The Sanders Surge

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

All anger imagines itself to be righteous.

But He said to turn the other cheek.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

All anger imagines itself to be righteous.

But He said to turn the other cheek.

I agree with Carrie Fisher on anger - it is like taking poison and expecting the other guy to die.

[mpholland]

Originally Posted by merrylander

But He said to turn the other cheek.

I agree with Carrie Fisher on anger - it is like taking poison and expecting the other guy to die.

I think that definition fits resentment better. Anger is an emotion, and a natural defense mechanism. It really isn't a choice IMO, unless you have done a fairly fantastic job of training yourself not react to situations. Resentment is the choice to hold on to that anger which poisons ones soul.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by merrylander

But He said to turn the other cheek.

I agree with Carrie Fisher on anger - it is like taking poison and expecting the other guy to die.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by mpholland

I think that definition fits resentment better. Anger is an emotion, and a natural defense mechanism. It really isn't a choice IMO, unless you have done a fairly fantastic job of training yourself not react to situations. Resentment is the choice to hold on to that anger which poisons ones soul.

I have 'trained' myself Marc, I did something in my late teens where I let anger get the better of myself. A lady where I worked, and who I admired, saw and the look on her face - well all I can say is that I could have walked under the door without opening it. I vowed then never to surrender my better self to such emotions. But you are right I believe Carrie was thinking of revenge.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Like a fruit cocktail for Bernie's rapid supporters realizing Hillary busted them up across the board?

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Like a fruit cocktail for Bernie's rapid supporters realizing Hillary busted them up across the board?

I walk with a cane so, though I'm a Bernie supporter, I'm not all that rapid.

[Zeke]

Damned typos.

[finnbow]

SAN FRANCISCO (The Borowitz Report)—Upping the ante in his quest for the White House, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders vowed on Tuesday night to continue battling for the Democratic Presidential nomination even if Hillary Clinton is elected President of the United States.

“If, on November 8th of this year, Hillary Clinton is elected President, we will have only begun to fight,” Sanders told a packed rally in San Francisco.

Sanders acknowledged that continuing to fight for the nomination after Clinton is elected President would represent a “steep challenge,” but added, “When we started this race we were only at three per cent in the polls. Anything is possible.”

Any hopes that Sanders would soon abandon his Presidential run in the interest of Democratic Party unity were dashed in his defiant closing remarks. “Just because someone stands up there on Inauguration Day with her hand in the air and is sworn in as President, that does not mean it is over,” he said, to a standing ovation.

[merrylander]

Bernie is so damn full of himself and just can't take losing gracefully. This side of his character was why I never "felt the Bern". For someone of his age you would have thought he would be grown up by now. I guess it was a natural affinity that made all those other children flock to his side.