"That choice may not have made him a very good politician, but it made him a better man."

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COMMENTS: 
*  He's honest and has always done what he said he would do. Yes, he's a very unusual individual for a politician. He's just who we need for president.
*  Wow, a politician who does not use every moment as a political stunt. A man that cares about making this nation better, who cares about the common man and not the billionaire. The fact that he did not attack Hilary but discussed issues. I many not agree with everything he says, but this man has integrity.
*  Sanders' sincerity has never been a doubt in my mind. He stands for what he stands for, and he doesn't backpedal or spin it for the media. However, I ardently disagree with his policies, values and worldview. Being a sincere man or a nice man, which he certainly seems to be, is not sufficient to merit my support, but he is without question a breath of fresh air in the politically stagnant atmosphere of our time.
*  If integrity were a criteria Bernie would win in a landslide. but as long as you have carnival barkers sucking up all the oxygen, few will notice, pathetic isn't it?
*  The type of character Bernie demonstrates makes it possible to believe their are still people who are thoughtful and who care.
*  Sanders is a decent man. Very difficult to say that about many other politicians.
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Bernie Sanders keeps promise made in private to Sandra Bland’s mother
By Michael Walsh, October 16, 2015

In an era when every moment is tweeted and politicized, Bernie Sanders elected not to capitalize on a meaningful meeting with the mother of Sandra Bland.

The chance encounter reportedly took place at East Street Café, a Thai restaurant at Union Station in Washington, D.C., five days before the first Democratic presidential debate.

The Rev. Hannah Adair Bonner, a pastor at St. John’s Church in downtown Houston, wrote in her blog about noticing the Vermont senator at another table while she was eating dinner with Geneva Reed-Veal, whose daughter became a face of the Black Lives Matter campaign following her death in police custody in July.

The pastor said she approached Sanders and asked if he would like to meet Reed-Veal and told him their group had asked if he would take a picture with them.

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“He did not impose upon Ms. Geneva to ask for a picture of his own. He did not use the moment as an opportunity to promote his campaign,” she wrote. “He took no record; he made no statement. He did not try to turn it into a publicity stunt.”

Bonner, who is a Black Lives Matter activist, said she was impressed by everyone’s sincerity during the serendipitous moment.

The Democratic presidential candidate told Reed-Veal that the death of her daughter was inexcusable and promised he would continue to “say her name.” At the debate on Oct. 13 in Las Vegas, Sanders stayed true to his word when answering a question submitted by a law student through Facebook: “Do black lives matter, or do all lives matter?”

“Black lives matter,” Sanders said. “The reason those words matter is the African-American community knows that on any given day, some innocent person like Sandra Bland can get into a car and then three days later she’s going to end up dead in jail.”

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After this response, Google searches for “Sandra Bland” surged.

Later, Bonner shared photos of their meeting with Sanders on Twitter, still impressed that he did not try to capitalize on, or even mention, the moment.

“He simply made space for a sacred moment and then let it pass without trying to gain anything from it,” Bonner said. “For that, I respect him. For that, I am grateful. That choice may not have made him a very good politician, but it made him a better man.”
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