Reader asked Andrew Shaffer:

I LOVED Feel The Bern! What made you want to write about Bernie, are you a fan?

Andrew Shaffer Thanks! And -- truthfully -- I was not a Bernie fan prior to researching the book. I was solidly behind both Hillary and Joe the past couple of primaries, and so didn't really give Bernie a look. I was also influenced by media portrayals of "Bernie bros," which I learned were pretty much trumped-up BS. While researching Bernie, I learned that much of what I thought I knew about him was wrong.

You can't help but respect him -- he's been entirely consistent in his messaging for fifty years. He didn't change for anyone...he waited for them to come around to him. I'm disappointed we'll probably never get to see what a Bernie presidency would have looked like. (Don't tell Joe I said that.)

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