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27. This is exactly how I would size him up. Couldn't have said it better.
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 11:08 AM
Apr 2016
Sanders was always full of himself: pious, self-righteous and utterly humorless. Burdened by the cross of his socialist crusade, he was a scold whose counter-culture moralizing appealed to the state's liberal sensibilities as well as its conservatives, who embraced his gun ownership stance, his defense of individual rights, an antipathy toward big corporations and, generally speaking, his stick-it-to-them approach to politics.


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Sanders, party of one. IamMab Apr 2016 #1
Agreed HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #3
Let's ask his colleagues 72DejaVu Apr 2016 #2
Oooh, good analogy HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #4
Right ~a person not seemingly highly recommended Her Sister Apr 2016 #5
Clearly he has no sense of humor! He can't even deliver his Hillary jokes in a humorous way. anotherproletariat Apr 2016 #6
And two dispositions: HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #7
He's a control freak who doesn't know how to delegate properly. KittyWampus Apr 2016 #8
I was really surprised by that until I started digging into his record Lucinda Apr 2016 #10
Not remotely. Lucinda Apr 2016 #9
Almost goes without saying... HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #11
Yep. It isn't at all debatable for me. But at the same time, Lucinda Apr 2016 #12
I know... HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #13
Ha! Lucinda Apr 2016 #14
The first time the media said something negative he would demand apologies liberal N proud Apr 2016 #15
Yeah, foreign policy...THAT he'd delegate HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #16
From my research years ago into aging, one simply becomes more like the person they were, Native Apr 2016 #17
Enormous K & R. Thanks for posting. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #18
No way! SharonClark Apr 2016 #19
Sanders has not been effective in the Senate due to his personality Gothmog Apr 2016 #20
This seems to be a consensus HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #22
Call it like it is Setsuna1972 Apr 2016 #25
I think he adds "democratic" to "socialist" HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #26
What most people don't know is, Democratic Socialist IS Socialist. Period. BlueCaliDem Apr 2016 #30
He's trying to sugarcoat his true identity Setsuna1972 Apr 2016 #31
And I can totally picture the run of the mill tea partier HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #33
they're probably the same people Setsuna1972 Apr 2016 #34
Absolutely not! NurseJackie Apr 2016 #21
So I'll mark you as 'undecided' then? HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #23
Ha! :-D NurseJackie Apr 2016 #24
This is exactly how I would size him up. Couldn't have said it better. Fla Dem Apr 2016 #27
Well kudos go to littlegirlblue over at TPM HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #28
"Does Bernie have the temperament to be president?" In one word? BlueCaliDem Apr 2016 #29
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2016 #32
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