Comparing Bernie Sanders To Donald Trump, Like Comparing Apples To Oranges

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Pro-Hillary Senator Claire McCaskill and Trump advocate Roger Stone made headlines for comparing Donald Trump to Bernie Sanders. "Both these candidates are outsiders, both these candidates are non-establishment candidates," Stone told CNN. "The same anger and frustration by the voters that's propelling Trump is also propelling Sanders."

McCaskill agreed when she appeared on CNN the same day, "People are really aggravated at the government right now," she said. "There are a lot of people that are just going 'Really? You guy's can't get anything done? All you do is fight.'"

While anger and frustration with the status quo may be driving both candidates' soaring poll numbers, Trump and Sanders are certainly not two peas in a pod. When it comes to articulating clear policy proposals, Sanders excels while Trump hasn't even bothered trying. When asked for more details on policy proposals, Trump's campaign manager told The John Fredericks Show "we're waiting, you know, for our schedule." And, Trump himself answered a question about policy proposal simply assuring a reporter, "You'll be happy, you'll be very happy."

In contrast, Sanders has not shied away from any discussion of policy. While Hillary Clinton has refused to articulate a position on the Keystone XL Pipeline, Sanders has spoken out eschewing the pipeline's harmful effects on the environment and carefully outlined his other policy proposals.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/katerina-rosen/comparing-bernie-sanders-_b_7985100.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Apples and oranges? No,

more like apples and toadstools, or apples and rats, or apples and turds. There's no rational means of equating the two in any way, other than to say they are both carbon-based life forms.

[jeepers]

2. Apples to orangutans nt

[SoapBox]

5. You beat me to it.

[yeoman6987]

4. They mean that both are not establishment which is true

They both appeal to the "sick of regular politics" type of voter which is true. They both might fizzle out. Who knows.

[Vincardog]

6. Like Comparing Apples To Crab-apples