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Originally Posted by KagatobLuvsAnimu
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a man who won't even stand up to some dumb stereotypical loud black chick AT HIS OWN RALLY is going to accomplish a damn thing. Congress will block his ass all day and he has yet to show that he has the balls to do shit about it.
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You really hold that against him? I see this a lot from Trump supporters and internet libertarians. Bernie's response wasn't bad; he let Guamquisha and the entire dindu movement make a complete fool out of themselves. Instead of playing into their hands and getting flustered, he maintained his composure and gave her the pulpit so she could convey her message. But guess what? She didn't have a message, just complete and utter inarticulate ignorance and rage (Surprise surprise). I'd blame the people running the rally more than anything. His response is one of the reasons level-headed, rational, civil people everywhere are behind Sanders, while toxic, hateful, rage-filled hicks beat off to Trump's infantile verbal abuse.
Also, tenacity doesn't magically grant presidents the ability to sidestep Congress. It doesn't matter whether Trump, Sanders, or Hillary are elected; none of them have the ability to ignore Congress and get shit done on their own. Whether they are bold is irrelevant. Their balls are irrelevant. It's naive to think macho rhetoric will get you anywhere in DC.
What counts is the fact that Trump or Sanders would be elected with a strong mandate to overturn the status quo. Sanders is honest enough to admit the importance of advocacy as one of his platform policies, he acknowledges that an important action is raising awareness about the state of the political system, because real change can't occur until there has been an incumbent genocide in Congress. Trump won't even admit this, and you know Congress isn't going to cooperate with Trump, so he's pretty much just straight up lying.