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randr

(12,409 posts)
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 10:35 AM Mar 2016

Another Red Neck for Bernie

Had a conversation with an acquaintance that drives a cement truck yesterday. A self proclaimed Red Neck he hesitatingly told me he was excited about Bernie. He said he can not believe the Trump mania among his fellow workers and that they can not understand his choosing Bernie either. Stated that he thought Hillary was a criminal, so he probably watches Faux. He said his attraction to Bernie was because he didn't think Bernie could lie and is not afraid to tell us the truth. He is afraid of Trump because he does not believe a word that comes out of his mouth and thinks the people who are supporting him will one day be ashamed.
This is the third person of Republican political persuasion I have met this week who are voting for Bernie if they can.

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Dustlawyer

(10,494 posts)
4. And like someone who is trying to think for himself rather than swallow the propaganda
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 10:42 AM
Mar 2016

whole. It also is further evidence that the American public from both party's is fed up with the corruption of our political system!

merrily

(45,251 posts)
6. He may or may not know which bills Sen. Sanders voted for or why, but he knows he's not lying.
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 10:45 AM
Mar 2016

This is exactly why England had juries centuries before it had public schools.

They probably worked better before all the rules about what juries could and could not consider developed--although I understand why they developed.

RiverLover

(7,830 posts)
5. I never watch Fox (or any other cable news) & I agree with the Redneck.
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 10:43 AM
Mar 2016

I think Hillary is a criminal too. On many different levels.

Merryland

(1,134 posts)
7. This is great - Bernie is so much a man of the people.
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 10:47 AM
Mar 2016

the republicans & republicrats want to divide us. Bernie is inclusive.

randr

(12,409 posts)
8. There is a growing number of conservative voters
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 10:58 AM
Mar 2016

who are disgusted with their party. The more Trump exposes his ignorance and surrounds himself with thugs the more people are seriously thinking he must be stopped. This is becoming a significant number of people who will be able and willing to swing the election away from Trump. At the same time these people, for the most part, are vehemently opposed to Hillary.
The Democratic Party at large needs to wake up and smell the coffee. Our Nation is in extreme danger if Trump were to get himself elected. We need to market an appeal to these disgruntled masses and bring them over to our side.

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