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Hillary Clinton

NastyRiffraff

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9. I don't think he relates well to people

Reply to Jitter65 (Original post)

Sat May 28, 2016, 08:39 PM

May 2016

He says he cares about "the people," but he seems to have little or no liking for individual people. That's why he's good at rallies rather than town halls or interviews. He loves those crowds but not so much the individuals in them.

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Bernie's passion really lies with fighting the "system" or the capitalistic system than with real [View all] Jitter65 May 2016 OP

no shit was given it's over for bernie stonecutter357 May 2016 #1

^^^This!^^^ Surya Gayatri May 2016 #2

Excellent analysis, Jitter. It's what I've been thinking as well. What people see as "passion" is BlueCaliDem May 2016 #3

Where! fleabiscuit May 2016 #8

And why does he address his followers as "brothers and sisters"? Sounds so socialist anotherproletariat May 2016 #4

I grew up in a union household, there is nothing wrong with using "brothers and sisters" SharonClark May 2016 #10

Empathy is the basis of ethical action. Bernie has no empathy. Koinos May 2016 #5

He can't define it, either. pandr32 May 2016 #6

He has a vague, overly general resentment against all things financial. Koinos May 2016 #7

Agreed! pandr32 May 2016 #12

I don't think he relates well to people NastyRiffraff May 2016 #9

Bingo! SharonClark May 2016 #11