Damn, did I miss the Bernie Sanders topic? Bernie Sanders is awful. He made Ted "Let's see if sand can glow" Cruz look good by comparison.
Obama was a lousy president. I wouldn't rank him among the worst, but he's a bit worse than mediocre.
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There's a lot about him I despise, the hypocrisy, arrogance, creating horrible racial tension in the country, and being an effeminate tool
You also just described Donald Trump.
Or basically any politician, at least Trump gets called out and ridiculed for it. Also Trump is definitely an alpha. What other president can have the quote, "Grab them by the pussy" attributed to them?
None, because they would have never made such a crude and sexist comment.
No, instead Bernie Sanders just accuses women of having fantasies about being raped by multiple men. And Hillary laughs at a 13 y/o rape victim's ordeal.
Mother Jones dug up a 1972 essay that Bernie Sanders wrote for the Vermont Freeman, an alternative newspaper. The article, called, "Man-and-Woman," is a commentary on gender roles. But it's also caused a stir, as is bound to happen anytime a candidate mentions rape.
If you haven't been following the hubbub, read on for a rundown of what the controversy is all about.
So what did Bernie Sanders write and what did he say about rape? The essay by the Vermont senator, who officially kicked off his presidential campaign this week, isn't long — only a page. Warning: The bit about rape comes at the very beginning, as does some not-totally-safe-for-work language:
"A man goes home and masturbates his typical fantasy. A woman on her knees, a woman tied up, a woman abused. "A woman enjoys intercourse with her man — as she fantasizes being raped by 3 men simultaneously. "The man and woman get dressed up on Sunday — and go to Church, or maybe to their 'revolutionary' political meeting. "Have you ever looked at the Stag, Man, Hero, Tough magazines on the shelf of your local bookstore? Do you know why the newspaper with the articles like 'Girl 12 raped by 14 men' sell so well? To what in us are they appealing?" Sanders then goes on to explain his ideas about gender roles and eventually gets at a sharper point — that traditional gender roles help create troubling dynamics in men's and women's sex lives.
"Many women seem to be walking a tightrope," he writes, as their "qualities of love, openness, and gentleness were too deeply enmeshed with qualities of dependency, subservience, and masochism."
In all due respect, he wrote that in 1972. A person's views can change in 40+ years.