Grumpy old Grandpa...
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7 ways Bernie Sanders reminds us of our grumpy grandpaSen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is probably best known in Washington for two things. One -- his status as the Senate's only self-identified socialist -- is unique. The other, a bit less so: as even his friends would admit, Bernie Sanders can be kind of a grump -- a charter member of the "get off my lawn" caucus.
The presidential primary challenger to Hillary Clinton is regularly drawing crowds in the thousands for his message decrying income inequality, and his calls for a more even distribution of the nation's wealth. Ask him about the minimum wage. Ask him about Wall Street malfeasance. But whatever you do, don't ask him about, say, the way he likes his coffee. Bernie Sanders isn't big on small talk.
I so relate to the small talk thing.
“I’m a grumpy old guy,” Sanders told The New York Times' Nick Corasaniti in May. He was talking about his approach to the Internet. He could have been talking about his entire political career.
Been on message like forever:
And that "grumpy old man" demeanor actually dates back to his earliest days in politics. Here's Boston Globe's Christopher Rowland on Sanders:
"When I was a reporter for the Brattleboro Reformer in 1988, I covered Sanders on a campaign swing through southern Vermont as he was waging a losing campaign for US House (he won in the next election cycle, in 1990). He was completely humorless, relentlessly focused on the evils of the American corporation. Not self-important, but self-serious to an extreme....
....Yes, those of us who covered him back in the 1980s can attest — this is the real Bernie. He has been on message, it seems like, forever.."
I tend to be on the serious side, so I appreciate that part of his personality.
Found the linked interview from skimm.
RIGHT TO CHOOSE. YES OR NO?
Yes, I have 100% lifetime voting record. I believe a woman has the right to control her own body, and not the government.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING ON GAY MARRIAGE?
I strongly supported the Supreme Court decision.
WHAT WOULD YOU ASK THE WHITE HOUSE CHEF TO MAKE FOR YOUR FIRST MEAL?
I really haven't thought too much about that.
HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU HIT SNOOZE IN THE MORNING?
I don't.
HOW DO YOU TAKE YOUR COFFEE?
Do you have many of these questions?
NO, THIS IS THE LAST ONE.
With some cream.
http://www.theskimm.com/2015/07/21/skimm-for-july-22nd-3
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I'm no good at hanging out either unless you want to go for a hike or walk or DO something...like ride a horse all over a mountain..then I'll talk all day, about everything. I hated 'wife' gatherings..guess I'm strange.
I really hate parties and company affairs....I've been thinking about kayaking now that I can't ride anymore and the horse is retired.
and had no idea about this. Thanks for the link
Oh, sure, I am sarcastic too, but I'm very serious, and appreciate that quality in Bernie as well. But grumpy? 
I see him as more of a no-time-for-nonsense guy. Another quality worthy of appreciation, if you ask me.
Love the list!
Love your post.
I'm fed up with it, Bernie! 
Black with sugar. Cream is permitted in tea.
