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Aerows

(39,961 posts)
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 10:27 PM Apr 2016

I've seen posts in the last

hour that equate Bernie Sander as a man with gun violence as his platform. If this is "taking the gloves off" then I suggest that despite the gloves, Secretary Clinton's fingerprints are all over this awful tactic.

Behind nearly every bad policy decision our country has made in the last 20 years, you can find a video of Bernie advocating *against* it.

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I've seen posts in the last (Original Post) Aerows Apr 2016 OP
It is evidence of an absolute and unequivocal willingness to be completely dishonest. Bonobo Apr 2016 #1
I hope I hit the grave Aerows Apr 2016 #2
Is there a liberal cause they haven't turned their backs on or exploited? beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #3
Helping themselves to liberal portions of Wall Street's money? n/t Chan790 Apr 2016 #4
Strange that people can find videos of Sanders advocating for the same ideas decades ago... slipslidingaway Apr 2016 #5
I value Sanders being on the right side of the issue vs him being consistent. Conservatives beleive uponit7771 Apr 2016 #8
Can you rephrase that? Aerows Apr 2016 #16
Nah, just don't have the podium bird translate it to you uponit7771 Apr 2016 #22
Right side and consistent, not sure why you inserted conservatives into the discussion? nt slipslidingaway Apr 2016 #21
as an example, some people do obfuscate via obtuseness uponit7771 Apr 2016 #23
Sanders advocated FOR corp gun immunity, an immoral vote and a show of bad judgement uponit7771 Apr 2016 #6
Even if this were 100% true, Bernie still trounces Hillary in both integrity and policy. Scuba Apr 2016 #14
Yeap, he didn't have millions of tax payer money spent on his downing his integrity either... uponit7771 Apr 2016 #24
She's an opportunist with a politically-fatal flaw: pacalo Apr 2016 #7
Annie Oakley has turned into a single-issue candidate. Her media hatchet men and minions Doctor_J Apr 2016 #9
They will leave the national stage only after it looks like a home invasion gone bloody. nt silvershadow Apr 2016 #10
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Apr 2016 #11
Remember when Bernie was attacked for being a "Pacifist"? Motown_Johnny Apr 2016 #12
The memes always cancel each other out. beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #13
When she loses the Primary Aerows Apr 2016 #17
She tried this gun thing with Obama, as well hereforthevoting Apr 2016 #15
It is plain sickening. n/t Aerows Apr 2016 #18
Consider the source(s). Lizzie Poppet Apr 2016 #19
Bernie votes his conscience Utopian Leftist Apr 2016 #20

Bonobo

(29,257 posts)
1. It is evidence of an absolute and unequivocal willingness to be completely dishonest.
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 10:29 PM
Apr 2016

Shameful is far too good a word for them.

slipslidingaway

(21,210 posts)
5. Strange that people can find videos of Sanders advocating for the same ideas decades ago...
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 10:47 PM
Apr 2016

on the other hand there are several videos of Clinton changing positions and then admitting her judgement was wrong.

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
8. I value Sanders being on the right side of the issue vs him being consistent. Conservatives beleive
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 10:50 PM
Apr 2016

... corporations should have a definative say in government for generations... doesn't mean its the correct thing for America

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
24. Yeap, he didn't have millions of tax payer money spent on his downing his integrity either...
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 11:12 AM
Apr 2016

... something Sanders camp constantly leaves out of their honestly meme

pacalo

(24,721 posts)
7. She's an opportunist with a politically-fatal flaw:
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 10:50 PM
Apr 2016

She has zero charisma & she's not likable. That's why she has to lie in order to gain an edge.

If her lies-to-win strategy doesn't bother her supporters, that's their problem. I have to be proud of my candidate.

 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
9. Annie Oakley has turned into a single-issue candidate. Her media hatchet men and minions
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 11:03 PM
Apr 2016

have been dying to find someting to distract from her corruption and far right policies. Looks like they are going to run with this. I wonder if they think that having the daughter of a Sandy Hook victim use her mother's murder as a campaign stunt will win them votes. More likely it will make Mrs. Clinton even more repulsive

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
13. The memes always cancel each other out.
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 11:10 PM
Apr 2016

It's actually pretty amusing to watch them cover up their previous work when they start throwing fresh feces at the wall.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
17. When she loses the Primary
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 07:34 PM
Apr 2016

I am interested to see who she blames this time. She threw everybody under the bus within reach when she lost irrevocably in 2008, and she clung with even her toenails.

Still, it wasn't her fault, it was everybody else's fault.

If that many people dislike you, maybe they are on to something.

 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
19. Consider the source(s).
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 08:10 PM
Apr 2016

Camp Weathervane has no shame, no honor, no credibility. They wanted, as evidenced by their smug, condescending approach from the get-go, a scorched earth situation. Well...they got it.

Not Hillary. Not now. Not in November. Not ever.

Utopian Leftist

(534 posts)
20. Bernie votes his conscience
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 08:26 PM
Apr 2016

and even people who vote their conscience 100 percent of the time, can sometimes respectfully disagree on what is correct. That is the beauty of our system.

I agree with Bernie maybe 97 percent, from what I've read. But my trust for him and for his judgment is exponential in comparison to how far I would trust Hillary to represent anyone other than herself and the One-percenters.

I wish I had saved some of the funnies from 2008 when Obama referred to her as "Annie Oakley," since she suddenly cared "so much" about gun-rights back then. She really does seem to be running on this one issue--or that was the impression I got after the last debate I saw--and it's a big flip-flop from her pro-guns stance that she took, back in 2008.

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