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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Character matters [View all]
to me. Authenticity and having a sense of who someone is, matters to me. I suspect it matters to the vast majority of voters as much as positions on issues.
One of the main reasons I support Bernie is who he is as a human being. There's a great Yiddish word that fits him well: Mensch: A person of honor and integrity.
Bernie Sanders is a mensch.
I'm proud to support him.
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I'm not supporting her, but I consider Clinton a womensch of honor & integrity too
Bucky
Aug 2015
#4
It's bad, I was surprised to see the Hillary thread had just a few supporters commenting on her
Autumn
Aug 2015
#10
The bills Bill Clinton signed and causes he championed most definitely hurt many people.
AtomicKitten
Aug 2015
#13
Yes. And steered the party down a lower road than it had been in a while. Still there too. n/t
jtuck004
Aug 2015
#16
Actually I'm thinking about the 100 million Americans left in poverty and near poverty - not
jtuck004
Aug 2015
#24
And that goes tooth heart of the problem. Since Reagan the politicians have gone out of their way
LiberalArkie
Aug 2015
#15
So they wanted to protect marriage from lgbt people because it was the popular thing to do?
beam me up scottie
Aug 2015
#38
that was the excitement of this primary. sanders, clinton, omalley.... character matters
seabeyond
Aug 2015
#12