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In reply to the discussion: I love Bernie Sanders but he is 100 percent NOT electable. [View all]RichVRichV
(885 posts)On this one we really mean it. Those mean GOP will bring out the kid gloves on Hillary. They'll only get really nasty on Bernie.
The difference between the right's attack on Hillary and their attack on Bernie is that Hillary has plenty of skeletons and past policy conflicts to go after (like most politicians do). Bernie is as squeaky clean as politicians come. His positions don't change over time so they can't pin anything on him. It's all right out there in the open. All they can do is smear him and lie about him. In today's social media driven world, those last about an hour before they're completely torn to shreds. It's a lot harder to swift boat someone when there's 10 million fact checkers spreading the word at any given time.
So far nothing has come even remotely close to sticking on him. That's why everyone keeps resorting to "He's not electable" to attack him. That's the best you can come up with. It's kind of sad really.