The American Public Is Far Too Stupid To Elect Someone As Intelligent As Bernie

[SoCalMusicLover]

I'm not here to bash the Hillary supporters. Clearly she is at the very least, far better than anyone in the repub Clown Car. And she would be the 1st female President.

But there are far too many Idiots who will vote for whatever Corporate & Media America tells them to vote for, and that will undoubtedly be Hillary. It is going to be tough for someone like Mr. Sanders to get a foothold, although I would very much like to think that it is possible.

If he were to go up against say jeb in the general election, the Corporate fascists will be pushing the bush meme full speed ahead. Labeling Bernie as a radical liberal, while ignoring the bush family history and their right wing agenda which will never change.

It is like the Titanic. Asking a ship so big to turn to such a degree takes time, and I'm not sure there is enough time given the stupidity and 2-minute attention span of the American public.

I would also not put it past the right to pull another theft like they did in 2000, when another highly intelligent and qualified gentleman named Al Gore was taken down by an IDIOT who should not have even been in a general election.

Bernie would probably be the 1st President in my lifetime(49 years), that I could be comfortable and proud of. I loved Bill Clinton as well, but he certainly had his issues and controversies, while I think Bernie has a more honorable soul and his actions would be to do what is best for America.

I will continue to support him, until such time as he tells me not to.

[boston bean]

1. I dont' think he is all that smart.

to me, he comes off as a man with a scripted set of talking points, with very little in the way of solutions.

He likes to spout off about the issues, which I happen to agree with him that they are issues.

But that's about all he does. He gets everyone agreeing there is a problem, and very little on the solution side. Which is where the brains come in.

[LondonReign2]

9. "he comes off as a man with a scripted set of talking points"

Well, I now know I never have to take a post of yours seriously.

With regards to the OP: I have the same dime view of the electorate, but still hold out hope.

[kath]

11. Wow, talk about falling through the rabbit hole.

Amazing.

[randys1]

2. Remember one thing, if Bernie beats Hillary (very hard to do, very hard) , this means he has

the support necessary to win the general.

It would be close, he could lose.

Now many say he has no chance of getting close to Hillary, if that is true, then this is all moot.

[NCTraveler]

7. Spot on.

We will know when it happens. If Sanders beats Clinton in the Primary, there is no doubt in my mind he will have shown his campaign "chops." I think the argument of his electability is somewhat mute until that point. Not that I blame Clinton supporters for using it. It's kind of fair game in campaigns.

Some things are really that easy to answer. Can Sanders win in the General. If he takes out a Clinton there is no doubt in my mind he can. Doesn't mean he will, just like Hillary coming out of the Primary doesn't mean she will. Somewhat like the sports question "Is this the next Michael Jordan." It is one of the easiest questions out there to answer. We will know when it goes from "Is this the next Michael Jordan" to "Is this the next (fill in the blank)."

[ladjf]

3. I have a deep seated fear that you are right. They might not be ready for an honest, intelligent

and forward thinker like Bernie. But, if he loses, he will have laid down a foundation for a successor.

[NCTraveler]

4. While I am in complete disagreement with all aspects of your headline.....

and small portions of the body, I do like your thoughts and thought process throughout. Thanks for sharing. K&R.

Al Gore, who was already being portrayed as republican lite, picked Lieberman. That was a pretty bad move.

[bvf]

5. Had me for a second there.

Before I saw the full headline, I thought maybe Trump was now insulting the whole electorate (although I suppose he's been doing that all along).

On edit: there's some truth in what you say, but I'll continue to support Sanders as well, and definitely vote for the eventual D nominee.

[JaneyVee]

6. You think the corporate media is going to push Hillary??

They've been attacking her for 25 years.

[Metric System]

10. Right? Where are they seeing the media pushing for Hillary, other than when they report on her lead

in the polls? That's reporting a fact, not promoting her.

[MoonRiver]

15. And it's obvious they don't like doing that.

They dissect the polls down to the last minutia, trying to find something negative in them against her. Plus they refuse to discuss polls showing Bernie against the GOP, because, guess what, they would look bad for him, and, by default, good for Hillary. Promoting Hillary,my ass.

[bvf]

13. The media loves a horse race.

Eyeballs and clicks. Money.

Simple.

[whathehell]

8. Speak for yourself, genius,

[HereSince1628]

12. Yes, but mental inertia of popular opinon is not analogous to physical inertia

We like physical analogies as most of us mostly 'get' them. But, there is no reason to believe that the course of politics is like the trajectory of a great ocean vessel (whose voyage ended in tragedy).

Any number of allusions can be constructed by clever and creative commentators...

Including...public attitude may be somewhat like the shifting volume of a water reservoir, which fills slowly and evaporates slowly, but which, on occassion can burst through a dam or levy and suddenly become exceedingly dynamic force leaving in it's aftermath a quite altered state.

There's no way to know which of such creative allusions is most like reality. We do know all allusions fail when pressed too far...

But Bernie himself is looking for something he calls a political revolution...he's doesn't seem to be looking for a turning of the Titanic but rather something that will leave an altered state.

[MineralMan]

14. If that is true, then he will not be the nominee.

What you've made an argument for is something other than democratic elections, whether you know it or not.