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Indygram

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8. I like him OK but if I'm being honest he doesn't really inspire me much
Tue Apr 9, 2019, 10:20 PM
Apr 2019

He's smart for sure and he has some great arguments to things. I just don't think he has enough of that sumthin' sumthin' that just is necessary to win.

I also watched the kickoff speech and he did not have a lot of detail at that point. His first visits to the early states was more of a "listening tour" where he talked to people and listened to their ideas. That's another thing I like about him. He didn't just assume that he knows what everyone thinks/wants. He went out and asked. His facebook page has videos of the house parties he did with people asking questions, many of them really hard, and he did great answering them.

Some of what I learned from watching those and interviews:

He likes the Green New Deal, and has very specific ideas for global warming and the environment to enact from day 1. He just doesn't want to let any term/name policy is called to get in the way of progress.

He supports free community college and programs that allow high school seniors to graduate with both a HS diploma and an Associates Degree, more ways to eliminate student debt, more support for unions and apprenticeship programs as well.

Here is a recent interview that goes into more specifics:

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

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