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Bernie Sanders

merrily

(45,251 posts) Fri Sep 25, 2015, 08:07 AM Sep 2015

The Pope talks of helping those who need help and saving the environment

and almost everyone gushes incessantly, despite the homophobia and misogyny of the Church.

Bernie Sanders talks about the same thing, sans the homophobia and misogyny, and people call him a fringe candidate.

Sigh.