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When people talk about Bernie not being a "real Democrat", think about this
From Borowitz yes, but right on point:
Integrity Disqualifies Sanders for White House
“Bernie Sanders’s failure to become a member of either major political party excludes him from the network of cronyism and backroom deals required under our system to be elected,” said Davis Logsdon, a political scientist at the University of Minnesota.
Hillary on the other hand is the complete opposite, perhaps the most connected politician to run for office in the past 50 years. It shouldn't matter if she's done more for the party if that means that she will put her rich and powerful friends' interests over the interests of the Democratic Party constituency and the American people.
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Seriously?
You folks sure have shown some interesting liberal values up there on your high horses.
Logsdon said that Sanders might persist in his quest for the White House despite his ineligibility but that such an effort would be doomed to fail. “Our political system has been refined over the years specifically to keep people like Bernie Sanders out of the White House,” he said. “The system works.”
then neither was THIS guy:
In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be[font size=3] established for all—regardless of station, race, or creed.[/font]
Among these are:
*The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;
*The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;
*The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;
*The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;
*The right of every family to a decent home;
*The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;
*The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;
*The right to a good education.
All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.
---FDR, SOTU, 1944
Among these are:
*The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;
*The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;
*The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;
*The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;
*The right of every family to a decent home;
*The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;
*The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;
*The right to a good education.
All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.
---FDR, SOTU, 1944
Please note that the above are stipulated as Basic Human RIGHTS to be protected by our government,
and NOT as COMMODITIES to be SOLD to Americans by For Profit Corporations.
and neither was THIS guy:
This guy passed Medicare, Medicaid, The very successful WAR on Poverty. the Civil Rights Act, and all the programs of The Great Society that helped the Working Class and the poor.
So if Bernie is not a "Democrat" in your book,
then neither am I, because I will be PROUD to continue to STAND with the Father of the modern Democratic Party, FDR, and the other great Democrats of that era, JFK, RFK, LBJ!
Bernie agrees with them, and so do I!!!
[font color=firebrick][center]"There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.
I want a party that will STAND UP for Working Americans."
---Paul Wellstone [/font][/center] [center]
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[font size=1]photo by bvar22
Shortly before Sen Wellstone was killed[/center][/font]
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