Crackers? Or Bernie being a dick?

[One Girl In All The World]

This just popped up on my Fb...

[elleblue]

Meh, he said it pretty matter of factly, I didn't detect a rude tone or anything. I think he knew she was liable to be hit if she stood within his arm flailing range. heh

[One Girl In All The World]

Mar 27, 2016 12:20:32 GMT -5 elleblue said:

Meh, he said it pretty matter of factly, I didn't detect a rude tone or anything. I think he knew she was liable to be hit if she stood within his arm flailing range. heh

LOL good point. The optics would be worse if he gave her a black eye. 

[isabel]

Eh, he's about to give a speech to a ton of people and is in work mode. I might get a little irritated if H was in my space during something like that. I don't think he was rude.

[frkls]

i need somebody to explain bernie to me. i consider myself to be a pretty politically-aware person, but i feel like i'm missing something. the list of stuff he says he's going to do is wonderful, but he's not going to get any of it through congress. he's so busy rallying against the establishment and refusing to compromise that he would never accomplish anything. am i missing something!?

eta: then the bernie people are down on hillary for having money and power when money and power are exactly what is required to get shit done.  if she uses her money and power to fulfill her campaign promises, isn't that the point?!

[One Girl In All The World]

Mar 27, 2016 14:52:23 GMT -5 frkls said:

i need somebody to explain bernie to me. i consider myself to be a pretty politically-aware person, but i feel like i'm missing something. the list of stuff he says he's going to do is wonderful, but he's not going to get any of it through congress. he's so busy rallying against the establishment and refusing to compromise that he would never accomplish anything. am i missing something!?

eta: then the bernie people are down on hillary for having money and power when money and power are exactly what is required to get shit done.  if she uses her money and power to fulfill her campaign promises, isn't that the point?!

You've hit the nail on the head. But the rabid berners will say it will all work out because REVOLUTION and people will magically see the light, or some shit.

[frkls]

Mar 27, 2016 14:55:06 GMT -5 One Girl In All The World said:

Mar 27, 2016 14:52:23 GMT -5 frkls said:

i need somebody to explain bernie to me. i consider myself to be a pretty politically-aware person, but i feel like i'm missing something. the list of stuff he says he's going to do is wonderful, but he's not going to get any of it through congress. he's so busy rallying against the establishment and refusing to compromise that he would never accomplish anything. am i missing something!?

eta: then the bernie people are down on hillary for having money and power when money and power are exactly what is required to get shit done.  if she uses her money and power to fulfill her campaign promises, isn't that the point?!

You've hit the nail on the head. But the rabid berners will say it will all work out because REVOLUTION and people will magically see the light, or some shit.

okay...i thought i was fundamentally misunderstanding the whole thing.  i miss the passion and hope of the obama campaign and envy the berners their enthusiasm.  i'm all old and crotchety and realistic now. 

[froggy76]

Mar 27, 2016 14:52:23 GMT -5 frkls said:

i need somebody to explain bernie to me. i consider myself to be a pretty politically-aware person, but i feel like i'm missing something. the list of stuff he says he's going to do is wonderful, but he's not going to get any of it through congress. he's so busy rallying against the establishment and refusing to compromise that he would never accomplish anything. am i missing something!?

eta: then the bernie people are down on hillary for having money and power when money and power are exactly what is required to get shit done.  if she uses her money and power to fulfill her campaign promises, isn't that the point?!

I've been trying to figure this out, too. I know several people who think he would be the best president of their lifetimes. I really think it has to do with his conviction and his honesty. I do respect him for those traits, but I agree he wouldn't get anything done.

[auntie]

Mar 27, 2016 14:52:23 GMT -5 frkls said:

i need somebody to explain bernie to me. i consider myself to be a pretty politically-aware person, but i feel like i'm missing something. the list of stuff he says he's going to do is wonderful, but he's not going to get any of it through congress. he's so busy rallying against the establishment and refusing to compromise that he would never accomplish anything. am i missing something!?

eta: then the bernie people are down on hillary for having money and power when money and power are exactly what is required to get shit done.  if she uses her money and power to fulfill her campaign promises, isn't that the point?!

Exactly.

The rhetoric this campaign is frightening. It's as if most who are running haven't taken high school civics and have no clue how our government actually works. Like having no understanding of the process of government is preferable to actual experience.

I specifically side-eye the Bern because he's had  7 terms as a U.S. Representative and is in his third as a Senator during which he was in the branch of government charged with enacting laws and he didn't.

If you were picking a surgeon or accountant, you wouldn't be looking for some rogue outsider.