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The trouble with BernieBY MICKEY HIRTEN
Oct. 7 2015 11:18 AM
Here's my problem with Bernie Sanders. With few exceptions, I agree with his positions on issues. But I don't like him or his political temperament. He'd be an awful president.
I followed him carefully when I was editor of the Burlington Free Press in Vermont. Sanders was the state's sole congressman, lived in Burlington, and would periodically visit with the newspaper's editors and publisher.
Considering that the Free Press' editorial positions were very liberal, reflecting the nature of a very liberal Vermont community, one might think that meetings with Sanders were cordial, even celebratory.
They weren't. Sanders was always full of himself: pious, self-righteous and utterly humorless. Burdened by the cross of his socialist crusade, he was a scold whose counter-culture moralizing appealed to the state's liberal sensibilities as well as its conservatives, who embraced his gun ownership stance, his defense of individual rights, an antipathy toward big corporations and, generally speaking, his stick-it-to-them approach to politics.
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I'm not alone in my opinions about Sanders. Chris Graf, long-time Associated Press bureau chief in Vermont, in an article published Sept. 30 in Theweek.com, had this to say about the senator.
Bernie has no social skills, no sense of humor, and he's quick to boil over. He's the most unpolitical person in politics I've ever come across, Graf said. Others who have covered Sanders agree.
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I am more worried about Hillary using those codes, in order to prove she is "tough", a Maggie
djean111
Oct 2015
#13
Marco Rubio seems to be an even-keeled sort of idiot. Maybe we should all vote for him instead.
DisgustipatedinCA
Oct 2015
#19
Kind of funny, Bernie has reached accross the aisle numerous times and worked with
Dustlawyer
Oct 2015
#105
Wow! A terrible thing having a serious person representing us. Maybe he should be joking around,....
dmosh42
Oct 2015
#2
Well, we are talking about someone who doesn't know about the pic in their own sig.
jeff47
Oct 2015
#10
Because your use of it is a perfect example of your style-over-substance leanings. (nt)
jeff47
Oct 2015
#27
I know this question will be seen as furthering the attack/smear; but ...
1StrongBlackMan
Oct 2015
#48
This kind of comity we can do without: Bill Clinton conspires with Paul Ryan on Medicare cuts.
AtomicKitten
Oct 2015
#55
No really, I'm sorry about reality. How can reality and I make it up to you?
LondonReign2
Oct 2015
#108
And I'll keep posting the facts, and when the facts show you are wrong you can say
LondonReign2
Oct 2015
#111
No, but he's worked with Ron Paul to pass an "Audit the Fed" thing...I think...
ancianita
Oct 2015
#113
Why would I care about some editor's personal dislike of Bernie's manner? Enough to switch my
djean111
Oct 2015
#7
The ability to work with others, is not a matter of participating in a popularity contest ...
1StrongBlackMan
Oct 2015
#50
My strategy in getting shots for my videos is to watch a TV interview and take pics of the screen.
JEFF9K
Oct 2015
#84
must be running out of slag if his 'lack of social skills' (which belies his
roguevalley
Oct 2015
#91
The problem with Bernie Sanders is he exposes the hypocrisy of Hillary Clinton
Android3.14
Oct 2015
#33
Cali-Democrat, this is gossip These stories by disgruntled staffers or pissed off reporters
emulatorloo
Oct 2015
#36
the bully pulpit is the only thing that matters but since you probably have
roguevalley
Oct 2015
#93
You're on a board where a vocal minority claims to not support Sanders...
WorseBeforeBetter
Oct 2015
#88
These are fair criticisms and real impediments if he were ever to make it out of the primaries
BeyondGeography
Oct 2015
#52
I want a president who is serious about the issues, and Bernie is best on the issues I care about
peacebird
Oct 2015
#79
From Kelly, the current Director of the VermontProgressive Party and FORMER BERNIE STAFFER:
in_cog_ni_to
Oct 2015
#114
"He's the most unpolitical person in politics..." Sounds like a helluva good reason to vote for him
Tierra_y_Libertad
Oct 2015
#119
Ever More Attacks On Bernie And Supporters - So Sad To See Democrats Suckered By These Tactics
cantbeserious
Oct 2015
#129
One could have criticized Harry S Truman for the same social deficiencies.
no_hypocrisy
Oct 2015
#130