Only 2 House Republicans and 2 House Democrats voted against it. The bill was in part the product of a Clinton administration committee that included Lawrence Summers. It turned out to be a bad law, but it was very much a bipartisan creation, signed into law by Clinton.

the bill. Bernie never voted for the fucked up bill.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1277&pid=9158 (only the last three paragraphs of the post are about the Commodities Futures bill, the beginning is about Gramm, Leach, Blilely, aka repeal of Glass Steagall)

People who plot over there to get posters here silenced don't belong here.

At least try to be a little bit honest. But the truth really seems to hurt you guys. I'm sorry for that.

She didn't put up with swift boating Bernie and never backed down from a fight.

That's a perfectly legitimate reason for disliking her that has nothing to do with her being a Sanders supporter.

They specifically targeted cali because she doesn't support Hillary.

She responds with exactly how she's spoken to. The problem is, that some just can't take what they dish out and get so angry they'll do anything to 'win'. Well they did 'win' getting rid of her for 3 months, but I don't think they realize how many people support her and hate the ugly crap it took to get her gone.

Cali fights fair. Those who couldn't out-debate her .......... don't. Period.

is to troll other sites? Come on. You know how childish that appears.

Everybody does shit wrong, makes mistakes, changes their initial thoughts with experience. Just admit your candidate is human, makes mistakes and pour judgements like everyone else.

When the other site is being used to troll DU it's fair game.

Control Z, don't you think that trolling someone into getting silenced is a real dick move? I mean, what kind of am antisocial turd would so such a thing?

Wow.

After months of screaming about Bernie's supporters "silencing" people they go and post that.

It's the hypocrisy.

At least until cali comes back.

The alerters who don't want it called out are watching for that closely now. Apparently it's over and done. But no apologies, no acknowledgement of it .......... nothing. Cali can't defend herself, so there's just no issue.

I've had so many failed alerts on my posts I lost count.

But if they want to keep telling us how awful Bernie's supporters are they'd better be prepared to look in the mirror, because I'm going to keep carrying it around and holding it up.

I read that you and I can't look in a mirror and can't possibly have any friends in real life. Did you look in one today? I did .... it wasn't so bad.

That picture in the OP hurts my eyes though ...... seriously. It makes me dizzy.

And didn't the op ask me why I hate Canadians, too?

I like what I see when I look at you, polly!

but it was okay, really.

I'm glad you don't hate me, or any other Canadian - don't know where he got that from. Weird.

I like what I see when I look at you too!!

Not that I hate him, I try not to hate anyone.

And I know that hating people isn't something you do. But whatever it takes to berate or insult, even if it makes no sense whatsoever.

And your chosen candidate.

At least try to be a little bit honest. That place is not about the truth at all, simply spewing hatred. If it were about anything more than that the "Issues" forum would have been opened from the get go. But that only happened because it was ridiculed that there was no issues discussion there either, just hate, and it was a full month after the other forums were filled with your smears, vile hatred and plots to stalk other DUers.

It's all been posted for everyone to see. So yeah, let's see if you can be a little bit honest.

That's a fact. She did it more than once. Again that's a fact. Big corporations are backing her campaign, her foundation and her personal fortune. That's another fact.

In 2000 Rep Sanders (the nitwit that built the poster in the OP got it wrong) voted for a bill that got changed by the Senate and signed by your idol Pres Clinton. I have no doubt that H. Clinton will appoint the same financial advisers that her husband used that screwed the 99%. But I am wasting my breath on those that idolize the wealthy and ignore the 16 million children that live in poverty because of the Conservative rule by both parties.

Poster, please.

Who was the culprit?

What about his vote on this?

Why is BS to be immune from criticism like any other candidate. I've been told we have a positive duty to find something to criticize. So how come BS gets a pass? This is DU where the leaders get their feet held to the fire normally.

The modification that fucked up the economy, the one described in the OP was not in the bill Sanders voted on. The OP is false as to Sanders, but not as to Senators who voted for the modified bill or to the Clinton White House.

Tell me what was wrong with the bill he did vote yes on. And if you do find something wrong, then tell me why Clinton was pushing the bill. Maybe then, we can discuss this. but, so far, you've got nothing, except that a member of Congress voted on a bill. Stop the presses.

Get a life.

He was in the House then. The bipartisan bill passed in the House, 377-4, with 51 not voting. It was passed with amendments on a voice vote in the Senate and signed into law by Bill Clinton. So what's your point?

I wonder if the people who thought this was an awesome gotcha and recc'ed it realize this?

Too funny.

I'm bookmarking this thread.

So much fail in such a short op.

Can't you tell?

I hope he leaves it, shows how desperate and dishonest some people are to smear Bernie.

Considering who their candidate is they really shouldn't attack him on this issue.

Attacking him on his strengths is Rovian but it won't work on DU.

Thanks for posting the summary, VO, and for showing what a hopelessly idiotic reach is the OP.

Talk about throwing poop! Ol' George probably read recently that it's a sign of intelligence among certain primates.

but you knew that, and called it out..

Thank you for doing that.

Did you make that graphic all by yourself? It's pretty bad, graphic-design-wise.

Even realized they confused the commodities futures modernization act with the financial services modernization act. Does anyone here? Has DU become illiterate?

If they relegated themselves to posting truth it would be a mighty quiet bunch.

Smile, your handiwork is on the Greatest page, George!

Poor George.

Posting the gun nut meme didn't work out for him either.

Pity.

You go George II

Heh-heh! Ah . . . good grief.

Nice try, though.

LOOK AT HIS ENTIRE VOTING RECORD, NOT ONE VOTE COMPLETELY DIVORCED OF CONTEXT!

Yes votes included the votes of liberals Bernie Sanders, Dennis Kucinich, Marcy Kaptur, Sherrod Brown, and Ed Markey.

The vote was "was taken under a House procedure called 'suspension of the rules' which is typically used to pass non-controversial bills."

I guess they didn't know what they were voting for.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/106-2000/h540

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...which Sanders voted for.

History of The Commodity Futures Modernization Act:
https://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2009/04/01/read-the-bill-the-commodity-futures-modernization-act/


Roll call on the budget bill:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/106-2000/h603

Or grasping at straws, shall we say?

Really bad graphic design, too 😜

can you blow it up a bit more?—the awful resolution should be 10% more, to make it resemble a BS meme from a sleazy RWNJ website.
Just looking at the quality makes me want to wash my hands for 20 minutes.

Rovian in its construction.

Lame and pathetic.

Representative at the time. He became Senator in the 2006 election.

Good to see you took up the challenge:
http://hillaryclintonsupporters.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=978

Circle jerks were supposed to be fun, that one looks kinda sad for all its enthusiasm.

That's too bad.

I used to work with a guy who hated farmers. He would actually say that to me.

Do the tt supporters drive late model Volvos and wear Birkenstock knock offs?

not really.

LMAO...

Is Chae just setting them up she HATED Hillary just 7 years ago. I mean with a passion. Posted a super sexist toon about her and one that called her a LIAR. Is she really a Bernie supporter trying to make Hillary supporters look bad?

Georgie... don't trust her!!!

economy.

Bernie never voted for the bill that contained the Senate compromise (and no one knows that better than the Clintons).

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1277&pid=9158 (only the last three paragraphs of the post are about the Commodities Futures bill, the beginning is about Gramm, Leach, Blilely, aka repeal of Glass Steagall)

What a dishonest insinuation the Opening Post makes!

The original post was absurd on the face of it--but it's nice to have the details behind this clumsy distortion. Thanks.

I like it. Being prepared in advance is excellent--especially with the amount of propaganda being catapulted lately. This piece was a doozy, though. Glad you were ready to smack it down.

Reality is, Bubba lobbied hard for repeal of Glass Steagall and this bill, which most believe led us to the economic collapse of several nations of 2008. Sanders strenuously opposed the first and had nothing to do with the second. Hillary embraced both. Now (but not in 2008), they are trying to disassociate her from Bubba's administration and smear Bernie with this?

It is right out of bizarro world.

The willingness to distort reality, as evidenced by the original post, makes my skin crawl. It's one thing when someone has a different view. Differences of opinion I get. But when someone cynically distorts any reasonable understanding of reality in the hopes of misleading others? I feel like I need to take a shower when I see that.

his strengths.

Bush deserted, so they Swiftboated Kerry, who enlisted and got medals. Same principle.

Great comparison vis-a-vis the Kerry swiftboating.

Well, perhaps this is a good sign. They're upping the caliber of the propaganda, which suggests they're getting worried. Back in June, when I was debating an issue with a Hillary supporter, I was airily told that "Hillary is not at all concerned with the Sanders campaign." ~sniff~ (I probably imagined the sniff, but I could swear I somehow heard it over the Internet.)

Looks like they're getting concerned now.

Hillary did not live through 2008 without learning she is not inevitable. That lesson is exactly why, before Obama even got re-elected, we starting hearing that, if she ran, no one would even bother running against her. She has been running to be the first woman President since at least 1991. However, after 2008, it got more thorough and methodical. It doesn't matter that it's Bernie. After people tried to draft him in 2012, I am sure that he and Warren were part of preparation for this campaign.

Well, you certainly expanded on his point well. You've got a lot of knowledge and good insight. I can see why Sabrina holds you in high regard. (I think she's awesome, by the way.)

she and woo me with science were my idols. I cannot express how much I miss woo me with science.

She hasn't posted since they put her DU account under review. She survived the review, but hasn't returned. I hope she is ok. Someone posted that she was having some RL issues at the time her account went under review. I worry about her a lot.

No low is too low when it comes to protecting Her Majesty.

I blush, then bow humbly, in grateful respect.

So at the next Seattle meet up do I owe you a beer or a bowl?

Nice catch there.

I don't know if I would have caught it otherwise.


The reason I looked originally was that I had noticed that Rep. Sanders had voted for a bill that had allowed all that mortgage derivative crap. I thought, "This does not sound like something Sanders would vote for." So, I looked into it and, sure enough, the bill wasn't that way when he voted for it.

to begin the political revolution, George, II?

We saw how that turned out last time.

Looks like Sanders is really making the Hillary supporters nervous now.

To paraphrase The Queen of Wall Street herself: "Shame on You George 2! Shame on you!"....

Sanders has a million donors and many more supporters than donors. So does Hillary. The idea that anyone claims to know what the supporters of either of them is like is pretty ridiculous, second only to the idea that anyone is picking a President based on millions of his or her supporters behave.

my intention was to Lampoon the ridiculous claims made by more than a few HRC supporters here. I would never choose a candidate in such a manner.

We all know who has and who hasn't.

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To see your post up so high Georgie. Next time do your research . Good try though, like the kid taking a swing at the ball and wracking themselves in the crotch, I wince, but giggle.

On edit: I bet there was a reason OP at that other site had no interest sharing it here, did you get set up?

On the other hand, thanks for so cleverly illustrating the complete lack of investigative skills, and reliance on lying headlines, that seems to characterize lame and useless attacks against Bernie. Well done, there! No need to take you seriously any more, if there ever really WAS a need to do that! Thanks!

appear. Also, maybe George really is incapable of comprehending his mistake.

...and yes, I mean *that* kind of dump.

Pretty sad, really.

I've enjoyed watching you get your ass handed to you in this thread. Did you think no one would call you on the huge, gaping errors in your ugly meme, or did you even check it for accuracy?

Seems that when Bernie makes a bad call, it's OK. Bernie exceptionalism. After being accused of "not being able to handle criticism" of President Obama for years, it is funny to see probably the same posters cannot handle criticism of their candidate.