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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:50 PM Original message |
Bernie Sanders To Vote Against Top Obama Nominee, Citing Ties To 'Failed Policies' |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes. |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. good |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. Feet, meet fire. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. but but but but wallstreet feels like a punching bag |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. a pinata!!! |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. +1 |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. I LOVED that line. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
94. ........ |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. holy shit! wouldn't it be nice to have an economic team that cared about the middle class? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. He didn't care during the 90s? |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Hello, Clinton's deregulation policies and 'free' trade policies helped put us in this mess. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
64. +10000 |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
77. That sums it up. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Um, invoking the great God Clinton doesn't work well with true progressives |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 01:43 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. He also presided over an era of ... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 01:46 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Well, I've no skin in the game as Nursing can't be outsourced yet, |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 01:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I'm glad you're doing all right... |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
58. You're serious? |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #58 |
80. Absolutely, I'm serious. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
84. Clinton era economics......can you spell bubble? nm |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 01:56 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. No, it's being insourced |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:02 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. No, not as of yet |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #24 |
44. Until the |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
60. When all you care about is YOURSELF, and refuse to see the damage he did, don't expect opthers |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #60 |
97. I don't understand why we are bending over backwards... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
42. Clinton was dead wrong. |
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Sadie5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #42 |
56. wait a minute here |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Am I misinformed as well? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #59 |
86. You are just bitter because you didnt buy Microsoft at $5 a share either. nm |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Because all you care about is the middleclass. At least you are finally honest that you give not |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #56 |
66. You think relocating thousands of factories overseas is done quickly? |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
52. Yeah if only we had that anti-corporate, pro-worker Clinton agenda back. |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 05:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
32. That would be change that matters. |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. good for him! |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. Thank you Bernie! n/t |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. Well, Lew was Clinton's OMB Director |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Bernie Sanders was a Hillary supporter? Color me surprised. nt |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
49. That was just a general statement |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #49 |
85. Ah, thanks for the clarification. Personally, Clinton was my dead last choice... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #85 |
91. Me too, but I accept a "Clinton" presidency |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. Good. Playing footsie with the bad guys has got to stop! |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. Great. Another disaster. Obama doesn't get it on the economic front. Expect this guy to lengthen the |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 08:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
37. President Obama does get it just as much as Wall Street gets it. That's the problem. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
72. Exactly ... many here would prefer Obama to be dumb than to see him as CORPORATE ...!! |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. To be fair, he did get one thing right |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
45. 'nuff said right there. Man..really makes me wonder what threats were leveled against Obama |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
79. I'm afraid he was ready to go without any threats. nt |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. Here is Sanders' statement |
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displacedvermoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 09:36 AM Response to Reply #16 |
40. Could I hear you say appointing Lew was not a good move? |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. I love Bernie. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
20. If Bernie says no, then I'm against it, too |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
21. I'll be honest, I don't know a lot about Lew |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 01:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I was not impressed with the appointment of a Citibank exec. When he said deregulation didn't cause. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 01:51 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. citi: murdering peasants since the 19th century. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
29. Bernie gets it. Obama can't drain the Wall Street swamp if he keeps putting the mosquitos in charge |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
71. And our problem is simply that Bernie is smarter than Obama ... or does it have to do allegiances? |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #71 |
95. ouch! I hope you're wrong about Obama--but it doesn't look like it |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. I'd love to be wrong about Obama... but I'd have to ignore the history of this administration!! |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
31. obama will, apparently, never change. |
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disillusioned73 (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
33. Go get'm Bernie!! |
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nyc 4 Biden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
34. Bernie FTW! |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
35. GOOD. nt |
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golddigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
36. I trust Bernie's judgement. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
38. Thank you, Bernie! |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
39. Bernie. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
41. K&R Bernie Sanders is exactly correct. |
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proReality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
43. Good! |
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Deadgnome (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
46. Oh Bernie |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
47. I Like Bernie. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
48. Thank god someone -- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
70. They all know it's BS ... but they're mostly all profiting from it -- !! |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. Too true. |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
50. Bernie Sanders, a man of conscience. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
51. Well, if Bernie says he's not good enough, then he's not good enough! nt |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
53. A deregulator? |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
54. I don't know anything about Lew but I'd trust Sanders' opinion |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #54 |
65. The guy said deregulation didn't cause the financial crisis. |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #65 |
93. Confirms my statement re my Sanders/Obama opinion. nt |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
55. Obama just needs to take the heat and move progressively while we have his back. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
57. We need more Bernies in Congress to stand up for progressive principles. |
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FlyByNight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
62. K & R for the good Senator Sanders |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
63. Go Bernie Go!! |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
67. I heard a guy on MSNBC say that Obama's reasoning behind these choices |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Crooks are "economically savvy" -- agree with that -- !! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
68. This is another disgraceful appointment by Obama .... Lew made millions at Citicorp .... |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
73. K&R!!! |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
74. Boy, oh, boy, do we need more Bernies. |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
76. Bernie, Franken, Greyson and maybe Frank are maye the last of the real Representatives of Americans |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
78. It takes guts to be a self-described socialist in America. I love this guy. nt. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
81. Good stand. Some hard realities for progressives: |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
82. we need more senators like bernie. |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
83. I wouldn't vote to confirm the corporatist bastard either. |
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Kermitt Gribble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
87. So Bernie's now voting with the republicans?? |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Give'em time... |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #87 |
92. I think the tide of public awareness may be turning.... |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
88. I love this man, thank you Sanders! n/t |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
90. Whats next? |
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