Bernie Sanders' Morality is a Threat to the Status Quo

[kpete]

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It seems the mainstream media is finally starting to pay a little bit of attention to Bernie Sanders. Unfortunately, that little bit of attention usually involves futile attempts to goad Sanders into dissing Hillary Clinton, or asking him to comment on the "authenticity" both he and Trump seem to possess; authenticity which, polls suggest, the electorate craves.

Indeed, neither Trump nor Sanders speaks in carefully crafted focus group-driven messages, and neither is beholden to special interests (albeit for very different and significant reasons). Both seem quite comfortable in their own skin as they freely express who they are and what they believe. And both have distinct accents from the New York City boroughs (with cadence and gesticulation to match). But the similarity ends there.

Authentic communicators show us who they really are as human beings; they reveal their worldview and priorities through words and through nonverbal behavior. What Trump and Sanders have revealed couldn't be more different. Where Trump's authenticity reveals an enormous ego, ignorance, and mean-spiritedness, Sanders' authenticity reveals two important character traits that Trump and the other 2016 contenders lack: compassion and integrity. These three traits--authenticity, compassion, and integrity--add up to something greater than the sum of their parts, and that something is morality.

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Some of my progressive friends say they love what Sanders is saying but he can't win. They say Sanders supporters are naive. But I guess I'm not that cynical and I'm not resigned to America's continuing decline. It's painfully obvious to anyone paying attention that corporate greed is destroying our country and our planet, but Bernie Sanders is the only candidate talking about it and the only candidate willing to do what's required to reverse these trends.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/candy-leonard/bernies-morality-is-a-thr_b_8116350.html

[virtualobserver]

1. This article says it all....and it is why he continues to rise

watching Bernie's interview with Chris Hayes was wonderful. Bernie pulled Chris's idealism fully out into the open and Chris couldn't help but speak with him like a human being.