Bernie is a Yuuuuuge MENSCH

[Armstead]

Watching him on the CNN Town Hall, for some reason, that came across really strongly -- stronger than I've seen before..

Always been a fan of Bernie, his views, his honesty and a connoisseur of Angry Bernie.

But beyind that -- when it comes to being a HUMAN BEING -- He's the Real Deal. (You can't fake that.)



Mensch (Yiddish: מענטש? mentsh, cognate with German: Mensch "human being&quot means "a person of integrity and honor."[1] The opposite of a "mensch" is an "unmensch" (meaning: an utterly unlikeable or unfriendly person). According to Leo Rosten, the Yiddish maven and author of The Joys of Yiddish, "mensch" is "someone to admire and emulate, someone of noble character. The key to being 'a real mensch' is nothing less than character, rectitude, dignity, a sense of what is right, responsible, decorous."[2] The term is used as a high compliment, expressing the rarity and value of that individual's qualities.

[hoosierlib]

1. Agreed...and the crowd was so cold at first and he had them worked up by the end...

I just hope people were watching...

[MrMickeysMom]

3. I watched...

I'm making myself watch HRC now.

I'm pretty sure I don't sense the same thing coming from Hillary.

Again.... "I, I, I, I.... "Me Me Me Me"

[Armstead]

4. I couldn't keep the TV on..I tried but just couldn't

[MrMickeysMom]

5. There... There...

[Armstead]

6. Nah I said that in a cranky way...Don't need a hug..Thanks though

Just want to avoid feeling like

[MrMickeysMom]

8. I knew that...

I like to be a mommy sometimes, though, so thanks for indulging me!

[Armstead]

10. A menschy thing to do

[dinkytron]

24. The Hillary portion of the show. I always try to give it a shot but

it always ends up being the part of the show that I run to the refreshment stand. Its just boring.

[VulgarPoet]

40. The Hillary portion was basically pouring another whiskey sour or just taking shots 15min in n/t

[PonyUp]

41. I use it for bathroom breaks. n/t

[highprincipleswork]

2. Absolutely!

[mmonk]

7. Yuuuuge.

[Skwmom]

9. That is why I shake my head when they say another messenger can just pick up his message.

Bernie has integrity and he believes passionately in what he is fighting for. He is a good and kind soul but tough.

Some people mistakenly think that if you have these attributes it will make you weak. But they are wrong.

[Dont call me Shirley]

11. Then I love that mensch.

[Live and Learn]

12. K&R This is for you:

[Armstead]

13. Fran Drescher Style Rap?

Cool

[Live and Learn]

15. Good description. I love that one. nt

[Armstead]

17. Yo Dahhhhling!

[Matariki]

21. I can see my house from that video!

[AtomicKitten]

14. yes indeed

[Jefferson23]

16. And always was. n/t

[Uncle Joe]

18. I felt the same way.

Thanks for the thread, Armstead.

[people]

19. A real Mensch

Agree so much. Bernie looked a little down to me tonight but he was such a mensch --- clearly was speaking from his heart. I think he is a unique and wonderful person. Completely agree with your post.

[Donkees]

20. Bernie's heart:

[Don Draper]

22. Gotta love the Sand Man!

Unlike Hillary who is motivated by power, self interest & greed, Bernie is motivated by fighting injustice. It's in his dna

[CharlotteVale]

23. K&R

[elljay]

25. Never heard the word "unmensch"

In my semi-Yiddish speaking mishpocha. There are certain Yiddish words that exist, but are rarely if ever used. Unmensch is one. "Excellent" is another. I remember our coming across this strange word in Yiddish class and everybody, including the fluent instructor, being stumped. When we looked it up and found out it meant "excellent," we had a good laugh. None of us had heard that word before!

"Dad, I got into Harvard!" "So you couldn't get into Stanford?"
"Mom, I just made ten million dollars!" "Mrs Goldberg's son Joel, the dentist, made a billion dollars from inventing a new toothbrush."

I still can't remember the word for excellent. Gotta look it up again!

[Armstead]

27. Is there a nonmensch too?

[Donkees]

33. oysgetseykhnt

[elljay]

38. That's it!

Unfortunately, since I'll never have the opportunity to use it, I will surely forget again.

[Donkees]

47. That word was waiting for Bernie :)

[elljay]

48. Here goes-

ער איז באמת א ויסגאצייכנט מענטש

Ha! My first time!

[Donkees]

49. He is truly excellent man!

[Orange Butterfly]

26. Bernie does well with town hall forums

I think Bernie is actually an introvert.

Town hall forums are more comfortable for him.

[Mufaddal]

28. Agreed, I thought he really connected

Ironically TYT seemed to feel that everything I considered a strong point was a weak point tonight, but whatever.

What was weird was the spirituality question. Cuomo basically said, "You've been asked Question X and given Answer Y. Let me ask you Question X again." What the heck was that?

Anyway, I thought the response was fantastic and incredibly moving, more than in the past.

It was also lousy to give Hillary free air time for her ad, disguised in the form of a question. He could have just as easily asked, "You've been accused of being a single issue candidate, how do you respond?"

I didn't watch all of Hillary's portion, but I'm sort of guessing they didn't play any of Bernie's ads and asking for a response. Correct me if I'm wrong though, and I'll be pleasantly surprised.

[Armstead]

30. Actually hillary got it worse

They subjected her to Steven Colbert monologue about thecdid you lie question

[Mufaddal]

32. Thanks for letting me know!

Then I am indeed pleasantly surprised. Had to make dinner so I only caught the very end of her portion and that was only via the audio on TYT.

[cantbeserious]

29. Yes He Is - Thankfully

eom

[hifiguy]

31. There is no better word for Bernie than that.

It's perfect. He's a genuinely good man. And you don't have to be perfect to be a real mensch.

[mikehiggins]

34. I watched the town hall avidly. I was thoroughly moved by Sanders answer

to the religion question. As soon as Cuomo started down that road I thought there was some sort of "gotcha" coming up, like Moses would show up to endorse HRC, but Sanders knocked the question right out of the park. Incredible.

Also incredible was his remark about how the opposition to Obama was nothing less than racism. I know we know that's true but that's the kind of thing people just don't say on national television. Sanders also pointed out that even though he was the son of a Polish immigrant and running for president nobody ever asked to see his birth certificate. He pointed to his wrist and said maybe that was because of his skin color.

To me it was like Trump the Chump calling out Bush for lying our way into Iraq.

Hillary did very well, IMHO, though I didn't care for her pointing out some of her supporters in the audience. I especially didn't care for her calculated use of the women whose kids had been killed by cops and thugs.

However, many people know that HRC is at her best when she's under a lot of pressure. I think Cuomo was surprisingly not-on-her-side tonight. Too much to hope CNN is trying to pass for honest journalism though. As soon as they could they switched over the GOPuke debacle.

I really think Trump the Chump is going to end up their nominee. Amazing.

[Armstead]

39. I think the questions was trying to get at "Do you believe in God?"

Like ya gotta believe in God to be President.

Bernie didn't take the bait.

[beam me up scottie]

35. Whatta Mensch!

[BernieforPres2016]

37. Did people see Bernie shut down his audience in Virginia today when they started booing Hillary?

Bernie was talking about an issue and said something like "here's an issue where Secretary Clinton and I disagree." Some in the crowd started to boo at the mention of her name and Bernie immediately started shaking his head no, threw up his arms and said something like "no, we're not going to do that. I have known Secretary Clinton for a long time and respect her and like her, and we're not going to do that." The boos vanished immediately and there was applause for Bernie for cutting it off.

[VulgarPoet]

43. I was literally a city over

Was sitting in Dental when it came on CNN that he was in Norfolk, and I'm pissed that I couldn't see him!

[kgnu_fan]

44. Beautiful...

[kgnu_fan]

42. I do feel the same way --- but /and

I hesitate to glorify anyone. I like how he is in his actual self. Happy that we have him as a politician.

[Armstead]

45. That's the nature of politics is glorifying candidates

But in a realistic way, hopefully.

Bernie is also a grumpy old crank, not perfect....But he's a mensch, much more so than anyone else on either side of this race.

[kgnu_fan]

46. He is staying in his life size, which is large without fake. I hope he stays that way...

A President has to project a vision for everyone to get inspired, etc but also s/he has to point to the right direction from the right motivation for the best possible way. Not from ego but for the good cause. --- One thing important is that we need to surround him closely after he is elected President so that he is not taken away from the real place he is standing right now.