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MrWendel

(1,881 posts)
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 06:41 PM Feb 2016

Dear Bernie: I Like You, But These Red Flags Are Too Frequent to Ignore

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-womack/dear-bernie-red-flags-frequent_b_9289954.html

By Larry Womack



You have been a lifelong champion of human equality. You have kept economic inequality, an issue I care very deeply about, at the forefront of an election cycle that might otherwise have been dominated by the antics of a reality TV clown.

On foreign policy, the issue that is generally considered your greatest weakness, I believe that you have consistently shown yourself to be responsible, inquisitive and level-headed. And you and Secretary Clinton have run campaigns which, a few stumbles aside, stand in such stark contrast to the GOP field that it is difficult to fathom how anyone could possibly consider any of them over either of you.

Senator Sanders, I like you. I admire you. Most of the time, I wish that we had 99 more senators just like you.

And I would, wouldn't I? I'm on the younger end of the likely voter spectrum. I'm male. I'm white. I'm liberal as hell. I'm the kind of voter that you should have a lock on.

But Senator, we have a problem, and it's a big one. When it comes to the specifics surrounding the core issue of your campaign, you have too often come across as either disingenuous or strangely removed from current reality.

The red flags have become too frequent to ignore.


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Dear Bernie: I Like You, But These Red Flags Are Too Frequent to Ignore (Original Post) MrWendel Feb 2016 OP
The reality is he will not be doing the bidding azmom Feb 2016 #1
Wow. You're all over the site taking bullshit shots at Bernie. Take a rest. HERVEPA Feb 2016 #2
Alright we get it. iandhr Feb 2016 #9
No. The poster should stop plastering the same shit all over the site HERVEPA Feb 2016 #13
I am not gullible. Really his plans are better than statis quo. The Wielding Truth Feb 2016 #14
A great post. You totally convinced me. thereismore Feb 2016 #3
Huh, okay, you want me voting against my best interests and for continued Corporate Welfare. Jackilope Feb 2016 #4
This paragraph ... NurseJackie Feb 2016 #5
The core issue of the campaign is that azmom Feb 2016 #10
Womack is not an economist. Robert Reich and Thomas Picketty approve BS plans Arazi Feb 2016 #6
Lol. Neocon shit for judgment Hillary cali Feb 2016 #7
I guess the writer finds it too difficult to go Nanjeanne Feb 2016 #8
NAILED it. JanetLovesObama Feb 2016 #11
Bernie does not deserve this hit piece. The Wielding Truth Feb 2016 #12
So how many pieces will you keep as OPs sadoldgirl Feb 2016 #15
Ask Robert Reich, Clinton's Sec'y of Labor snowy owl Feb 2016 #18
OMG that article is fantastic! Cali_Democrat Feb 2016 #16
Insinuation and smears? From Hillary? snowy owl Feb 2016 #17
Bernie has tons of red flags SheenaR Feb 2016 #19
k&r DesertRat Feb 2016 #20
This article effectively ends Bernie's campaign Yavin4 Feb 2016 #21
It's a brilliant article. OilemFirchen Feb 2016 #22

azmom

(5,208 posts)
1. The reality is he will not be doing the bidding
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 06:46 PM
Feb 2016

of the elite. He is a warrior for working people. He will fight for us.

iandhr

(6,852 posts)
9. Alright we get it.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 07:03 PM
Feb 2016

Bernie is infallible.

Every single criticism of Sanders is a great cooperate conspiracy. Even if you question the math on his plans we should all cover our hears and say la la la la.

The Wielding Truth

(11,415 posts)
14. I am not gullible. Really his plans are better than statis quo.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 07:14 PM
Feb 2016

Hillary does not want to rock the boat. It works for her but the middle class needs this major shake up. Sander's plans can work if we insist on and are strong enough to fight to maintain a fair democracy.

I believe she would be better than any Republican in the race, but while we have a chance for real reform, I will have to support Bernie Sanders.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
5. This paragraph ...
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 06:55 PM
Feb 2016
But Senator, we have a problem, and it's a big one. When it comes to the specifics surrounding the core issue of your campaign, you have too often come across as either disingenuous or strangely removed from current reality.

... nails it. Mr. Womack doesn't hold anything back, does he? He tells it like it is.

azmom

(5,208 posts)
10. The core issue of the campaign is that
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 07:03 PM
Feb 2016

corruption is undermining our political system. The fact that he is able to fund his run for presidency by raising millions from millions of small donors was removed from current reality just a few months ago. That's change.

Arazi

(6,829 posts)
6. Womack is not an economist. Robert Reich and Thomas Picketty approve BS plans
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 06:57 PM
Feb 2016

This article is simply dredging up the usual war between economists imo

 

JanetLovesObama

(548 posts)
11. NAILED it.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 07:06 PM
Feb 2016

Thanks Larry for being the voice of reason. The Sanders' pipe-dreamers need to read this and wake up.

The Wielding Truth

(11,415 posts)
12. Bernie does not deserve this hit piece.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 07:06 PM
Feb 2016

Larry Womack, self described,"Writer, layabout and all-around nogoodnik; web publisher; former Associate News Editor, The Huffington Post", needs to do some more research.


http://www.politicususa.com/2016/01/14/170-economists-bernie-sanders-plan-reform-wall-st-rein-greed.html
170 economists agree that Bernie Sanders is the candidate who will hold Wall Street accountable.

sadoldgirl

(3,431 posts)
15. So how many pieces will you keep as OPs
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 07:27 PM
Feb 2016

which say nothing more than:
"I like Bernie, B U T....?

None of them are convincing anyone here
one way or the other.

However, if you have fun doing that, keep it up.
Far be it from me to take away anyone's fun.

snowy owl

(2,145 posts)
18. Ask Robert Reich, Clinton's Sec'y of Labor
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 07:38 PM
Feb 2016

We seem to be besieged by Hillary supporters who bring nothing to the table but negative generalizations to support a moderate-to-right candidate by smearing innuendos about Bernie supporters.

 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
16. OMG that article is fantastic!
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 07:33 PM
Feb 2016
What the plan that you and Sen. Paul have put forth does is, a) pander to low-information voters, and b) make the Federal Reserve's every decision subject to congressional pressure. What you are proposing, Senator Sanders, would set the Fed's independence back four decades and allow Paul Ryan to pressure it at every turn.


Boom!

snowy owl

(2,145 posts)
17. Insinuation and smears? From Hillary?
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 07:36 PM
Feb 2016

You know, you are not liberal as hell. Nor is Hillary. This just doesn't ring genuine. Tactics like this are Hillary tactics, not Bernie tactics. Why don't you actually tell us what you think Hillary has to offer that Bernie doesn't besides more of the same?

SheenaR

(2,052 posts)
19. Bernie has tons of red flags
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 07:39 PM
Feb 2016

His potential indictment
His low favorability
His Iraq vote
His ties to Wall Street
His flip flopping.
His support of NAFTA and TPP

He's the worst.

Is there a vomit emoji here I can use

Yavin4

(35,445 posts)
21. This article effectively ends Bernie's campaign
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 07:44 PM
Feb 2016

Esp. this:

When asked to identify a law that actually contributed to the financial crisis, experts are more likely to point to the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000. TIME Magazine explained back in 2008:


If you had to pick a single government move that did more than any other to muck things up, it was probably this bill, passed by a Republican Congress and signed into law by lame-duck President Bill Clinton in December 2000. It effectively banned regulators from sticking their noses into over-the-counter derivatives like credit default swaps. There's no guarantee that regulators would have sniffed out the dangers in time. But banning them from even looking sent a pretty clear anything-goes message to OTC derivatives markets.



Senator Sanders, you voted in favor of that law.


Game. Set. Match.

OilemFirchen

(7,143 posts)
22. It's a brilliant article.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 08:11 PM
Feb 2016

Read it in the HCG, but glad to see it here, where contrarians can argue its merits.

I've bookmarked it to see if and when that actually happens.

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