2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: WaPo: "Bernie Sanders just gave an amazingly condescending interview about Hillary Clinton" [View all]NanceGreggs
(27,813 posts)Since Bernie launched his campaign last spring, I have not heard a single sentence out of his mouth that wasn't an excerpt of his one-and-only stump speech.
In the early days, I watched his appearances on late-night talk shows and Sunday morning political shows, watched all of the debates, and read his interviews in the press. And the talking points were exactly the same, verbatim, every single time.
Some people see that as "consistency" - I see it as evidence of a man who committed ONE speech to memory, and is incapable of saying anything beyond that ONE speech.
By the third debate, I realized I could have stepped-in for Bernie if he was suddenly unable to appear anywhere at any time. I KNEW all the talking points - and knew there was nothing substantial beyond their constant recitation.