I am getting the impression from some DU'ers that Senator Sanders is weak and very fragile.

[emulatorloo]

That he isn't strong, he's helpless, is totally incapable of handling criticism, and has to be protected constantly.

I am also getting the impression from some DU'ers that the Revolution Bernie talks about is very fragile and too. So ephemeral that a couple three pages of tepid criticism in a 500 page book is enough to destroy it.

Everyone needs to just shut-up shut-up shut-up.

Personally I think Bernie is tough and resilient. One of the many reasons I admire him.

But of course YMMV

[Trust Buster]

1. Thank you........+1000

[Autumn]

2. Bernie is bad to the bone, he has the energy of a man a quarter of his age

Criticism rolls off his back like water off a duck. He has no fucks to give about petty shit.

[Dem_4_Life]

3. Totally agree...I think that both Bernie and Hillary are tough and reilient

It pretty much comes with the territory of being a politician in general. I love both Hillary and Bernie.

We should all align together for the future.

[procon]

5. Someone sounds "weak and very fragile", 😭 but it ain't Sanders. LOL nt

[Demsrule86]

9. I don't care one bit about Sanders...he ran for president...he didn't win. Now he is a Senator from

Vermont. I don't approve of introducing a single payer bill at this time with no chance of passing it. Other than that I don't care...neither Hillary nor Bernie will ever be president...some new blood is a good thing.

[procon]

10. I see this not it terms of promoting any particular candidate,

but as consciousness raising for a Democratic goal. The more it's talked about, the more pundits, politicians and commentators who are discussing universal healthcare options, the more voters will start noticing it as a new idea that might be a possible solution.

It isn't going to make any headway in a Republican controlled congress, but sooner or later that will change. When it does, maybe voters will have heard enough about single payer plans to help Dems change our healthcare system.

[MuseRider]

6. He blows this stuff off

without a word most of the time. Unless he is asked about it he rarely responds. Who said what? Oh well, look at who said it and tell him why he should give a damn.

There are certainly fragile politicians but Bernie is not one of them. He has his eyes on good things for this country and will not be stopped by stupid or partisan crap.

[emulatorloo]

7. Well said! Thanks for posting that.

[MuseRider]

11. Last I looked your

OP was gone! Did someone not understand what you were saying? I know there are some very tender posters here. It is hard to know sometimes where you fall, when there are only 2 choices and you post something clever.

I intend to be like Bernie, we should all try. When you believe in something with all your heart and mind and know it is what would be the best for the most people you have to learn to let the screaming and nastiness flow over you like a cool shower.

We need to get passed this and quickly.

[JonLP24]

8. Which DUers?

I'm probably weak and very fragile but not Bernie Sanders. Most of the time I ignore those threads.

[Jim Lane]

12. I'm not following your reasoning.

If there's criticism of Bernie, and it's false, and some DUers point out the falsity, does that mean we think Bernie is fragile? That doesn't follow.

Bernie isn't fragile. For that matter, even a genuinely fragile politician wouldn't be destroyed by a few posts on an online message board.

We don't respond because we think Bernie is fragile. We respond because this is a discussion board, and pointing out falsehoods is an appropriate subject for discussion.

[Lee Adama]

13. I know you are trying to say something. I'm just not getting what it is you are trying to say.

[emulatorloo]

18. I am saying Bernie is a tough, and he's got this. I personally have a ton of confidence in him

I agree that I am not the best writer.

[Lee Adama]

21. Well good for you!

I personally have little confidence in the Independent Senator from Vermont.

[melman]

14. Very interesting to see this thread reappear

[emulatorloo]

20. It is basically my affirmation that "Bernie's Got This" and that I have confidence in him

[LanternWaste]

15. Good thing he didn't get the flu and pass out...

Good thing he didn't get the flu and pass out... no telling what sub-literate idiocy people would rely on to diagnose him from little more than a clip or photograph, and pronouncing him too old and feeble for this line of work.

[aikoaiko]

16. I am getting the impression from some DU'ers that Sec Clinton is weak and very fragile.

because of some mild criticism of her book.

[more satirical blah blah blah]

But of course YMMV

[Joe941]

17. Thank you!

[Weekend Warrior]

19. I don't think he is any of those things you mention outside of being tough.

That tough aspect is more about self-preservation than anything else. I think he has been and is insignificant when it comes to legislative success as a career politician. That's actually a fact, not an opinion.