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In reply to the discussion: A Pro and Con for Bernie. [View all]ucrdem
(15,512 posts)I remember the conversation where somebody asked if I knew about him. I didn't but the prospect was intriguing so it stuck. This was in the runup to the November elections and the Clintons were also something of a novelty.
Well needless to say some years have passed and while I think I've gotten a pretty good view of the Clintons Bernie is still the socialist guy from Vermont who gets on Pacifica now and then and says stuff people have been saying for years, none of it particularly fresh or well-informed, but harmless enough. Not much there there, basically.
Now he turns up with a glowing PR team passing out glossies of Bernie the Fire-breather thumping Clinton Cash like a revivalist waving his bible. WTF? Where did this nasty guy come from? Bring back the sleepy socialist from Vermont or better leave him there and leave the White House to people who know what they're doing.
Sorry but Berniemania strikes me as a bad example of overselling.