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pdsimdars

(6,007 posts)
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 06:22 AM Mar 2016

Sanders interview from 1988 -- same message as today. Uncanny.

He was then mayor of Burlington Vermont. . . He has he exact same message as he does today.
It is AMAZING. Some candidates are more like weathervanes and some are like a lighthouse on a granite rock

Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks with C-SPAN in 1988 while mayor of Burlington, Vermont. The interview reveals more of Sanders' man-of-the people worldview and political positions, and how little those positions have changed over his 30+ year political career.


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Sanders interview from 1988 -- same message as today. Uncanny. (Original Post) pdsimdars Mar 2016 OP
Says a lot about Sanders' principles. Wish more were like him in life in general. yeoman6987 Mar 2016 #1
Lifelong consistency seems reassuring in an era of political expediency Mudcat Mar 2016 #2
Like I say, it's the image of a lighthouse on a granite rock vs. a weathervane pdsimdars Mar 2016 #4
I wonder how those who complain about Bernie's consistency would feel if Hillary reversed her djean111 Mar 2016 #3
A person of integrity and principle. libtodeath Mar 2016 #5
Amen! pdsimdars Mar 2016 #6
"A lighthouse on a granite rock" vintx Mar 2016 #7
Wow, a real ideologue, like Ted Cruz ... Onlooker Mar 2016 #8
Yeah SheenaR Mar 2016 #10
He needs to evolve Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2016 #11
hahahaha SheenaR Mar 2016 #12
I got a kick out of Tweety and Hillary trying to paint Bernie's consistency as a negative BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #9
The truth doesn't have to evolve. Ino Mar 2016 #13
Lighthouse meet granite. . . Bernie pdsimdars Mar 2016 #14
 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
3. I wonder how those who complain about Bernie's consistency would feel if Hillary reversed her
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 07:28 AM
Mar 2016

stance on, say, gay marriage (again) - would they understand why Bernie's steadfast beliefs appeal to so many? or would they immediately start "explaining" why of course Hillary is correct, and evolving. I have already seen attempts to paint over cluster bombs (we need 'em in case we need to kill lots and lots of Chinese folks!), war (Hillary had nothing to do with war, it was Just One Vote, and when she was SOS she was actually just an Obama puppet and mouthpiece.) TPP is GOOD! Gold Standard! No, it is BAD! And all the things she is "going to look into".

FFS. Ugh.

 

vintx

(1,748 posts)
7. "A lighthouse on a granite rock"
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 10:26 AM
Mar 2016

I like that.

He is a LEADER. That is what we need.

Not a follower.

 

Onlooker

(5,636 posts)
8. Wow, a real ideologue, like Ted Cruz ...
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 10:35 AM
Mar 2016

... the world changes, reality changes, but not Sanders. That's probably why he's losing.

SheenaR

(2,052 posts)
10. Yeah
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 11:29 AM
Mar 2016

How could anyone have the nerve to fight income inequality and the disappearing middle class for so long.

He should really change positions. Say f*ck the Middle Class.. That way he can win Onlooker's respect

What a joke.

Comparing a Pat Robertson/Jerry Fallwell-esque candidate to Sanders.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
9. I got a kick out of Tweety and Hillary trying to paint Bernie's consistency as a negative
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 11:21 AM
Mar 2016

During their Town Hall in Illinois 2-3 weeks ago. Tweety was saying you used to be a Goldwater Girl. I have changed over the years. What does it say about somebody (i.e. Bernie) if they still believe everything they believed decades ago? And they were both kind of laughing and snickering about how they were so much smarter and open minded because they had finally evolved to views Bernie has always held.

Tweety was kind enough not to mention that he was the one Hillary had given a curt "No"response to at another Town Hall a decade or so before that, when he had asked her if she believed gay marriage should be allowed.

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