2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I like Sanders, really I do......BUT... [View all]bobbobbins01
(1,681 posts)It hits every single talking point already levied against him, but turns it up to 11, and does so under the guise of false concern. Lets see how many complete falsehoods and distortions i can find at a cursory glance:
"he is running on the premise that he's a fresh face" - nope, hes been backing all his talk with his progressive 40 year record.
"it seems the tone has changed and he's in it to win it" - nope, he said he was in it to win it from the moment he entered the race, there was never any tone change whatsoever.
"We know that Clinton is prepared to attack her GOP opponent's position on the issues and hammer home on them." - Bernie would do the same, he is about the issues so yes, we would of course hammer home the issues of his opponents. He's pretty masterfully doing it now.
"absolutely nothing proposed on how to pay for them" - nope, this is a straight up fox news socialist talking point, and I'm sure you know as everyone else who is paying even one iota of attention knows, he has explained numerous times how he'll pay for them.
"When they start yelling SOCIALIST! SOCIALIST! SOCIALIST! at Sanders will he be able to do the same?" - They already are yelling socialist socialist and yet he's still on the rise. This is just fearmongering.
"what else is out there on him?" - Oh my god! He could have some horrible secret we didn't even know about! He could have a 3rd nipple! He could be 1/6th Inuit! All just baseless speculation and fearmongering again. You act like the Clintons having had so many scandals is an asset when you have a candidate right in front of you that is scandal free. Heres one for you, what if more info comes out about Bill Clinton's trips on the Lolita Express during the general election??? Blah blah blah blah...I can't believe how ridiculous a post like this is...and now everyone can say to you "I can't believe you were just asking valid questions and everyone got so offended..." as if your intentions were pure. If you have issues with a candidate, don't be a coward, just come out with it. Drop the wankery and hand-wringing.