2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Anti-semitism, the 800lb gorilla in the room that nobody seems to want to talk about [View all]ecstatic
(35,003 posts)That alone should disqualify him. It's OFFENSIVE. Great ideas, but he's either a liar or completely delusional about how the system works. This is a congress that won't even allow a Supreme Court nominee to pass. And, he's had, what? 3 trivial bills pass in 30 years? Stop the madness!
Second, Bernie never thought the issues that matter most to me were particularly important. I saw him for years be completely dismissive of my issues. But now that he's running for president, suddenly he's trying to rewrite history. It doesn't work like that.
Third, I do think that symbols matter. I would like to see a woman, who happens to be the most qualified of all the candidates on both sides, be president of the United States.
Fourth, for years, anti-Obama DUers have used Bernie Sanders to attack the president. This obviously inflated Sanders' ego to the point where he had the audacity to call for President Obama to be primaried in 2012.
Fifth, why doesn't anyone who has served with Bernie over the past 30 years like him? He doesn't have a single friend or supporter in the Senator or congress?
Sixth, his accent, mannerisms and grumpy speaking style annoy the hell out of me! His stump speech is almost Rubio-like--memorized, rehearsed, not flexible because most of the stuff is completely new to him. He never cared about social justice before.
Seventh, if he won, I'd have to continue reading posts from BernieBros. No thanks.
Should I go on..?