When Bernie Sanders ran against me in Vermont
By Madeleine May Kunin FEBRUARY 05, 2016
Eye opening background piece:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/02/04/when-bernie-sanders-ran-against-vermont/kNP6xUupbQ3Qbg9UUelvVM/story.html?p1=Article_Trending_Most_Viewed
Hillary Clinton is not the first progressive Democratic woman to be challenged by Bernie Sanders. He ran against me in 1986 when I was running for my second term as governor of Vermont. At that time he had little affinity for the Democratic Party. When advised that his third-party candidacy might result in a Republican victory, he saw no difference between Democrats and Republicans, saying: “It is absolutely fair to say you are dealing with Tweedledum and Tweedledee.”
Voters did not agree. Sanders received 14 percent of the vote, the Republican candidate, Peter Smith received 38 percent, and I won with 47 percent.
By any measure I was regarded as a progressive governor. If I was vulnerable, it was for being too liberal. As a legislator, my maiden speech on the floor of the Vermont House was in favor of ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. My first priority as governor was universal access to kindergarten. I set a record for a Vermont governor’s appointees; women filled half of my cabinet. I sought out talented women, many of whom were the first women to head their agencies.
Women draw on a different network than men and can share an alternative definition of “qualified.” Hillary Clinton’s campaign staff, according to Fast Company, is over 50 percent female. Sanders’ campaign began with a a predominantly male inner circle and continues to face accusation of keeping women out of the top ranks.
When Sanders was my opponent he focused like a laser beam on “class analysis,” in which “women’s issues” were essentially a distraction from more important issues. He urged voters not to vote for me just because I was a woman. That would be a “sexist position,” he declared....
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Gloria may of thought this was a personal matter between two people. Anyway if he learned then why bring it up 
We're starting to add up.
Gloria said..........honorary woman I bet Bernie felt very proud that day since he does care for all people 
about Bernie.................
a sexist or something like that 
Old Man of the Mountain
The Old Man of the Mountain, also known as the Great Stone Face or the Profile,[1] was a series of five granite cliff ledges on Cannon Mountain in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, United States, that appeared to be the jagged profile of a face when viewed from the north.....the formation collapsed to the ground between midnight and 2 a.m., May 3, 2003.[2] Dismay over the collapse was so great that people left flowers at the base of the cliffs in tribute.
...his heart is pure. 
It means Bernie is a real threat and this is the best they can come up with for dirt.
BRING IT ON!
By the time we pick it up it's ready, they make a mean Spanakopita.
Though a little rich!
We should stop talking about food if you're fasting.
?itok=lCiX7FlY And you can drink all of it since, well, I'm allergic to alcoholic drinks. 
Thanks for the kick!
Pepper beef or beef with broccoli. 
Love spaghetti
run and all, but yeah there is the age factor although some might say that eighty is the new seventy.
Response to MADem (Reply #59)
This is great! 
Response to MADem (Original post)
His views don't sound very progressive when you realize how much effort he goes through to exclude people by his own "class analysis". There's a word for that. Several words come to mind. Hmm.
Thanks for posting, MADem.
Good for Vermont. Maybe it isn't the Malheur wildlife refuge I was beginning to think it was.
I was just going to post this but you beat me to it
