The Advocate: Is Bernie Sanders the Most LGBT-Friendly Candidate?

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11. As a leader, you can't be all things to all people.

Bernie Sanders doesn't even try. He does what he thinks is right, says what he believes is the truth, and damn the consequences.

That is what a leader does. You can't pretend to be for workers if you are beholden to corporate donations. You can't pretend to be for human rights and equality, if you are committed to turning a blind eye to destruction of the very environment people live in because it would be painful for your campaign optics.

This third way triangulation bullshit is what got us in many of the messes we are still in.

I think about how Jon Stewart really socked it to Judith Miller on the Daily Show. He told the truth, she looked like the asshole she is, and guess what? People believe and have faith in Jon Stewart. They don't have faith in mealy-mouthed liars that will do anything to stay in favor - even if what they are doing is against the will of the American people.

If you lie for so long that you don't even recognize lying as something bad to do, you have reached the point where you are incapable of being trustworthy.