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Related: About this forumBorowitz: Sanders Shamelessly Pandering to Voters Who Want to Hear Truth
NEW HAMPSHIRE (The Borowitz Report)Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is gaining legions of new admirers by shamelessly pandering to voters who want to hear the truth, critics of the Vermont Senator say.
According to those critics, Sanders has cynically targeted so-called truth-based voters to build support for his Presidential bid.
People come to Sanderss rallies expecting to hear the truth, and he serves it up to them on a silver platter, said the political strategist Harland Dorrinson. Its a very calculated gimmick.
But while Sanderss practice of relentlessly telling the truth might play well in states that are rich in truth-based voters, like the early primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire, critics say that his campaign could stall in states where the truth has historically been less important, like Florida.
At some point in this campaign, voters are going to get truth fatigue, Dorrinson said. Right now, the novelty of a politician who doesnt constantly spew lies is grabbing headlines. But after months of Bernie Sanders telling the truth, voters are going to start wondering, Is that all hes got?
Dorrinson is just one of many critics who is eagerly waiting for the Sanders phenomenon to come down to earth. Telling the truth may be working for Bernie Sanders, but it shows a serious lack of respect for the American political system, he said.
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Borowitz: Sanders Shamelessly Pandering to Voters Who Want to Hear Truth (Original Post)
Ichingcarpenter
Aug 2015
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merrily
(45,251 posts)1. Yuck. Sanders is totally in the pocket of $35 donors. He OWES us BIG TIME.
Shamelessly pandering to those who want to the truth. And, in plain, unparsed language, too. Disgusting.
Go Bernie
PatrickforO
(14,582 posts)2. Yes, this TRUTH gimmick can't last!
It just can't...
What???
Bernie's ahead in New Hampshire????
Aaaaaargh!
It's those 'ultra-left, infantile populists' that are screwing everything up!
C'mon guys. The Koch brothers are VERY disappointed in us.
djean111
(14,255 posts)3. Once again, excellent satire, but pretty much - cold hard reality.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)4. They were so thirsty they began to the drink the sand because there was nothing else.
We've been drinking sand for a long time. Now a real oasis has appeared.
ctsnowman
(1,903 posts)5. lol thanks for the post.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)6. Excellent! Lol!