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riversedge

(70,242 posts)
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 06:08 AM Feb 2016

Sanders ranks himself better than Obama on race, Hillary on women's issues, Ted Kennedy on human rig

From the Dem Debate--Sanders souring high with ego Thursday night



Maya Harris ?@mayaharris_ 20h20 hours ago

Sanders says he'd be better for race relations than Obama. http://www.politico.com/blogs/democratic-debate-milwaukee-2016/2016/02/bernie-sanders-vows-to-improve-race-relations-219176
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Jonathan Alter ?@jonathanalter 1d1 day ago

Hillary is right. Bernie trashed Obama's policies routinely to me and other reporters, especially in 2011-2013 period.

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Ronald Klain ?@RonaldKlain 1d1 day ago

Sanders ranks himself better than @POTUS on race relations, than @HillaryClinton on women's issues, than Ted Kennedy on human rights. Wow

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Joy Reid ?@JoyAnnReid 1d1 day ago South Carolina, USA

Fixing link: here is what Sanders said about primarying President Obama back in 2011: http://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/07/22/277124/bernie-sanders-primary-obama/

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Sanders ranks himself better than Obama on race, Hillary on women's issues, Ted Kennedy on human rig (Original Post) riversedge Feb 2016 OP
He is quite grandiose. Getting more so, too. pandr32 Feb 2016 #1
... riversedge Feb 2016 #10
Love it! pandr32 Feb 2016 #21
That is too good for words comradebillyboy Feb 2016 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author oh08dem Feb 2016 #2
Yeah, just listen to BS tell you how he ranks higher than anybody on anything. some nerve. Cha Feb 2016 #3
SANDERS: I can see the establishment from my office [inside the establishment] riversedge Feb 2016 #6
He begs for this.. lol! Cha Feb 2016 #8
It's easy to imagine oneself better BainsBane Feb 2016 #4
If that's crazy then I'm feelin' it, too, BB. Well Done! Cha Feb 2016 #5
Sanders is good at diagnosing problems--I will give him that--but as Hillary said in the debate, riversedge Feb 2016 #7
I don't know that he is. kjones Feb 2016 #24
Very large ego that man FloridaBlues Feb 2016 #9
"I have a bigger ego than Kanye" 72DejaVu Feb 2016 #12
Bernie Sanders holds the all time single season homerun record 72DejaVu Feb 2016 #11
All the Chuck Norris jokes were actually stolen from Bernie. kjones Feb 2016 #25
so he and Trump are ego maniacs? eom artyteacher Feb 2016 #13
In a revolution, all but the revolutionaries must be invalidated Rose Siding Feb 2016 #18
Sanders* is so full of himself. His campaign is really all about livetohike Feb 2016 #14
Bernie read War And Peace on his lunch break. 72DejaVu Feb 2016 #15
OMG, what is next. Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #16
Bernie learned to tie his shoes in the womb. 72DejaVu Feb 2016 #17
LOL mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #35
Amazing! mcar Feb 2016 #19
Bernie invented Lunch. 72DejaVu Feb 2016 #20
But he didn't mean it that way, wahhh. nt UtahLib Feb 2016 #23
He is wrong, he would not automatically make race relations better by going after the Jackie Wilson Said Feb 2016 #26
I hear that when he farts, his supporters report seeing rainbows come out. Lil Missy Feb 2016 #27
lmao mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #34
S'mores were Bernie's idea 72DejaVu Feb 2016 #28
Better than Who? peggysue2 Feb 2016 #29
Wrong, wrong & wrong. To give him some credit he is better at disparaging Dems than Republicans. great white snark Feb 2016 #30
Thank you for that, great white snark! Cha Feb 2016 #36
With the Pope being in Mexico right now, I'm surprised Sanders isn't down there giving the homily. George II Feb 2016 #31
Hah! peggysue2 Feb 2016 #32
which is what he's doing now mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #33
Oh my goodness! NurseJackie Feb 2016 #37
His breath smells of lavender. Beausoir Feb 2016 #38

Response to riversedge (Original post)

Cha

(297,320 posts)
3. Yeah, just listen to BS tell you how he ranks higher than anybody on anything. some nerve.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 06:49 AM
Feb 2016

Oh see what I mean!

Ronald Klain ?@RonaldKlain 1d1 day ago

Sanders ranks himself better than @POTUS on race relations, than @HillaryClinton on women's issues, than Ted Kennedy on human rights. Wow
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Just ask him. keep talkin'

Thank you, rivers~

riversedge

(70,242 posts)
6. SANDERS: I can see the establishment from my office [inside the establishment]
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 07:56 AM
Feb 2016

Got a chuckle from this one!


Darren Hutchinson ?@dissentingj Jan 21

SANDERS: I can see the establishment from my office [inside the establishment]




BainsBane

(53,035 posts)
4. It's easy to imagine oneself better
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 07:12 AM
Feb 2016

When the sole criteria is talk rather than accomplishing anything.
What has Bernie accomplished in any of those areas? Is there one piece of legislation he has enacted? One reform he has implemented?

Call me crazy, bit I actually leaders who bring about seeing improvements in people's lives rather than the ones who spend their time denigrating the accomplishments of those who do work for change.

And then to announce that race and gender equality are better served by keeping govt in the hands of a white man like himself. I can't help feel this relates to the complaints from some of his supporters about the awful racism and sexism endured by white men. After all, Sanders did announce that voting for a woman candidate for governor in the 80s was "sexist."

He clearly has no conception how insulting and reactionary those kinds of comments are.


Cha

(297,320 posts)
5. If that's crazy then I'm feelin' it, too, BB. Well Done!
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 07:28 AM
Feb 2016
"Call me crazy, bit I actually like* leaders who bring about seeing improvements in people's lives rather than the ones who spend their time denigrating the accomplishments of those who do work for change."

*edited it. I'm thinking that's what you were saying.

riversedge

(70,242 posts)
7. Sanders is good at diagnosing problems--I will give him that--but as Hillary said in the debate,
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 08:00 AM
Feb 2016

voters need to know the specifics and how funded. Sanders bristled at that ( the finger wagging thingy)

kjones

(1,053 posts)
24. I don't know that he is.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:28 PM
Feb 2016

I mean, he's like a doctor who tells you everything that is wrong with you,
or has been wrong with you, or will be wrong with you, is caused by one
condition.

I think those are the kinds of guys that tried to sell the world Radithor
and other such things.

72DejaVu

(1,545 posts)
11. Bernie Sanders holds the all time single season homerun record
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 09:26 AM
Feb 2016

He has won the Nathan's Hog Dog Eating Contest 11 years in a row.

He can lift 12 times his own weight.

He told George RR Martin how Game of Thrones will end.

Rose Siding

(32,623 posts)
18. In a revolution, all but the revolutionaries must be invalidated
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 11:10 AM
Feb 2016

No compromising with the "old guard". Under the bus with it all.

livetohike

(22,145 posts)
14. Sanders* is so full of himself. His campaign is really all about
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 09:55 AM
Feb 2016

him. He loves the limelight and attention that he never received in all his years in Congress. His arrogance rivals Trump's.

72DejaVu

(1,545 posts)
15. Bernie read War And Peace on his lunch break.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 09:59 AM
Feb 2016

He's the only person to have won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy, a Tony and the National Spelling Bee Championship.

He only has to look at a Rubik's Cube and the colors all match.

72DejaVu

(1,545 posts)
17. Bernie learned to tie his shoes in the womb.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 10:20 AM
Feb 2016

He told Colonel Sanders what the 11th spice should be.

It was his idea for Dylan to go electric.

72DejaVu

(1,545 posts)
20. Bernie invented Lunch.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 12:19 PM
Feb 2016

He knew the winning Powerball numbers, but didn't buy a ticket, because that wouldn't be fair.

He introduced Lennon to McCartney.

He did not win the World Series of Poker, because all the other players dropped out rather than face him.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
26. He is wrong, he would not automatically make race relations better by going after the
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:35 PM
Feb 2016

economic issues he talks about all the time.

This is the same mistake his followers make, assuming the two issues are tied at the hip, they are not.

Now, he would make everyone's life better including minorities if he were able to achieve his goals; and I not only believe that I know it from looking around at other countries who can do what we refuse to do.

If his campaign doesnt learn how to separate these issues properly, it will cost them

72DejaVu

(1,545 posts)
28. S'mores were Bernie's idea
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 01:53 PM
Feb 2016

He can eat a Whopper with one hand.

He knew Bruce Willis was a ghost the whole time.

peggysue2

(10,832 posts)
29. Better than Who?
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 03:29 PM
Feb 2016

Maybe Jesus.

Is that next on Saint Bernard's rundown of superiority??? I mean if you can get people to believe conservatives will flock to Bernie Sanders in November, then you're talking some serious magic, even major pull with the Big Guy.

The claims are getting so ridiculous that they're laughable. Better on race relations than Barack Obama? Guess that's why John Lewis is supporting Hillary Clinton.

Better than Hillary on women's issues? She's only a woman after all, but think NARAL and PPP endorsements. Oh, that's right, they're establishment.

But the payoff is to diminish the likes of the late Ted Kennedy on human rights.

Who is next in the superiority stampede?

Humility might be something Senator Sanders could seriously consider. With his supporters? That I'm afraid is a lost cause.

great white snark

(2,646 posts)
30. Wrong, wrong & wrong. To give him some credit he is better at disparaging Dems than Republicans.
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 06:04 PM
Feb 2016

I'm glad the man's ego is finally being examined.

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