Earlier today I voted for Bernie!

[GReedDiamond]

Not sure if this was already mentioned here, but Bernie is up for a Grammy in the Spoken Word category.

Actually, it's Bernie along with Mark Ruffalo, for Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In.

Today was the last day to vote for the 60th Grammy Awards, which will happen on January 28 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

As a Grammy voter, it was my great pleasure to vote for Bernie, even if it was just for a Grammy and not for President.

[Marie Marie]

1. Good on you and I hope he wins.

[GReedDiamond]

2. Thanks. Me too...obviously!

[dae]

3. Two thumbs up! 👍🏼👍🏼

Thank you!

[GReedDiamond]

4. Thank YOU, and btw...

...I most definitely do rock (and alternative/psychedelic/punk), in the literal sense, since 1978.

One thing that disappointed me about the 60th Grammy Awards is that, in all of the major top level categories, there is not ONE SINGLE rock-based artist nominated.

Those categories would be: Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best New Artist, etc - basically the stuff they show on the live TV broadcast.

I cannot remember that happening ever before in 25 years as a NARAS mamber. SAD!

[Rhiannon12866]

5. Very cool!

Thanks so much for your vote and for letting us know! Here's hoping he wins!

[Jim Lane]

6. Who's the competition? (n/t)

[GReedDiamond]

7. Neil Degrasse Tyson: Astrophysics For People In A Hurry...

Bruce Springsteen
Born To Run

Confessions Of A Serial Songwriter
Shelly Peiken

Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In (Bernie Sanders)
Bernie Sanders And Mark Ruffalo

The Princess Diarist
Carrie Fisher

[link: https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/60th-annual-grammy-awards]

You have to scroll quite a way down the page to get to the Spoken Word category.

If Bernie wasn't nominated, I probably would have gone with Neil Degrasse Tyson, or maybe Springsteen.

[Jim Lane]

8. I've listened to other audiobooks by Tyson and Fisher

Not those nominated this year -- but the Sanders/Ruffalo collaboration may face some pretty stiff competition.

[GReedDiamond]

9. Yes, all the nominees in the category have a shot at the Grammy...

...I have noticed that past winners going back to 2003 included:

2003 - Al Franken, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them

2004 - Bill Clinton, My Life

2005 & 2007 - Barack Obama, Dreams From My Father & The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream

2006 & 2015 - Jimmy Carter, Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis & A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety

2008 - Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth

2010 - Jon Stewart, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook)

2013 - Stephen Colbert, America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't

So, 9 of the last 13 years, liberal, politically oriented works won. The Recording Academy leans pretty left.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

10. Thanks... a vote for Bernie is ALWAYS the wise choice.