Is this true??

[Nebe]

He also has zero political experience. Zero.
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[scottw]

Originally Posted by Nebe

He also has zero political experience. Zero.
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so? seems like those with extensive political experience become the problem rather than the solution

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Nebe

He also has zero political experience. Zero.
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First, there is an upside to considering someone who spent hi slife actually doing things in the real world, as opposed to choosing from people who spent their whole life in Washington, doing nothing except attending cocktail parties and telling everyone what a big lasagna they are.

Second, Bernie has been in DC for what, 85 years? What has he done? What has he accomplished? What productive policies has he taken a leadership role on? Or has he dedicated his entire life to doing noihtng except nmaking sure he wins the next re-election?

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

First, there is an upside to considering someone who spent hi slife actually doing things in the real world, as opposed to choosing from people who spent their whole life in Washington, doing nothing except attending cocktail parties and telling everyone what a big lasagna they are.

Second, Bernie has been in DC for what, 85 years? What has he done? What has he accomplished? What productive policies has he taken a leadership role on? Or has he dedicated his entire life to doing noihtng except nmaking sure he wins the next re-election?

It's not what he has done but what he has stood up for and what the broken system has kept him from doing.
Do you understand the label of "progressive" in the definition of progressive liberal ?
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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Nebe

It's not what he has done but what he has stood up for and what the broken system has kept him from doing.
Do you understand the label of "progressive" in the definition of progressive liberal ?
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"but what he has stood up for"

Nebe, the easiest thing in the world, especially in times of despair and stress (like now), is to tell people what they want to hear. And what most sheep want to hear is, "it's not your fault. That white guy over there, in the Brooks Brothers suit with the big yacht, HE stole your birthright! Elect me and I'll make damn sure it doesn't happen again".

What these snake-oil salesmen never do, is tell you how they are going to do it, in a way that doesn't destroy everything.

Do you really believe that Bernie is the first one to figure out how to make college and healthcare "free"? No one else has been able to pull that off until he came along?

"Do you understand the label of "progressive" in the definition of progressive liberal ?"

I know what it is. I can't quite say that i "understand" it. I can't quite "understand" an agenda that places convenience ahead of human life, which would rather let illegal aliens with convicted felonies roam around killing Americans than locking them up, which refuses to say that white cops kill far fewer black people than fellow black citizens, and can't even bring themselves to say "if you have a wee-wee, you go to the boy's bathroom, and if you have a vagina, you go to the girls' bathrom".

When a large group of educated, seemingly normal people can't even agree on that for Christ's sake, then no, I cannot say I understand it. My brain's ability to fantasize has its limits.