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NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
17. This was impressive ...
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 08:11 PM
Apr 2016
When he was mayor of Burlington, he preceded to reshape the waterfront. He had a baseball team. He set them up as a lovable city, as a kind of a model for the nation.


Very nice, but not really the skills I'm hoping to see from someone as the proverbial "Leader of the Free World".

Did you even LISTEN to how much he DIDN'T say during the debates (and subsequent interviews) when he was questioned about BASIC foreign policy issues? He's not very inspiring at all. It makes me nervous when someone can't name our allies, when someone throws around generic terms like "those other Moslem countries" as a placeholder... when the topic is terrorism and he bobs weaves dodges swerves IN THE SAME ANSWER so that he can talk about "income inequality" rather than answering the goddamn question. I know you adore him and worship the ground he walks on, I'm sure he's a nice fellow and all, but he's SO not ready to be the President. Nor is he capable of getting any of his grand plans passed.

Besides, this thing is over anyway, he's too far behind to even THINK about the nomination any more.

There's just NO PATH for him to get the nomination.

So... as I said, a lot of words, but nothing that makes a difference. Nothing that truly demonstrates he's Presidential material.

MSNBC is why I cut my cord. Feels great, and it hurts the corporations. ViseGrip Apr 2016 #1
Vaping saved my life and Merkley tried to take it away from me fun n serious Apr 2016 #2
"not the best" - based on what? Who is more effective? snowy owl Apr 2016 #3
I like most his policies fun n serious Apr 2016 #5
Merkley says he does compromise - works across aisle to get it done snowy owl Apr 2016 #6
He has but he doesn't like it. fun n serious Apr 2016 #7
Ok, F&S...but it seems like you make some assumptions about his personality. snowy owl Apr 2016 #9
He wants to take away my vape and my opiates fun n serious Apr 2016 #10
He supports relief for college dept but not FREE college fun n serious Apr 2016 #4
And your candidate is not even for Merkley's plan, she very much does not support free college. Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #15
My Candidate is for something BETTER than Merkley's plan fun n serious Apr 2016 #20
I'm for Hillary fun n serious Apr 2016 #8
Sorry, didn't realize you were talking about Merkley asking students to pay back... snowy owl Apr 2016 #11
So many words without saying a goddam thing ... NurseJackie Apr 2016 #12
You can read...can you comprehend? snowy owl Apr 2016 #13
This was impressive ... NurseJackie Apr 2016 #17
I think I know you fun n serious Apr 2016 #21
Chris, I have always liked you but before you take the fact jwirr Apr 2016 #14
Thanks for that. I post over and over Sunlight Foundation findings about her dark money... snowy owl Apr 2016 #16
But the more sunlight shines on the problem the more the jwirr Apr 2016 #18
I fully support, LWolf Apr 2016 #19
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