He slept on a friend's couch, hustled for odd jobs and hitchhiked along the campaign trail.
Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.In the 1970s, Bernie Sanders, then in his 30s, ran -- over and over again in Vermont -- and lost repeatedly, never cracking double digits.
"But in a long interview uncovered by CNN, Sanders in 1976 spoke with the Vermont Cynic, the University of Vermont student newspaper, in more philosophical, sometime spiritual terms about what he viewed as harsh remainders of consumer-driven life under an increasingly hyper-capitalist society."It's quite obvious why kids are going to turn to drugs to get the hell out of a disgusting system or sit in front of a TV set for 60 hours a week," Sanders said.
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