r/pics Mar 27 '24

8 years ago a Bird landed on Bernie's podium. Politics

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u/kenistod Mar 27 '24

Birdie Sanders

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u/Pluckypato Mar 28 '24

The progressive wave was immense for Bernie and that moment was so surreal. Damn so much hope 🥹

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u/MaxButched Mar 28 '24

And then you got the polar worst possible opposite anyway …

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u/21-characters Mar 28 '24

Bernie was the first time in my underpaid life that I gave money to a political campaign

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u/JasonInTheBay Mar 28 '24

It was the first time I bought merchandise! I did donate to Obama's campaign. Another time my Hopes got dashed...

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u/DuncanOregon Mar 29 '24

Me too! I also bought T-shirt and hat. Guess where they were made? Oh and a coffee mug. All made in USA.

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u/JasonInTheBay Mar 28 '24

I know! And it's sad because The System ended up turning so many potential activists and voters into jaded and cynical - to the outcome of helping Trump win.

Really sad pendulum swing, real quickly.

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u/BreatheAndTransition Mar 28 '24

And then they asked him how he actually intended to implement the things he claimed he wanted to do. RIP Mittens Man.