2016 Postmortem

hifiguy

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8. He reminds this Minnesotan of the late, great Paul Wellstone, another mensch.

Fri Aug 28, 2015, 06:47 PM

Aug 2015

Wellstone convinved a lot of people who disagreed with him on one issue or another to vote for him because he was absolutely straight with people about what he believed, stood for and fought for. No one ever had to wonder where he stood and that gained him a ton of respect across the board. More than a few votes, too.

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Character matters [View all] cali Aug 2015 OP

Bernie is my favorite mensch. Autumn Aug 2015 #1

Honesty is another important fact for sadoldgirl Aug 2015 #2

He reminds this Minnesotan of the late, great Paul Wellstone, another mensch. hifiguy Aug 2015 #8

I want Track Records.....NOT "promises". bvar22 Aug 2015 #3

I'm not supporting her, but I consider Clinton a womensch of honor & integrity too Bucky Aug 2015 #4

I wish I did. cali Aug 2015 #5

I saw no attack on Hillary in this OP, just a nice positive OP about Bernie Autumn Aug 2015 #6

True enough. I wasn't indirectly chastising the OP Bucky Aug 2015 #9

It's bad, I was surprised to see the Hillary thread had just a few supporters commenting on her Autumn Aug 2015 #10

Mensch literally means a human being. So you don't have to add a prefix. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #17

hey bucky. i have not seen you in a long time. seabeyond Aug 2015 #20

Sadly I don't feel that. Wish I did. 840high Aug 2015 #27

"Mensch" is the perfect word for Bernie. hifiguy Aug 2015 #7

Bill and Hillary are the definition of character; ericson00 Aug 2015 #11

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

yes, a lower road. A lower road with 5 popular vote victories in 6 elections ericson00 Aug 2015 #23

Actually I'm thinking about the 100 million Americans left in poverty and near poverty - not jtuck004 Aug 2015 #24

so post an op to that effect. cali Aug 2015 #14

And that goes tooth heart of the problem. Since Reagan the politicians have gone out of their way LiberalArkie Aug 2015 #15

Let me get this straight... Ino Aug 2015 #18

I want a politician who 840high Aug 2015 #28

hmmmmm ericson00 Aug 2015 #29

What does DOMA say about their character? beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #34

in case you were sleeping in the 1990s, ericson00 Aug 2015 #35

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

I know that word. Fawke Em Aug 2015 #19

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2015 #21

Here's character, and leadership: elleng Aug 2015 #22

tell it woman. damn straight. character. didnt just talk about it. didnt play the guitar or eat seabeyond Aug 2015 #25

I am proud and happy too. MuseRider Aug 2015 #26

A mensch with a Yiddishe kop MannyGoldstein Aug 2015 #30

Kick from another proud Vermonter. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #31

Correction: "Character matters TO SOME PEOPLE." cherokeeprogressive Aug 2015 #32

+1 mylye2222 Aug 2015 #37

So am I. PatrickforO Aug 2015 #33

Gladly kicked your thread. mylye2222 Aug 2015 #36

Thanks for this thread, cali. Cuts to the core of what matters. senz Aug 2015 #39