Bernie Sanders
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(5,208 posts)Bernie.
#UnidosConBernie
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Wall Street and accepting cash from billionaires. I accept that criticism. That's who I am. That's what I do."
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)...I've implored them to - Cut it out! Just not too much."
Paka
(2,760 posts)GO BERNIE!
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Someone has to stand up for the middle class. No one else is doing it.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)Bernie is doing what EVERY elected Democrat SHOULD be doing.
It i HIS job, and also the job of every elected Democrat.
If not, I might as well vote Republican:
15 Fundamental Differences Between Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and The Republicans:
1. Sanders has served as an elected official for over 34 years. Clinton & most Republicans have not.
2. Sanders has supported gay rights since 40 years ago. Clinton and Republicans have not.
3. Sanders wants to end the prohibition of marijuana. Clinton & The Republicans do not.
4. Sanders wants to end the death penalty. Clinton and Th Republicans do not.
5. Sanders wants to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Clinton and the Republicans do not.
6. Sanders wants to break up the biggest banks. Clinton and The Republicans do not.
7. Sanders voted against the Wall Street bailout. Clinton and the Republicans (and too many "Democrats) did not.
8. Sanders introduced legislation to overturn Citizens United. Clinton and The Republicans did not.
9. Sanders refuses to accept money from super PACs. Clinton and the Republicans do not.
10. Sanders supports a single-payer healthcare system. Clinton and The Republicans do not.
11. Sanders refrains from waging personal attacks for political gains. Clinton and The Republicans do not.
12. Sanders considers climate change our nation's biggest threat. Clinton and The Republicans do not.
13. Sanders opposed the Keystone XL Pipeline since day one. Clinton and the Republicans do not.
14. Sanders voted against the Patriot Act. Clinton and the Republicans did not.
15. Sanders voted against the war in Iraq. Clinton and The Republicans did not.
16. Sanders opposes Privatized Prisons. Hillary and the Republicans do not.
Hillary sure seems to agree with Republicans a lot.
I don't,
that is why I am a Democrat, and voting for a Democrat....Bernie!
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)It's odd how Bernie is MORE of a Democrat than 95% of the so-called "Democrats" in DC;
yet he and his supporters are constantly herranged with this shallow canard.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)Bernie is more of a "DEMOCRAT" than most people with the "D" after their name.
Anybody who claims they are against the reinstatement of an updated Glass-Steagall is no Democrat.
(I could go on for about 20 major issues, but you get the point.)