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Sadly, today I felt the "burn" of Bernie Sanders. Not voting. Not that woulda mattered. (Original Post) Kajun Gal Jan 2019 OP
I suppose you wanted him to duck out of the meeting with female staffers for a vote... Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2019 #1
What was the meeting about? nt fleabiscuit Jan 2019 #2
Here. It was a daylong meeting, Sanders attended for an hour. emulatorloo Jan 2019 #5
Why didn't he meet with them last night or this morning before the Senate vote? SunSeeker Jan 2019 #9
Who knows? Perhaps somebody else in the thread will come up an excuse for him emulatorloo Jan 2019 #16
LOL SunSeeker Jan 2019 #17
He was in the meeting only for an hour Apollyonus Jan 2019 #20
Piss poor excuse. The meetings were on Capital Hill. He could have voted. SunSeeker Jan 2019 #8
It was an all day meeting which he attended for about an hour. honest.abe Jan 2019 #12
WHOA !! That's it stick a fork in the excuses uponit7771 Jan 2019 #13
BS was at the "sexual harassment" meeting for an hour. Cha Jan 2019 #14
Yes, Sanders could have stepped out... WeekiWater Jan 2019 #18
Same thought... Dolly123Jimmy Jan 2019 #3
I don't agree with that. He's not too old. rockfordfile Jan 2019 #10
I agree with you on this and I'm no big fan of Sanders. WeekiWater Jan 2019 #19
I proudly wear my "Feel the Bern" T-shirt even today. Xipe Totec Jan 2019 #4
I voted for him in the primary Beakybird Jan 2019 #6
Exactly Apollyonus Jan 2019 #21
Read the 300 replies BigmanPigman Jan 2019 #7
He should have voted StarryNite Jan 2019 #11
Excellent point, StarryNite! Seems he couldn't be bothered Cha Jan 2019 #15

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,273 posts)
1. I suppose you wanted him to duck out of the meeting with female staffers for a vote...
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 12:37 AM
Jan 2019

... that wouldn’t have mattered.



Yeah. No.

The howling would have been epic (not that it wasn’t).

emulatorloo

(43,982 posts)
5. Here. It was a daylong meeting, Sanders attended for an hour.
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 01:04 AM
Jan 2019
Bernie Sanders meets with 2016 campaign staffers who raised sexual harassment allegations
By Gregory Krieg and Ryan Nobles, CNN
Updated 6:03 PM EST, Wed January 16, 2019

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/01/16/politics/bernie-sanders-sexual-harassment-campaign-meeting-2020/

<snip>

The source said Sanders participated in the midday session with the former campaign workers and outside "facilitators" drafted in to lead a series of conversations and workshops. The letter, which was leaked to Politico late last year, described his presence at the proposed meeting as a "critically important" to the process of creating a "'gold standard' harassment policy" complete with "tangible next steps."

A former staffer for the Sanders campaign, who asked her name not be revealed so she could discuss the private meeting, told CNN Sanders was present for "about an hour" and described him as "conciliatory." She said he opened his remarks with an "honest apology."

<snip>

More at link

SunSeeker

(51,378 posts)
9. Why didn't he meet with them last night or this morning before the Senate vote?
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 01:42 AM
Jan 2019
The meetings, which stretched for almost a full day, began near Capitol Hill on Tuesday evening and picked up after the full group convened for breakfast on Wednesday morning. 
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/01/16/politics/bernie-sanders-sexual-harassment-campaign-meeting-2020/

SunSeeker

(51,378 posts)
8. Piss poor excuse. The meetings were on Capital Hill. He could have voted.
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 01:39 AM
Jan 2019

In fact, the meetings took place last night and this morning at breakfast, before the Senate vote. Surely he could have fit in his hour with the group to allow for him to go to the Senate chamber to vote:

The meetings, which stretched for almost a full day, began near Capitol Hill on Tuesday evening and picked up after the full group convened for breakfast on Wednesday morning. 


https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/01/16/politics/bernie-sanders-sexual-harassment-campaign-meeting-2020/

honest.abe

(8,556 posts)
12. It was an all day meeting which he attended for about an hour.
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 03:04 AM
Jan 2019

Funny the hour he was at the meeting perfectly coincided with the vote.

Cha

(295,929 posts)
14. BS was at the "sexual harassment" meeting for an hour.
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 04:21 AM
Jan 2019
Senate Democrats' effort to block Trump move on Russia sanctions fails

The sanctions resolution from Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, which required 60 votes to proceed, was defeated in a 57-42 vote. Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders missed the vote.

But the result still represented a symbolic rebuke of the Treasury Department's decision in December to lift the sanctions on the companies tied to Deripaska, a Kremlin ally. Eleven Republicans joined with Democrats to support Schumer's resolution, arguing that the Trump administration erred in deciding to lift sanctions on Rusal, the world's second-largest aluminum producer, as well as EN+ Group and JSC EuroSibEnergo.

Wednesday's vote came one day after Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin went to Capitol Hill in an effort to ease Republican senators' concerns about the sanctions plan. He failed to convince those 11 Republicans who broke with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell later Tuesday to vote with Democrats on Schumer's resolution.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/16/politics/senate-democrats-sanctions-russia/index.html

The only one to miss the vote was Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. He was meeting with women who had accused his 2016 presidential campaign of sexual misconduct, his spokesman, Josh Miller-Lewis, told CNBC.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/16/senate-democrats-vote-to-block-trump-from-lifting-russia-sanctions-fails.html



 

WeekiWater

(3,259 posts)
18. Yes, Sanders could have stepped out...
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 07:51 PM
Jan 2019

Or given them a different small section of his day. Using women as an excuse is why he should have spent more than an hour with them in the first place.

Dolly123Jimmy

(26 posts)
3. Same thought...
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 12:40 AM
Jan 2019

He should go away...

Too old...Sexual stuff all over him...

Im a fan but he had his 15 minuets

rockfordfile

(8,682 posts)
10. I don't agree with that. He's not too old.
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 02:19 AM
Jan 2019

I support his participation in our political system. I don't like that he didn't vote.

 

WeekiWater

(3,259 posts)
19. I agree with you on this and I'm no big fan of Sanders.
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 07:57 PM
Jan 2019

I also take age into consideration when voting. But that is in conjunction with a lot of other things. He is clearly not too old for his job. In any way.

Xipe Totec

(43,872 posts)
4. I proudly wear my "Feel the Bern" T-shirt even today.
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 12:40 AM
Jan 2019

I voted for Bernie in the primaries.

But I supported HRC in the General election 100%

And yes, my vote mattered.

Beakybird

(3,329 posts)
6. I voted for him in the primary
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 01:09 AM
Jan 2019

But I regret it. I hated Tad Devine's divisiveness (or was it Jeff Weaver?), and Sanders did not help Clinton nearly as much as he could have.

 

Apollyonus

(812 posts)
21. Exactly
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 08:03 PM
Jan 2019

All the poisonous memes started by the Sanders camp:

Hillary is corrupt
Hillary is unlikable
Hillary is a corporate puppet
Hillary is for private prisons
Hillary does pay for play through the Clinton Foundation

They have left a bad taste in my mouth

StarryNite

(9,366 posts)
11. He should have voted
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 02:38 AM
Jan 2019

Saying it wouldn't have mattered would be like saying the ones of us who live in the red states shouldn't bother voting because it won't matter. That's so wrong!

Cha

(295,929 posts)
15. Excellent point, StarryNite! Seems he couldn't be bothered
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 04:26 AM
Jan 2019

with a "Symbolic Rebuke" at Russia.

Senate Democrats' effort to block Trump move on Russia sanctions fails

The sanctions resolution from Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, which required 60 votes to proceed, was defeated in a 57-42 vote. Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders missed the vote.

But the result still represented a symbolic rebuke of the Treasury Department's decision in December to lift the sanctions on the companies tied to Deripaska, a Kremlin ally. Eleven Republicans joined with Democrats to support Schumer's resolution, arguing that the Trump administration erred in deciding to lift sanctions on Rusal, the world's second-largest aluminum producer, as well as EN+ Group and JSC EuroSibEnergo.

Wednesday's vote came one day after Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin went to Capitol Hill in an effort to ease Republican senators' concerns about the sanctions plan. He failed to convince those 11 Republicans who broke with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell later Tuesday to vote with Democrats on Schumer's resolution.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/16/politics/senate-democrats-sanctions-russia/index.html

The only one to miss the vote was Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. He was meeting with women who had accused his 2016 presidential campaign of sexual misconduct, his spokesman, Josh Miller-Lewis, told CNBC.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/16/senate-democrats-vote-to-block-trump-from-lifting-russia-sanctions-fails.html



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