaign, he had to go see for himself so they could rethink their strategy.

Axelrod is pure Third Way and no way, unless a miracle happened is he going to support anyone from the Left.

Donna Brazile posted something similar a few days ago on Twitter. I believe she just posted #FeelTheBern and people wondered was she too changing her mind. I doubt it. She did mention Bernie again in another tweet, in a positive way.

Beware of the Third Way. I could see them deciding that attacking Bernie AND the other campaign, no doubt also paid for by Corporate money, attacking his supporters, didn't work. Bernie just keeps SOARING.

So a new strategy may be coming. Similar to what we've already seen here, 'pretend to be supportive of Bernie, get everyone excited and then begin to express 'concerns' from 'inside the Bernie camp'.

I may be getting too cynical, but I remember Axelrod's comments about the Left and Donna Brazile is clearly in Hillary's camp.

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