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Bernie Sanders Wows Hollywood Progressives at Two L.A. Fundraisers
The Hollywood Reporter ^ | 6/20/2015 | Tina Daunt

Posted on 06/20/2015 7:58:50 PM PDT by RightGeek

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders — slipped quietly into town Saturday for a pair of low-key events that [snip] did warm the hearts of two overflowing crowds of Hollywood progressives.

Sanders’ supporters might be called the entertainment industry’s irreconcilables — the left flank of the Hollywood Dems’ most progressive faction, with activists deeply disappointed in Obama, who they supported, and unwilling to sign on to a Clinton presidential campaign.

Early Saturday morning, they filled the already blazing frontyard of actress Mimi Kennedy’s Van Nuys home and — at midday — the living room of long-time activists Betty and Stanley Sheinbaum’s sprawling Brentwood Park mansion to hear the program of a candidate they see as everything Hillary is not.

“I’m here ... because we believe Bernie is providing us with the opportunity to have a voice and a role in the Democratic process at a time when progressives are on the rise,” said former California state Senator Tom Hayden, who introduced Sanders at the Van Nuys event.

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About 300 people turned out for Sanders’ two events on Saturday. Attendees included Days of Our Lives actress Deidre Hall, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas producer Richard Foos, Sister Act producer Cindy Gilmore Asner, filmmaker James H. Stern and actress/producer Sheila Emery.

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Betty and Stanley Sheinbaum are as close as the progressive Westside comes to a first couple. (She’s Jack Warner’s daughter, and he’s a former economics professor turned anti-Vietnam War and civil liberties activist.) Their light-filled Brentwood Park living room has hosted generations of liberal Democratic politicians and progressive foreign leaders. Some of Bill Clinton's first introductions to Hollywood occurred there.

Daniel Ellsberg’s defense in the Pentagon Papers case was planned there and the ACLU Foundation of Southern California founded around the fireplace....

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: bernie; election2016; sanders
A flock of Moonbats!


1 posted on 06/20/2015 7:58:50 PM PDT by RightGeek
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To: RightGeek

Since rich liberals love Socialism so much perhaps they would be willing to cough up 80 percent of their wealth to the Govt..LOL look what I did I made a funny


2 posted on 06/20/2015 8:04:30 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: RightGeek

He’ll be 75 on Election Day and Cankles will be 69. This is the best the Rats can do?


3 posted on 06/20/2015 8:08:10 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: RightGeek

Good....good.


4 posted on 06/20/2015 8:23:02 PM PDT by ilgipper
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To: Sarah Barracuda

They would all give up 100 per cent of their money, furs, diamonds, houses, sports cars, to get communism in America! of course. LOL


5 posted on 06/20/2015 8:33:00 PM PDT by buffyt (Socialism Is Legal Plunder - Bastiat... $18 trillion = enslavement of our children to DEBT.)
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To: RightGeek

When Progressives are on the rise, Freedoms are in retreat.


6 posted on 06/20/2015 8:34:44 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Tag Line Quota has been exceeded. Check back for Updates.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Do they plan to give up this????
Their light-filled $$$$ Brentwood Park $$$$ living room.....
ha ha ha of course not! LOL


7 posted on 06/20/2015 8:34:46 PM PDT by buffyt (Socialism Is Legal Plunder - Bastiat... $18 trillion = enslavement of our children to DEBT.)
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To: RightGeek

” ... because we believe Bernie is providing us with the opportunity to have a voice and a role in the Democratic process”

So when did you rich progressives ever not have a voice and role in the democratic process?


8 posted on 06/20/2015 8:41:35 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: Veggie Todd

Old Canks is in big trouble, if Facebook is to be believed (always taken with a grain of salt;) Her official page has 928,984 likes, while Sanders has two verified pages with a total of 1,842,972 likes. Ted Cruz also has two verified pages with a combined total of 2,151,778 likes as of today. Going to be an interesting season!


9 posted on 06/20/2015 9:06:35 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: RightGeek

So the former Mrs. Ed Asner supports Bernie


10 posted on 06/20/2015 10:04:37 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Would love to say to one of these wealthy hypocrites,

“Filthy capitalist dollars!!? I thought you `progressives’ never touch the stuff!”


11 posted on 06/21/2015 5:57:22 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: RightGeek

Let’s see how he would do addressing a gathering in say Peoria IL, Peoria AZ, Olathe KS, or Norman OK !!!!! Of course he goes to Hollweird, the fountain of all craziness. I certainly would not look to Hollyweird to measure the acceptance of a political candidate. For goodness sakes they think George Clooney should run.


12 posted on 06/21/2015 7:45:16 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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