Comments by "Cinderball" (@cinderball1135) on "Kamala Harris Easily Won Debate, Biden Didn't" video.

  1. British guy here. I just want to give my American brothers and sisters a word of advice. I like Bernie Sanders in many ways, and I like that he has opened up American politics to accepting left-wing ideas again. But in many ways, he reminds me of Jeremy Corbyn in my country - the leader of our left-wing party whom I actually supported right from the start of his run. They're both older guys, representing an older brand of politics. They're soft-spoken, but fairly fixed in their points of view. Their advisers can struggle to make headway with them, and they risk blundering into minor, easily publicised gaffes because of that. They're honest-to-God good men, and their hearts are in the right place. But in my country, Jeremy Corbyn has come up against a brick wall of his own making. He's refused to lead the Opposition against our Government in a way that would inspire any confidence in his ability to lead as a Prime Minister. He just comes across as a man promoted beyond his level of competence - an idealist, who, in a position of power, is visibly uncomfortable, and would have been better off serving as the spiritual leader of a movement, rather than its temporal one. (Kudos to anybody who understands what I just said, haha) Labour is now on the rocks, and facing a drubbing at the next general election, because they won't take a firm stance on Brexit. Corbyn is simply too weak to hold a cabinet together and have it do as he says. I think Bernie Sanders is the wrong person to lead the Progressive movement. I think he's the perfect person to be its spiritual guide and way-finder - but he is likely to fall foul of being too genteel, and not enough of a fighter. Presidents and Prime Ministers require one thing in order to govern effectively, and it's not competence, it's not goodwill - it's authority. Progressives need to choose a leader who commands immediate respect - who can quiet a room full of chattering voices, and make them listen. That might be Kamala Harris, but my money would be on someone like Elizabeth Warren. Either of these two would make a more fitting presidential choice than Sanders. Again, I say this with all the love and admiration in the world. Some people are born to be generals - some people are born to be soldiers.
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