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Bernie Sanders: Here is the definition of greed... (Original Post)
Playinghardball
Nov 2014
OP
Yea, it's weird. You could call Bernie "wise". What would we want with "wise", all of a sudden?
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2014
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UglyGreed
(7,661 posts)1. Bernie is on a roll
you go my man!!!
ladjf
(17,320 posts)2. I find it interesting that the one of the oldest politicians among us is also
one of the smartest and bravest of the bunch. nt
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)5. Yea, it's weird. You could call Bernie "wise". What would we want with "wise", all of a sudden?
Wise and noble. What do we need with that shit?
ladjf
(17,320 posts)11. Do you mean "wise and noble" are no longer valuable virtues?
But, I think I understand your point. Now days is seems that crooked, greedy and mean are the requirements. Who knows, maybe someday a young, energetic , wise and noble person might appear on the scene and lead us out of this political hell hole.
Initech
(100,057 posts)3. Do they want us to break out the pitchforks and torches?
Volaris
(10,269 posts)9. They think we wont.
They have convinced themselves that we aren't that smart anymore.
Mostly, they are correct. That's the really sad part.
Triana
(22,666 posts)4. His twitter timeline is full of wisdom lacking in the Dems @SenSanders
Happy to see someone else posting them! They need to be seen - THIS is what sanity looks like. We so rarely see it anymore these days.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)6. Pure evil...they hate people with few exceptions. n/t
Johnyawl
(3,205 posts)7. yes indeed, I was just about to post that it's beyond greed, it's evil.
Initech
(100,057 posts)10. They're Mr. Burns and Scrooge McDuck combined.
LawDeeDah
(1,596 posts)8. That Koch pile of dung on the right sorta looks like what Stephen Colbert
might in years to come (sorry, Stephen!). The pile on the left looks like a pedophile.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)12. Bernie cuts through the horseshit.
With a chainsaw.