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Cleita

(75,480 posts)
Tue May 19, 2015, 06:22 PM May 2015

Bernie can't win because he isn't pretty?

I'm sick of this. I find Bernie a very attractive man for his age. Why are people saying he isn't? He's better looking than John McCain or any other Republican in his age group and most Democrats if you think about it.

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peacebird

(14,195 posts)
1. I like everything about Bernie, the more bills he puts out, the more serious questions he answers
Tue May 19, 2015, 06:24 PM
May 2015

The more I love him!

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
3. The problem isn't Bernie I think.
Tue May 19, 2015, 06:26 PM
May 2015

The problem is the electorate. I think they don't see him as presidential material.
On edit: I can't picture him sitting behind the desk in the Oval Office.

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
7. I can relate, except it's not Bernie who I can't see behind the desk.
Tue May 19, 2015, 06:36 PM
May 2015

But then you know that.

Fortunately, it's unlikely to be something I'll have to worry about.

If she wins the primary, and that's looking less and less likely each day, she'll surely lose the general.

The baggage to ideas ratio cannot be overcome, not even with a billion dollars.

People see through bullshit, the middle of america can't relate to her, and she doesn't relate to them.

smokey nj

(43,853 posts)
14. This group is a safe haven for supporters of Bernie Sanders.
Tue May 19, 2015, 07:51 PM
May 2015

If you can't picture him sitting behind the desk in the Oval Office, you shouldn't be posting in this group.

Autumn

(44,748 posts)
4. They are working overtime to find something wrong with him even so far as to
Tue May 19, 2015, 06:31 PM
May 2015

pretend Bernie’s voice is grating . In just about any comparison with Hillary he comes off ahead. That must be terrifying to some.

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
5. I find Bernie very easy on the eyes. He looks honest and passionate. Others look desperate.
Tue May 19, 2015, 06:33 PM
May 2015

Others look, to me, like desperate dishonest schemers.

I don't like looking at them at all.

I'm like, "Girl..."

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
6. These days, we audition actors to play the role of president. For some, it's all they've known.
Tue May 19, 2015, 06:34 PM
May 2015

And some have surrendered to that notion.

Not me!

BrotherIvan

(9,126 posts)
9. I don't care what he or she looks like
Tue May 19, 2015, 06:49 PM
May 2015

I care about their positions. DU needs to stop being so petty on BOTH sides.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
10. You are right, but in the case of Bernie, saying those things is not
Tue May 19, 2015, 06:55 PM
May 2015

true. He's a very attractive senior citizen and what he says is always of substance and educational. I like listening to him and he doesn't have a gravel voice. I mean compare him to Sherrod Brown. That is a gravel voice but not unpleasant to listen to either.

BrotherIvan

(9,126 posts)
15. I think if the same things were said about Clinton on any other day, there would be HOWLS
Tue May 19, 2015, 08:52 PM
May 2015

So far today we heard that "young people don't like him because he sounds like a grumpy grandpa" and "I can't imagine him sitting in the Oval Office." And you know what it says more about the person saying that than anything. I think it's time we treat serious problems seriously. I think Bernie is cool because he has integrity and cares. That makes him pretty good looking in my book!

 

AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts)
11. That's a pretty audacious claim.
Tue May 19, 2015, 07:00 PM
May 2015

NYC SKP posted an article and accompanying picture of Hillary in GD today and the ClintonFans lost their shit over it as if he committed a crime in posting it. She looks awful in some pictures because she sometimes look awful. It's as simple as that and not some heinous plot.

Nobody's got anything on Bernie. His "look" holds him in good company ...

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
12. Einstein was rumored to have many paramours through his
Tue May 19, 2015, 07:03 PM
May 2015

lifetime so underneath that dandelion head of hair must have been a very attractive man.

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