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jg10003

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43. Bernie is right - demagogues are sensitive ("aware" is a better word) to what people are feeling.

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 10:05 PM

Jan 2020

Demagogues like wallace and trump are aware of people's fears, anxieties, and prejudices, and then exploit them for their own gain.

Good leaders, like Bernie, are also aware of what people are feeling. However rather then exploit people's fear and anxieties good leaders will try to address them in a reasonable and compassionate way.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Article in which Sanders defends George Wallace. [View all] nolabear Jan 2020 OP

Boy oh boy... cwhile847 Jan 2020 #1

Wait...what? Resorting to statements candidates made on the record to journalists? lapucelle Jan 2020 #4

Oh no! Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #9

And not misquote? Can't have that! Scurrilous Jan 2020 #22

I'm not worried. And my thoughts are complex. nolabear Jan 2020 #5

Did you say the BS campaign was "desperate" when this Cha Jan 2020 #21

I totally agree with you... myohmy2 Jan 2020 #25

I thought this looked familiar: George II Jan 2020 #26

smh Cha Jan 2020 #36

JPR is a literal graveyard so they are coming back here. UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #38

Echo. sheshe2 Jan 2020 #54

There are African Americans in the working class too-- dawg day Jan 2020 #27

Yes, it does seem like Biden is in a glass house as far as his race record goes. Aaron Pereira Jan 2020 #61

Are you serious? dware Jan 2020 #67

Welcome....... dware Jan 2020 #68

myohmy George II Jan 2020 #2

HahAhaHaaH! LongtimeAZDem Jan 2020 #10

I'm a strong opponent of Sanders, but this is 58 years old and out of context. Beakybird Jan 2020 #3

I believe the idea of the OP is to point out first what the gop will drag up Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #6

um uh, the gop ain't dragging that up, they love racist white men. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #11

Yeah, but they are major hypocrites PatSeg Jan 2020 #16

How is it out of context? It's the actual article. nolabear Jan 2020 #7

Actual article? Mike__M Jan 2020 #72

BS was a candidate for governor of Vermont at the time. It's called vetting. N/T lapucelle Jan 2020 #8

I'm quite sure that you're correct in assuming Sanders' is praising Wallace's OneMoreCupOfCoffee Jan 2020 #31

If you read the article, Sanders comments about Wallace were ... left-of-center2012 Jan 2020 #12

Don't mean to imply it does. But at that time, and I lived it, nolabear Jan 2020 #15

"Wallace is sensitive to what people feel they need." dawg day Jan 2020 #30

Wallace certainly wasn't sensitive to what BLACK people felt they needed. George II Jan 2020 #37

Read the damn article. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #13

If you could refrain from attacking me we could have a conversation. nolabear Jan 2020 #19

I didn't attack I attacked your post. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #24

There is so much of this taking stuff out of context this year it's hard to keep up. nt Quixote1818 Jan 2020 #44

This is a really old article, but it underscores the many skeletons in Bernie's closet calguy Jan 2020 #14

This!! There's soooo much out there. Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #18

The Biden one was about busing and it is twisted a bit...it was from 1975 Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #47

Talk about gaffes. Just unwise to cite GW to get his point across. The OP does show how vetting emmaverybo Jan 2020 #17

For this thread Gothmog Jan 2020 #20

Wait a minute. In 1972 Wallace was a Democratic candidate who renounced segregation, right? aikoaiko Jan 2020 #23

I don't think Wallace began renouncing segregation until 1979. George II Jan 2020 #28

In 1979 after being paralyzed by an assassin's bullet, the man responsible for Bloody Sunday lapucelle Jan 2020 #33

Arthur Bremer shot Wallace in 1972 aikoaiko Jan 2020 #39

You need to read more carefully. Like I said, Wallace asked for forgiveness in 1979 lapucelle Jan 2020 #41

Never knew he said this. sheshe2 Jan 2020 #57

... lapucelle Jan 2020 #29

It was 1975 the Biden article you guys had...and this is 1972...of course when it is Bernie... Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #48

What a hoot! James48 Jan 2020 #32

I wonder if Governor Wallace's victim John Lewis thinks it's a hoot. lapucelle Jan 2020 #34

Time to work what polls? Are you planning on becoming a poll worker? N/T lapucelle Jan 2020 #35

I never fail to be impressed how fast Bernie supporters turn nasty. nolabear Jan 2020 #42

He won't win the primary despite all the faux surges...People want Trump out and Sanders Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #50

You write for the Onion dware Jan 2020 #70

Maybe he had him confused with Henry Wallace? TreasonousBastard Jan 2020 #40

Bernie is right - demagogues are sensitive ("aware" is a better word) to what people are feeling. jg10003 Jan 2020 #43

Now that's a thoughtful reply. nolabear Jan 2020 #45

thank you. jg10003 Jan 2020 #46

Article in which Joe Biden bragged about receiving an award from George Wallace Tarc Jan 2020 #49

From you article...this is from the Trump team you know...not exactly as you present it. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #52

4 years later, the weathrvane shifted according to public sentiment Tarc Jan 2020 #62

"We (Delawareans) Were on the South's Side in the Civil War"? SMC22307 Jan 2020 #55

Pretty simple. nolabear Jan 2020 #58

So, white appeasement, basically Tarc Jan 2020 #63

What? Should he pretend otherwise? We don't even know how he said it. nolabear Jan 2020 #64

That is historically accurate...Maryland was too...they were not allowed to secede either of them... Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #65

"His love of George Wallace..." SMC22307 Jan 2020 #51

Well Back and white...newspapers are so interesting. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #53

Indeed! SMC22307 Jan 2020 #56

I read that later he says he will vote for the GOP rather than Wallace nice try though. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #60

I'll give you that one. It was misleading. The article stands. nolabear Jan 2020 #59

Now we're going back 48 years? Polybius Jan 2020 #66

Actually no. I don't think he's evil for it. Nor do I think nolabear Jan 2020 #69

Because a leopard never changes his spots..as far back as can be found Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #73

So I guess I'm no good Polybius Jan 2020 #77

Wrong. LOOK AT THE PICTURE! James48 Jan 2020 #71

I was just saying what this party really needs is to re-litigate stuff from 50 years ago Recursion Jan 2020 #74

Bernie in 1972: Wallace is like Hitler. Eric J in MN Jan 2020 #75

KnR NCProgressive Jan 2020 #76