Tiberius Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-bernie-sanderss-momentum-builds-down-ballot-democrats-move-to-distance-themselves/2020/02/22/3364ddd8-5516-11ea-9e47-59804be1dcfb_story.html Former astronaut Mark Kelly, the Democratic Party’s hope for flipping a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona, tried to do no harm this month when he was asked about Sen. Bernie Sanders. “I will ultimately support who the nominee is of the Democratic Party,” he said. That was enough for Kelly’s Republican rival, Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), who is trailing him in early polls, to go on the attack. The television spot she debuted days later spent nearly as much time talking about plans by the democratic socialist from Vermont to raise taxes and award new benefits to undocumented immigrants as it did about Kelly. “I can tell you that there are a lot of down-ballot jitters based on my conversations with my former colleagues,” said former Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), a longtime confidant of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who led congressional election efforts from 2011 to 2015. “Donald Trump is going to offer the American people this choice: Do you want to continue building the economy or do you want to lurch toward socialism? And that is a real powerful argument in the Democratic districts that Trump won in 2016.” “Our data shows that all of our potential nominees, including Sanders, have a pathway to victory, but it isn’t guaranteed,” said Guy Cecil, chairman of Priorities USA, a Democratic super PAC that has polled heavily in the key presidential swing states. “This election will be close regardless of who we nominate.” But there is far less flexibility for candidates in smaller districts. That has prompted Republicans to celebrate as they look to reclaim ground they lost in 2018 when largely affluent suburbs rebelled against the GOP in a protest of Trump. “The Democrats’ embrace of socialism is going to cost them their majority — I mean, it’s as simple as that,” said Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. “Bernie is about as good a contrast as we could have ever hoped for.” Democrats, particularly those representing swing districts, agree. “We flipped those seats [in 2018] because of Donald Trump,” said one House Democrat who represents a suburban district, speaking on the condition of anonymity to reflect internal discussions. “And if Democrats want to hand most of those back, put Bernie at the top of the ticket. And that’s how many of us feel.” The House member added: “Our overarching priority [is] to replace the president, but to do so with someone who is going to be equally divisive does not serve the country’s interests, and I think that’s at the core of what is making so many so uncomfortable.” “The suburbs are not looking for a revolution,” said Matt Bennett, co-founder of Third Way. “They want change, for sure. Many of them loathe Trump with a burning passion, but they do not want somebody who is proposing to double the size of the federal government. They do not want somebody who is proposing to take away the health care of 180 million people.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tiberius Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, Foxx said: Basically Oh, but, he can beat Trump. Just losing the House might make it a hollow victory. Executive orders, though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Sure hope the House gets flipped so there’s a clear path to retribution. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 9 minutes ago, Tiberius said: Basically Oh, but, he can beat Trump. Just losing the House might make it a hollow victory. Executive orders, though.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 10 minutes ago, Foxx said: Sanders is obviously not my choice, so yes I am not happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Tiberius said: Sanders is obviously not my choice, so yes I am not happy. well, to be fair, fair is fair. you reap what you sow. all the Russia, Russia, Russia hysteria horseshit is now roosting firmly in your backyard. congratulations! Edited February 23, 2020 by Foxx 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 ...BDS....Bernie Derangement Syndrome......... MSNBC's Chris Matthews compares Sanders' Nevada win to France's fall to Nazis, draws calls for his firing By Brie Stimson | Fox News MSNBC’s Chris Matthews drew ire on social media Saturday after he compared the Nevada Democratic caucus victory of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders to France's fall to the Nazis during World War II. “I'm reading last night about the fall of France in the summer of 1940," Matthews said during the network's caucus coverage. "And the general calls up Churchill and says, ‘It’s over,’ and Churchill says, ‘How can it be? You got the greatest army in Europe. How can it be over?’ He said, ‘It's over.’” The backlash on Twitter was swift and severe, with many commenters calling for Matthews to resign or be fired. Many pointed out that Sanders' family includes survivors of the Holocaust. https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbcs-chris-matthews-compares-sanders-nevada-win-to-frances-fall-to-nazis-draws-calls-for-his-firing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 24 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ...BDS....Bernie Derangement Syndrome......... MSNBC's Chris Matthews compares Sanders' Nevada win to France's fall to Nazis, draws calls for his firing By Brie Stimson | Fox News MSNBC’s Chris Matthews drew ire on social media Saturday after he compared the Nevada Democratic caucus victory of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders to France's fall to the Nazis during World War II. “I'm reading last night about the fall of France in the summer of 1940," Matthews said during the network's caucus coverage. "And the general calls up Churchill and says, ‘It’s over,’ and Churchill says, ‘How can it be? You got the greatest army in Europe. How can it be over?’ He said, ‘It's over.’” The backlash on Twitter was swift and severe, with many commenters calling for Matthews to resign or be fired. Many pointed out that Sanders' family includes survivors of the Holocaust. https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbcs-chris-matthews-compares-sanders-nevada-win-to-frances-fall-to-nazis-draws-calls-for-his-firing holy ***** lmaoooo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 27 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ...BDS....Bernie Derangement Syndrome......... MSNBC's Chris Matthews compares Sanders' Nevada win to France's fall to Nazis, draws calls for his firing By Brie Stimson | Fox News MSNBC’s Chris Matthews drew ire on social media Saturday after he compared the Nevada Democratic caucus victory of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders to France's fall to the Nazis during World War II. “I'm reading last night about the fall of France in the summer of 1940," Matthews said during the network's caucus coverage. "And the general calls up Churchill and says, ‘It’s over,’ and Churchill says, ‘How can it be? You got the greatest army in Europe. How can it be over?’ He said, ‘It's over.’” The backlash on Twitter was swift and severe, with many commenters calling for Matthews to resign or be fired. Many pointed out that Sanders' family includes survivors of the Holocaust. https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbcs-chris-matthews-compares-sanders-nevada-win-to-frances-fall-to-nazis-draws-calls-for-his-firing They lost the air war even before the German invasion began....Air superiority meant you can see the enemy and hide your own movements, and you can bomb the enemy of course. France was blind, slow and mute. Sorry, this is one of my pet subjects, the Battle of France. Such an avoidable defeat. Maybe like my Democrats ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albwan Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Bernie's rise to me just shows how many lazy freeloaders there are in US. When mom's basement is just not good enough... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 12 minutes ago, Albwan said: Bernie's rise to me just shows how many lazy freeloaders there are in US. When mom's basement is just not good enough... What it also shows is just how pissed EVERYONE, on both sides, are at the current ruling class. The Right spoke up in 2016 and elected Trump. Now the Left is rocking the vending machine back and forth until the point where they think they too can knock it over in 2020. It’ll be interesting if the career political class get the message when it’s coming at them from all directions. I doubt it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 37 minutes ago, Tiberius said: They lost the air war even before the German invasion began....Air superiority meant you can see the enemy and hide your own movements, and you can bomb the enemy of course. France was blind, slow and mute. Sorry, this is one of my pet subjects, the Battle of France. Such an avoidable defeat. Maybe like my Democrats ? ...sounds like Quid Pro Joe in Nevada.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Egg Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 33 minutes ago, Albwan said: Bernie's rise to me just shows how many lazy freeloaders there are in US. (sung to Jingle Bells) Free free free, free free free, free stuff from Bernie ! Oh how the U.S. would be a mess if Bernie was the Prez ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepthefaith Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Tiberius said: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-bernie-sanderss-momentum-builds-down-ballot-democrats-move-to-distance-themselves/2020/02/22/3364ddd8-5516-11ea-9e47-59804be1dcfb_story.html Former astronaut Mark Kelly, the Democratic Party’s hope for flipping a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona, tried to do no harm this month when he was asked about Sen. Bernie Sanders. “I will ultimately support who the nominee is of the Democratic Party,” he said. That was enough for Kelly’s Republican rival, Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), who is trailing him in early polls, to go on the attack. The television spot she debuted days later spent nearly as much time talking about plans by the democratic socialist from Vermont to raise taxes and award new benefits to undocumented immigrants as it did about Kelly. “I can tell you that there are a lot of down-ballot jitters based on my conversations with my former colleagues,” said former Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), a longtime confidant of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who led congressional election efforts from 2011 to 2015. “Donald Trump is going to offer the American people this choice: Do you want to continue building the economy or do you want to lurch toward socialism? And that is a real powerful argument in the Democratic districts that Trump won in 2016.” “Our data shows that all of our potential nominees, including Sanders, have a pathway to victory, but it isn’t guaranteed,” said Guy Cecil, chairman of Priorities USA, a Democratic super PAC that has polled heavily in the key presidential swing states. “This election will be close regardless of who we nominate.” But there is far less flexibility for candidates in smaller districts. That has prompted Republicans to celebrate as they look to reclaim ground they lost in 2018 when largely affluent suburbs rebelled against the GOP in a protest of Trump. “The Democrats’ embrace of socialism is going to cost them their majority — I mean, it’s as simple as that,” said Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. “Bernie is about as good a contrast as we could have ever hoped for.” Democrats, particularly those representing swing districts, agree. “We flipped those seats [in 2018] because of Donald Trump,” said one House Democrat who represents a suburban district, speaking on the condition of anonymity to reflect internal discussions. “And if Democrats want to hand most of those back, put Bernie at the top of the ticket. And that’s how many of us feel.” The House member added: “Our overarching priority [is] to replace the president, but to do so with someone who is going to be equally divisive does not serve the country’s interests, and I think that’s at the core of what is making so many so uncomfortable.” “The suburbs are not looking for a revolution,” said Matt Bennett, co-founder of Third Way. “They want change, for sure. Many of them loathe Trump with a burning passion, but they do not want somebody who is proposing to double the size of the federal government. They do not want somebody who is proposing to take away the health care of 180 million people.” We don't need a new thread for this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, keepthefaith said: We don't need a new thread for this. Too bad, you got one anyway. I hope it makes you sad and angry enough to complain about it. Oh, you already did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepthefaith Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, Tiberius said: Too bad, you got one anyway. I hope it makes you sad and angry enough to complain about it. Oh, you already did Every email and every online post you make is a reflection of your self. While you're shielded from everyone here in anonymity, when you're dead your family will access your computer and phone and your online footprint and they'll be very disappointed to read crap like this. Leave a better legacy for ***** sakes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 10 minutes ago, I am the egg man said: (sung to Jingle Bells) Free free free, free free free, free stuff from Bernie ! Oh how the U.S. would be a mess if Bernie was the Prez ! ...and considering the fickle segment of the electorate with collective hands extended, that crap sells......"I got mine and it's up to THEM to figure out who pays for it".....at the same time, the nation's ongoing exploding debt " crisis (COUGH)" is a "cry wolf ruse".....it's been exploding for how long, regardless of party in power?....and at last check, we're still here....so the alleged concern as to how Bernie's gimmes will be paid for is negated.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Foxx said: I don’t know where you’ve been getting your emoticons, but they they have been great. I especially like the hair on fire guy. 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 11 minutes ago, keepthefaith said: Every email and every online post you make is a reflection of your self. While you're shielded from everyone here in anonymity, when you're dead your family will access your computer and phone and your online footprint and they'll be very disappointed to read crap like this. Leave a better legacy for ***** sakes. If we don't need this thread just stop replying to it. You are a self parady! Too funny! Keep up the funny work, I like the humor in it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Egg Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 28 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ...and considering the fickle segment of the electorate with collective hands extended, that crap sells......"I got mine and it's up to THEM to figure out who pays for it".....at the same time, the nation's ongoing exploding debt " crisis (COUGH)" is a "cry wolf ruse".....it's been exploding for how long, regardless of party in power?....and at last check, we're still here....so the alleged concern as to how Bernie's gimmes will be paid for is negated.... .....so what I'm hearing is you didn't like the song ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Buffalo_Gal said: I don’t know where you’ve been getting your emoticons, but they they have been great. I especially like the hair on fire guy. i run a couple forums and as such have been collecting them for years. i have a ton of 'em. they are easy to save, just right click and save 'em to a folder. Edited February 23, 2020 by Foxx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 1 minute ago, I am the egg man said: .....so what I'm hearing is you didn't like the song ? ...the strings on the harp are woefully broken......the nation is tone deaf............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Tiberius said: If we don't need this thread just stop replying to it. You are a self parady! Too funny! Keep up the funny work, I like the humor in it! What is a parady? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 7 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: What is a parady? ***** it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MILFHUNTER#518 Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Bernie Sanders is truly special. He never held a job until he was finally elected mayor at age 53. He lived off of welfare and four different women, had a child out-of-wedlock with one and the three marriages did not work out. In all his years in the Senate, he introduced 364 bills. 3 passed. Two of those were to name post offices. If you want to know what kind of leader Bernie is, go to Wikipedia, it's a long report. The following is condensed: Bernie Sanders’ father was a high school drop-out, who tormented his family with rants about their financial problems. He blamed society and economic inequality for his plight, though as a white male in a middle class neighborhood, he was hardly among the downtrodden. This was Bernie’s inspiration to take up the cause of economic justice, though he would spend half of his life as an able-bodied college graduate living off of unemployment checks, and the women in his life, between odd jobs. By his own admission, Bernie was not a great student, starting at Brooklyn College and transferring to Univ. of Chicago, but his enrollment kept him protected from the draft. He joined socialist organizations and dabbled in far-left communist politics, gaining national notoriety by petitioning the school to let students have sex in the dormitories. This was before birth control and abortion were legal, when there were still very serious repercussions for women if the condom broke, but that didn’t stop him from crusading against those silly rules that were an obstacle to his own satisfaction. He participated in the 1963 March on Washington, a few demonstrations, and was arrested once, but his activism for civil rights ended when he became obsessed with socialism. NOT “democratic socialism”, but oppressive far-left Marxism. Bernie married his college sweetheart, Deborah Shilling, and spent his small inheritance on a summer home in Vermont on 85 acres. The shack had a dirt floor and no electricity, maintaining his proletariat credibility, but not impressing his new bride. He refused to get a steady job, so his wife didn’t stick around long, divorced after 18 months. The Viet Nam war was escalating, and when the next draft was announced, Bernie applied for a conscientious objector deferment. His deferment was denied, so he dodged the draft by having a kid out of wedlock in 1969 with his new girlfriend, Susan Mott, even though he STILL wasn’t working, and had no way to support the child. By the time his draft number came up, he was too old to be drafted anyway. He continued to subsist on odd carpentry jobs and unemployment checks, and occasionally selling $15 articles, including the one about how women fantasize about gang rape. He still refused to get a steady job to support his child. His girlfriend left him. In 1988 he married Jane Driscoll,and took a cold-war era honeymoon in communist USSR. His new wife supported Bernie financially through his many attempts to win a public office, and shared his radical leftist political views. They visited the pro-Soviet Sandinista Government in Nicaragua known for their human rights violations, support for anti-American terrorists, and the imprisonment and exile of opponents. Bernie blindly overlooked the carnage to stand with fellow socialists. They traveled to Cuba in hopes of meeting Bernie’s hero Fidel Castro, but access to him was denied. Bernie Sanders managed not to hold a full-time job his entire life or vote in a single election, until he finally ran for Mayor of Burlington at the age of 40. After several failed elections, he finally won the office of Mayor of Burlington, VT, and eventually a Senate seat, which he has managed to keep off and on. For all of his years representing Vermont, Bernie Sanders passed a total of three bills, and two of them were for naming post offices. He’s a draft-dodging deadbeat dad, a globe-trotting communist dilettante, and a petulant detractor of hard-working honorable Democrats. His one skill is yelling about how unfair the world is, and how everything SHOULD be. But he has no plans for how to make it happen, and no idea what goes on in the rest of the world or how to deal with problems overseas. His excuse for not having a foreign policy or national security plank on his platform: “I’ve only been campaigning for three months.” His socialist friends are bitter about what they see as a betrayal of their values by Bernie’s pursuit of the Democratic nomination. His former wife and girlfriend run when they see reporters and will not speak to the press. Bernie’s past, including a brief stint living in a kibbutz in Israel is cloaked in secrecy. (It worked for B Hussein Obama.) Former employees and coworkers describe him as hostile and belligerent. All of the Democrats in Vermont’s government endorsed Hillary Clinton. The people who know Bernie best cannot stand him. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 8 hours ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ...BDS....Bernie Derangement Syndrome......... MSNBC's Chris Matthews compares Sanders' Nevada win to France's fall to Nazis, draws calls for his firing By Brie Stimson | Fox News MSNBC’s Chris Matthews drew ire on social media Saturday after he compared the Nevada Democratic caucus victory of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders to France's fall to the Nazis during World War II. “I'm reading last night about the fall of France in the summer of 1940," Matthews said during the network's caucus coverage. "And the general calls up Churchill and says, ‘It’s over,’ and Churchill says, ‘How can it be? You got the greatest army in Europe. How can it be over?’ He said, ‘It's over.’” The backlash on Twitter was swift and severe, with many commenters calling for Matthews to resign or be fired. Many pointed out that Sanders' family includes survivors of the Holocaust. https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbcs-chris-matthews-compares-sanders-nevada-win-to-frances-fall-to-nazis-draws-calls-for-his-firing Wonder how many of these Twitter “ backlashers” were OK with Dems calling federal immigration detention centers “ concentration camps” ? Such a bunch of hypocrites. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 House Republicans could be hurt by strong downdraft from Donald Trump if he wins presidential nod 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Doc Brown said: House Republicans could be hurt by strong downdraft from Donald Trump if he wins presidential nod Well, Paul Ryan would agree, I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinga Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, MILFHUNTER#518 said: Bernie Sanders is truly special. He never held a job until he was finally elected mayor at age 53. Did you write this? Or do you have a link to the original? I'd like to copy it but want to be sure where it came from... Edited February 24, 2020 by Cinga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Cinga said: Did you write this? Or do you have a link to the original? I'd like to copy it but want to be sure where it came from... I'm not sure where it originated from, but I've seen it before. Here is one place: http://nationalpatriot.org/sad-but-true/bernie-sanders-and-the-dems/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 9 hours ago, Hedge said: I'm not sure where it originated from, but I've seen it before. Here is one place: http://nationalpatriot.org/sad-but-true/bernie-sanders-and-the-dems/ There are also stories of him getting kicked out of a hippie commune because he refused to do any work. Yet, this is the man to run the global economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123719bwiqrb Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 16 hours ago, MILFHUNTER#518 said: Bernie Sanders is truly special. He never held a job until he was finally elected mayor at age 53. He was the mayor of Burlington, VT starting in 1981, and was born in 1941, so your first sentence is not correct. Never going to vote for the guy anyways, but all the drivel below it is probably false too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, ScotSHO said: He was the mayor of Burlington, VT starting in 1981, and was born in 1941, so your first sentence is not correct. Never going to vote for the guy anyways, but all the drivel below it is probably false too. Getting the age wrong doesn't invalidate the rest. Please point me to Bernie's work accomplishments where he earned a paycheck or was responsible for signing a paycheck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 15 minutes ago, GG said: Getting the age wrong doesn't invalidate the rest. Please point me to Bernie's work accomplishments where he earned a paycheck or was responsible for signing a paycheck. Or cheating employees out of wages! Has Bernie ever run a fraudulent business like Trump U? crickets... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 17 hours ago, MILFHUNTER#518 said: Bernie Sanders is truly special. He never held a job until he was finally elected mayor at age 53. He lived off of welfare and four different women, had a child out-of-wedlock with one and the three marriages did not work out. In all his years in the Senate, he introduced 364 bills. 3 passed. Two of those were to name post offices. If you want to know what kind of leader Bernie is, go to Wikipedia, it's a long report. The following is condensed: Bernie Sanders’ father was a high school drop-out, who tormented his family with rants about their financial problems. He blamed society and economic inequality for his plight, though as a white male in a middle class neighborhood, he was hardly among the downtrodden. This was Bernie’s inspiration to take up the cause of economic justice, though he would spend half of his life as an able-bodied college graduate living off of unemployment checks, and the women in his life, between odd jobs. By his own admission, Bernie was not a great student, starting at Brooklyn College and transferring to Univ. of Chicago, but his enrollment kept him protected from the draft. He joined socialist organizations and dabbled in far-left communist politics, gaining national notoriety by petitioning the school to let students have sex in the dormitories. This was before birth control and abortion were legal, when there were still very serious repercussions for women if the condom broke, but that didn’t stop him from crusading against those silly rules that were an obstacle to his own satisfaction. He participated in the 1963 March on Washington, a few demonstrations, and was arrested once, but his activism for civil rights ended when he became obsessed with socialism. NOT “democratic socialism”, but oppressive far-left Marxism. Bernie married his college sweetheart, Deborah Shilling, and spent his small inheritance on a summer home in Vermont on 85 acres. The shack had a dirt floor and no electricity, maintaining his proletariat credibility, but not impressing his new bride. He refused to get a steady job, so his wife didn’t stick around long, divorced after 18 months. The Viet Nam war was escalating, and when the next draft was announced, Bernie applied for a conscientious objector deferment. His deferment was denied, so he dodged the draft by having a kid out of wedlock in 1969 with his new girlfriend, Susan Mott, even though he STILL wasn’t working, and had no way to support the child. By the time his draft number came up, he was too old to be drafted anyway. He continued to subsist on odd carpentry jobs and unemployment checks, and occasionally selling $15 articles, including the one about how women fantasize about gang rape. He still refused to get a steady job to support his child. His girlfriend left him. In 1988 he married Jane Driscoll,and took a cold-war era honeymoon in communist USSR. His new wife supported Bernie financially through his many attempts to win a public office, and shared his radical leftist political views. They visited the pro-Soviet Sandinista Government in Nicaragua known for their human rights violations, support for anti-American terrorists, and the imprisonment and exile of opponents. Bernie blindly overlooked the carnage to stand with fellow socialists. They traveled to Cuba in hopes of meeting Bernie’s hero Fidel Castro, but access to him was denied. Bernie Sanders managed not to hold a full-time job his entire life or vote in a single election, until he finally ran for Mayor of Burlington at the age of 40. After several failed elections, he finally won the office of Mayor of Burlington, VT, and eventually a Senate seat, which he has managed to keep off and on. For all of his years representing Vermont, Bernie Sanders passed a total of three bills, and two of them were for naming post offices. He’s a draft-dodging deadbeat dad, a globe-trotting communist dilettante, and a petulant detractor of hard-working honorable Democrats. His one skill is yelling about how unfair the world is, and how everything SHOULD be. But he has no plans for how to make it happen, and no idea what goes on in the rest of the world or how to deal with problems overseas. His excuse for not having a foreign policy or national security plank on his platform: “I’ve only been campaigning for three months.” His socialist friends are bitter about what they see as a betrayal of their values by Bernie’s pursuit of the Democratic nomination. His former wife and girlfriend run when they see reporters and will not speak to the press. Bernie’s past, including a brief stint living in a kibbutz in Israel is cloaked in secrecy. (It worked for B Hussein Obama.) Former employees and coworkers describe him as hostile and belligerent. All of the Democrats in Vermont’s government endorsed Hillary Clinton. The people who know Bernie best cannot stand him. And so we see he's perfectly qualified to run as the head of the Democrat ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, Nanker said: And so we see he's perfectly qualified to run as the head of the Democrat ticket. I don't see he ran a fraudulent business like Trump U, though... No connection to Jeffery Epstein? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, Tiberius said: Or cheating employees out of wages! Has Bernie ever run a fraudulent business like Trump U? crickets... https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/11/feds-drop-charges-against-jane-sanders-after-she-bankrupts-university/ Of course he got the charges dropped. $10 million in fraud, bankrupted the school and it closed. https://truepundit.com/rigged-fbi-clears-bernie-sanders-wife-of-bank-fraud/ Jane Sanders, the wife of Sen. Bernie Sanders, was in trouble with the FBI for bankrupting a college and also securing a $10 million real estate deal in the process. Bernie blamed this investigation on President Trump, but this was done under Barack Obama. Jane allegedly defrauded the bank with false claims of assets to secure a loan. That is a crime. Socialist Bernie and his wife are both laughing tonight! They are laughing at us, the little people in America, who would be indicted tonight, on the things that Bernie’s wife did. Once again, we are shown that there is a two-tier system of justice in America. Think of the people who lost their jobs because of Jane – yet the Sanders now boasts three large homes and Jane has $200,000. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RochesterRob Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Just now, Tiberius said: I don't see he ran a fraudulent business like Trump U, though... No connection to Jeffery Epstein? Your responses are extremely telling. Not one mention of what you think Sanders could actually do for this country. Just turn it all into a slam of Trump. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 6 minutes ago, Nanker said: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/11/feds-drop-charges-against-jane-sanders-after-she-bankrupts-university/ Of course he got the charges dropped. $10 million in fraud, bankrupted the school and it closed. https://truepundit.com/rigged-fbi-clears-bernie-sanders-wife-of-bank-fraud/ Jane Sanders, the wife of Sen. Bernie Sanders, was in trouble with the FBI for bankrupting a college and also securing a $10 million real estate deal in the process. Bernie blamed this investigation on President Trump, but this was done under Barack Obama. Jane allegedly defrauded the bank with false claims of assets to secure a loan. That is a crime. Socialist Bernie and his wife are both laughing tonight! They are laughing at us, the little people in America, who would be indicted tonight, on the things that Bernie’s wife did. Once again, we are shown that there is a two-tier system of justice in America. Think of the people who lost their jobs because of Jane – yet the Sanders now boasts three large homes and Jane has $200,000. Deep State! FAKE NEWS! Love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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