2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Ok, you guys want to play the same game? If Sanders wins, will the Clinton supporters back Sanders [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)the average American on most issues, than any other candidate. He IS a novelty when it comes to politicians because he's honest, his campaign talk isn't just rhetoric, his long record shows that he has been consistent and WAY ahead of eg, Hillary on important issues and voted that way.
He has iow, some very important qualities in a leader, he has foresight, enough to know NOT to vote for the Iraq War AND the Patriot, demonstrating another quality lacking in many politicians, courage. He supported Gay Marriage and didn't have to 'evolve' on the issue. He did so because it was the right thing to do. Unlike Hillary who was slow to reverse her position not so long ago that 'marriage was a sacred trust between a man and a woman'.
On Wall St, the TPP, Pipeline etc his on the right side again. He voted against NAFTA predicting, what is now a fact, a loss of jobs for Americans.
Hillary has been wrong on so many issues, War, the Patriot Act, even torture, the TPP etc and has had to apologize for her mistakes.
You can't have a leader who gets wrong when people's lives are at stake. Apologizing ten years later and hundreds of thousands of lives later, that doesn't help.
The only thing 'novel' about Bernie is he tells the truth and he acts with foresight and good judgement when he is called to do so. He has all the qualities of a good leader.