You trust Sanders less than Joe or Pete?
If you meant the opposite then ignore my post, but I don't get that at all. If you don't agree with Sanders' politics that's cool. If you don't agree with how he wants to implement his ideas that's cool too.
But the guy is clearly authentic. He's been saying the same shyt his entire life. He clearly cares about people, and he's one of the only major politicians I've ever seen (especially in the modern era) to actually talk policy positions with conviction and not dodge questions about how he'd try to implement his ideas. He gets asked how he will pay for this, or implement that, and he will give an honest answer instead of throwing out word salad.
I've even seen ads where he's hugging supporters that are crying and upset over health insurance stuff, and he's telling them he is going to fight as hard as he can for them but also says he wants to be careful not to over-promise and under-deliver. He's not promising the moon; rather he's promising that he will fight as hard as he can if elected.
He's one of the only major politicians I've ever seen that comes across as a true civil servant and not someone primarily interested in advancing their own career. Do you really think he wants to run the free world? I don't. I think he's running because he believes he's the guy for the job. But he's one of the only presidential candidates I've ever seen that doesn't seem hungry for the job just because they've dreamed of being in the oval office their entire career.
I think even people on the right believe this, and out of all the candidates he seems to be one of the main ones that is at least respected for that by people that wildly disagree with his political positions.
It used to be considered a positive thing when a candidate could pick up votes from the other side, but I've seen Sanders vilified for this. If he speaks to those rust belt folks that voted for Trump because they believed him when he lied and said he'd get their factory jobs back, shouldn't it be a good thing that those people might flip back to Bernie? Because unlike Trump, Bernie will actually do things to try and help them, and he's arguably the only guy that Trump won't steamroll later this year.
