2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If Bernie is courting progressive voters, why Liberty University? [View all]BainsBane
(53,035 posts)to interact across the isle over religion, Christianity, I believe. I don't know if Jews attend. However, given that Sanders won't even join the Democratic Party, I don't know how concerned he is with getting along with Republican legislators. I don't know that he hasn't attended either. I really have no idea.
Only in an era when people celebrate the non-functioning of government is it seen as a bad thing to interact with representatives of a different party. That is a large part of why government doesn't function, and some prefer it that way. They aren't poor and disabled. They won't go hungry if government shuts down. It's all about their egos, affirming their anger, which is much more important than the lives of those who depend on government.
So you find some virtue in Sanders not associating with his co-workers, yet have no problem with his courting the most racist, homophobic, misogynistic group of voters in America at Liberty University. I disagree. In fact, I don't want anyone as president who refuses to associate with Republican congresspeople. Leadership requires being able to work with congress. I understand that is irrelevant to those who see the role of president as entertainer in chief, meant to validate their anger. I don't see it that way.