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DCBob

(24,689 posts)
Sat Apr 16, 2016, 09:41 AM Apr 2016

Sanders and Trump are both good at pointing out problems with our country..

but neither is good at offering details on how to solve them. Any idiot can see we have problems in this country but fixing them is a very difficult complex task.

Hillary referred to this during the debate the other night when she jabbed at Sanders "Describing the problem is a lot easier than trying to solve it.”.

Bernie and Trump have connected well with the angry pissed off voters but those same voters will be even more angry when they find out their candidates (if they win) cant deliver what they have vaguely promised.

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Sanders and Trump are both good at pointing out problems with our country.. (Original Post) DCBob Apr 2016 OP
Trump thinks the problem is too many brown people. geek tragedy Apr 2016 #1
True.. I was referring more to economic problems. DCBob Apr 2016 #7
Even then, Trump is diagnosing symptoms rather than causes nt geek tragedy Apr 2016 #8
Trump is a vulgar fool but he has found a way to connect with a huge group of voters... DCBob Apr 2016 #11
Perhaps, but Hillary will work hard to make our problems worse. Scuba Apr 2016 #2
No, she won't. But that's the hysterical line of discussion you're promoting. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #5
More war, more wealth to the already wealthy. Scuba Apr 2016 #6
A Sanders supporter calling someone naive? redstateblues Apr 2016 #9
Not buying your hate-filled propaganda is being naive? I'd be naive if I believed a single word. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #10
Hate-filled? What did I write that's hateful? Scuba Apr 2016 #13
Jesus, man. You've been doing this so long you don't even see the hate. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #15
I can't see things you imagine. Scuba Apr 2016 #16
This isn't an intervention -- just telling you the truth. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #17
Buzz ... Scuba Apr 2016 #18
She is going to make this country better by actually doing something.. DCBob Apr 2016 #12
It's what she would do that worries me. Scuba Apr 2016 #14
And, I might add, raising the anger and rage level to uncontrollable levels of their supporters. Jitter65 Apr 2016 #3
The parallels between Trump, Sanders, and their supporters are striking. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #4

DCBob

(24,689 posts)
11. Trump is a vulgar fool but he has found a way to connect with a huge group of voters...
Sat Apr 16, 2016, 10:00 AM
Apr 2016

by tapping into their anger but in a shallow way with simplistic one-liners that hit hot buttons. Bernie has done the same.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
6. More war, more wealth to the already wealthy.
Sat Apr 16, 2016, 09:51 AM
Apr 2016

If you expect different from her you're being naive.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
10. Not buying your hate-filled propaganda is being naive? I'd be naive if I believed a single word.
Sat Apr 16, 2016, 09:59 AM
Apr 2016
 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
15. Jesus, man. You've been doing this so long you don't even see the hate.
Sat Apr 16, 2016, 10:05 AM
Apr 2016

It is time for you to have some self-reflection.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
17. This isn't an intervention -- just telling you the truth.
Sat Apr 16, 2016, 10:09 AM
Apr 2016

If you want to stay on the same path, it's up to you.

Best of luck.

DCBob

(24,689 posts)
12. She is going to make this country better by actually doing something..
Sat Apr 16, 2016, 10:01 AM
Apr 2016

not just making grand statements.

 

Jitter65

(3,089 posts)
3. And, I might add, raising the anger and rage level to uncontrollable levels of their supporters.
Sat Apr 16, 2016, 09:44 AM
Apr 2016

Just not a way to bring a country together. Two angry old white men shaking their fingers in our faces just doesn't set well with me.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
4. The parallels between Trump, Sanders, and their supporters are striking.
Sat Apr 16, 2016, 09:47 AM
Apr 2016

The OP illustrates nicely the similarities of the candidates. The Sanders supporters and highly abusive but don't show the violent tendencies of the Trump crowd, but I'd be curious what would happen if Trump protesters started disrupting Sanders rallies.

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