“Sometimes people say, you know, you’re 78, all that stuff, and you’ve been doing this for a long time — But should I be quitting now? When you look out and you talk to these beautiful, beautiful young people who want to move this country forward in such a decent, humane way, it really does inspire me. And to the degree that I have gotten those folks involved in the political process, yeah, I am very proud of that. I don’t know that I’ve ever done anything in my life more important than that.”

  • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    The goal was always to get a conversation going.

    Certainly was the goal in 2016. He didn't even start running a real campaign until he got an unexpectedly large, positive response.