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sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
5. Yes, he is Uncle Joe. And I think that is why people are relating to him as soon as they
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 05:37 PM
Sep 2015

get to know him. He is so honest! This is a rare chance for us to get someone into the WH who is without guile, who is rare, not just in politics, but, sadly, in RL also.

Uncle Joe

(58,335 posts)
8. And the boys running around trying to get Senator Smith's message out over the big media of the time
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 05:56 PM
Sep 2015

are the people on the Internet trying to do the same past today's corporate media.

progree

(10,901 posts)
6. Even PBS's Politics Monday panel agrees, and contrasts to a certain other candidate
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 05:37 PM
Sep 2015
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/2016-candidates-fundraising-war-chests/

SUSAN PAGE (USA Today): ... And, also, his (Bernie's) manner. She (Hillary) has got all kinds of problems in looking approachable and looking like she’s a fully-fledged human being. And he’s all — he’s just totally approachable. He’s 100 percent authentic, approachable Bernie Sanders. So I think the contrast is not helpful to her.

TAMARA KEITH (NPR): Yes.

GWEN IFILL: Go ahead.

TAMARA KEITH: I was just going to say that when I talk to people out when I’m reporting, they say things like, gosh, Bernie Sanders is just so real.

And it creates that contrast with Hillary Clinton, who has been in public life for so long. She’s had her picture taken so many times that she has that smile down just right. And Bernie is just out there being Bernie. And so it does create sort of a stylistic contrast for people.


Bif, Pow, Ouch,

Here's the video itself
Oh, start at about 3:00. But the goody above starts at 3:42, and ends at 4:21.


passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
9. It's like Hillary is part of the borg
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 06:00 PM
Sep 2015

The political borg.

Bernie has not been absorbed yet. He's still human.

I am just joking here. Not all politicians get "absorbed" to the point they can't be 'real' or 'authentic' any more. But some definitely do, and it seems the longer you are in politics and the higher you go, the more likely you have become one of them.

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