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marym625

(17,997 posts)
Sat May 23, 2015, 08:52 AM May 2015

Jerry of Ben & Jerry supports Bernie!

hootinholler made me look up the ice cream hootinholler's let's play a game and found this article (won't help with the game)

Jerry Greenfield, one half of the duo that created Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, hopes to personally scoop ice cream for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), when Sanders officially launches his presidential campaign next week.



“I love Bernie’s take on the issues about inequality in this country, about the incredible discrepancy between wealth and poor, and that we’re just not taking care of people,” Greenfield said.


What a great advertisement for the Sanders campaign! Yay Jerry!


Read the scoop here, the ice cream scoop

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Jerry of Ben & Jerry supports Bernie! (Original Post) marym625 May 2015 OP
I find it interesting hootinholler May 2015 #1
of course it's an oversight marym625 May 2015 #2
Attempts to persuade won't work MissDeeds May 2015 #3
I completely agree marym625 May 2015 #4
Your word means a lot to me MissDeeds May 2015 #5
Wow! marym625 May 2015 #15
I always thought those were there based on their Recs. Autumn May 2015 #6
The top two sections are rec driven hootinholler May 2015 #8
Well damn. Autumn May 2015 #9
Reading through those two sections kind of sucks. Autumn May 2015 #10
Well I'm happy to have what platform we have hootinholler May 2015 #12
Are you sure? marym625 May 2015 #17
I hope this is rectified asap MissDeeds May 2015 #7
I noticed that too. Maybe it's an oversight. After all is there any candidate in this race sabrina 1 May 2015 #11
See 12. hootinholler May 2015 #13
Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast May 2015 #14
Thank you! marym625 May 2015 #16

hootinholler

(26,449 posts)
1. I find it interesting
Sat May 23, 2015, 09:06 AM
May 2015

That Hillary's kick off rally is at the top of the "left column" on the front page. The selected post has like 10 recs.

There was no mention of Bernies kick off rally there at all even though the post about it had like 60 recs.

I'm sure it was a simple oversight.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
2. of course it's an oversight
Sat May 23, 2015, 09:10 AM
May 2015

Not like any admin has vehemently declared their candidate of choice. Certainly wouldn't try to persuade people one way or the other with unequal coverage

 

MissDeeds

(7,499 posts)
3. Attempts to persuade won't work
Sat May 23, 2015, 09:30 AM
May 2015

DU is largely Team Bernie, and I think the more people see and hear the two candidates, the more they will support him and run from her.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
4. I completely agree
Sat May 23, 2015, 09:42 AM
May 2015

It's already happening with the general public

I wasn't trying to persuade anyone. I have no illusion that my word means anything. And I have no problem with that

 

MissDeeds

(7,499 posts)
5. Your word means a lot to me
Sat May 23, 2015, 05:16 PM
May 2015

Thanks for your many posts supporting and advocating Bernie's candidacy.



hootinholler

(26,449 posts)
8. The top two sections are rec driven
Sat May 23, 2015, 09:03 PM
May 2015

Below that you'll find the "Left Column" which include an excerpt. Those are chosen by admins. Below those are "cool" something or others, also chosen by hand.

hootinholler

(26,449 posts)
12. Well I'm happy to have what platform we have
Sat May 23, 2015, 09:31 PM
May 2015

Most here don't realize how middle of the road the admins are.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
17. Are you sure?
Sun May 24, 2015, 09:30 AM
May 2015

I thought that the ones under the different groups were driven much like the trending, just separated by groups

 

MissDeeds

(7,499 posts)
7. I hope this is rectified asap
Sat May 23, 2015, 06:06 PM
May 2015

I would to hate to think DU is pushing one candidate at the expense of another.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
11. I noticed that too. Maybe it's an oversight. After all is there any candidate in this race
Sat May 23, 2015, 09:29 PM
May 2015

more Left than Bernie?

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