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Freddie Stubbs

(29,853 posts)
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 12:28 PM Mar 2016

When will Bernie release the transcripts from his 1988 Soviet Union 'honeymoon?'

I know, we're not supposed to call it a honeymoon, even though his wife went on the trip with him and it began the day after they got married. So go ahead and call it whatever you want.

Did he give any speeches during this non-honeymoon trip? If so, when will he release the transcripts?

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When will Bernie release the transcripts from his 1988 Soviet Union 'honeymoon?' (Original Post) Freddie Stubbs Mar 2016 OP
desperate n/t PaulaFarrell Mar 2016 #1
Desperate red-baiting at that. deutsey Mar 2016 #14
Rush Limbaugh used to call DU a communist site FreakinDJ Mar 2016 #31
It's not red baiting if it is true Freddie Stubbs Mar 2016 #61
What's "true"? deutsey Mar 2016 #66
It's true that he has a history of saying nice things about communism, even going as far as Freddie Stubbs Mar 2016 #67
Yes, it's so nefarious and sinister- to think he had a Soviet flag in his office notadmblnd Mar 2016 #87
Well when you can't discuss issues you resort to GOP tactics. Sen. McCarthy would be proud of DU. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #62
Joe McCarthy Lied On the Road Mar 2016 #78
ZOMGWTFBBQ??? COMMIE FLAG-GATE!!! PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS!!! beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #93
...And he drove a Lada! A suspicious scientific achievement in itself! Eleanors38 Mar 2016 #106
Oh, brother! He was visiting Burlington's SISTER CITY. flor-de-jasmim Mar 2016 #2
So, they figured out a way for the taxpayers to foot the bill for their honeymoon? Freddie Stubbs Mar 2016 #9
Yikes! I never thought of it that way. You're correct. NurseJackie Mar 2016 #22
If his expenses were treated separately, what's the difference? TheBlackAdder Mar 2016 #69
Oh, indeed. onyourleft Mar 2016 #71
Not as thrifty as the Clintons. They managed to save $150,000,000 and yet live quite well. rhett o rick Mar 2016 #103
How pathetic! B Calm Mar 2016 #3
Who knows, Joe? mmonk Mar 2016 #4
Yeah, I don't care about that. His trip to Nicaragua, however.... Adrahil Mar 2016 #5
Yeah should work really well like this one and all of Hilary's misfires to date. I mean after all, Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #11
Sure. Whatever. Adrahil Mar 2016 #15
If he can't beat Hillay, why would anyone thing that he can win the General Election? Freddie Stubbs Mar 2016 #27
Wow! a comment right out of 2008! How original. Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #29
Obama was actually leading with pledged delegates after Super Tuesday in 2008 Freddie Stubbs Mar 2016 #38
If he doesn't beat Hillary, he won't have the *chance* to win the general, so it's academic. thesquanderer Mar 2016 #65
There are records of that visit--they just haven't been distributed to a wide audience, yet. MADem Mar 2016 #12
Your point? Doremus Mar 2016 #75
My point? This is my point. MADem Mar 2016 #94
Oh ok. Doremus Mar 2016 #95
I read the whole thing, What bothers you so much about it? Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #112
Why do you think "I" am bothered? MADem Mar 2016 #114
You seem awfully concerned about it. Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #115
You're the one bumping a thread that has been dormant afaic for the last 2 weeks. MADem Mar 2016 #116
Well, then I guess that's a wrap. Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #117
It's all so sordid. NOT! notadmblnd Mar 2016 #89
You can hear him talk about it here: (It's only 24 minutes & far more informative than a soundbite) Luminous Animal Mar 2016 #98
He does have a prediliction 6chars Mar 2016 #102
Did you have a problem in 2004 that John Kerry had been even more prominent against the Contras? karynnj Mar 2016 #110
Did you see the part.... Adrahil Mar 2016 #111
Not much of one compared to Hillarys Boaty McBoatload of skeletons. Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #113
You want the juicy honeymoon stuff? NowSam Mar 2016 #6
I'm pretty sure hand size is coming up next Kittycat Mar 2016 #83
Just sad. Jbradshaw120 Mar 2016 #7
It's a safe bet that this OP is one that's mean to poke-fun at the absurd anti-Hillary posts. NurseJackie Mar 2016 #23
Except Sec. Clinton's Jbradshaw120 Mar 2016 #33
Life is full of disappointments. Her answer is "no". NurseJackie Mar 2016 #36
Unfortunately I'm certain Jbradshaw120 Mar 2016 #41
She's much smarter than you're giving her credit for. NurseJackie Mar 2016 #42
Really I hope for? Jbradshaw120 Mar 2016 #44
Well, okay. Best of luck and much success to you in the future. NurseJackie Mar 2016 #46
Indeed! Jbradshaw120 Mar 2016 #47
Will Hillary release transcripts of her meetings with Middle Eastern Dictators? WDIM Mar 2016 #8
I have those transcripts KingFlorez Mar 2016 #10
Joe McCarthy just called, from his grave, to say "Well done!" n/t 99th_Monkey Mar 2016 #13
Joe McCarthy, is that you speaking from the Beyond? Merryland Mar 2016 #16
Getting desperate, are we? vintx Mar 2016 #17
Good bye Freddie, perhaps you'd feel more at home on anoter site. nt thereismore Mar 2016 #18
Meh...not your best effort alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #19
lol UglyGreed Mar 2016 #20
OMG you guys Bernie is totally going to change the national anthem Mufaddal Mar 2016 #58
Well I believe Bernie UglyGreed Mar 2016 #74
You're right. It was all in the works years ago notadmblnd Mar 2016 #90
lol Mufaddal Mar 2016 #91
Did this gem come to you in a dream? AgingAmerican Mar 2016 #21
Did Hillary ask for them?? dana_b Mar 2016 #24
Please serve up your nonsense with a side of deep desperation yourpaljoey Mar 2016 #25
What The fuck is this desmiller Mar 2016 #26
Goodbye, Freddie. Ed Suspicious Mar 2016 #28
I'm concerned that Hillary Clinton would appoint regulators from Wall St Eric J in MN Mar 2016 #30
Serious question: Is this a joke? DefenseLawyer Mar 2016 #32
Red-bait harder Mufaddal Mar 2016 #34
I thought Joe McCarthy had died years ago. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #35
This then being the official 'lowest common denominator" post of the primary season to date. LanternWaste Mar 2016 #37
Uhh... this: NurseJackie Mar 2016 #51
Laughed.... thought I'd cherokeeprogressive Mar 2016 #39
Really? lmbradford Mar 2016 #40
Oh no! I found a "communist" in my cereal this morning. Lint Head Mar 2016 #43
If There Were A Place To Vote Here On DU For... ChiciB1 Mar 2016 #45
I actually thought it might be posted by a Sanders supporter democrattotheend Mar 2016 #60
It is the only explanation. kracer20 Mar 2016 #80
Oh my! It must be red-baiting desperation time! imagine2015 Mar 2016 #48
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2016 #49
The stupid, it burns! hedgehog Mar 2016 #50
Red baiting? Seriously? Kelvin Mace Mar 2016 #52
Silliness. Starry Messenger Mar 2016 #53
I think one of Hillary's "digital outreach strategists" just went rogue CoffeeCat Mar 2016 #54
Just the transcripts of any speeches which he gave Freddie Stubbs Mar 2016 #55
What speeches does someone give on a honeymoon? CoffeeCat Mar 2016 #57
Remember when Republicans attacked Bill for his trip to Russia? Oilwellian Mar 2016 #56
Heck, Ronald Reagan went to the USSR the same year Bernie did Art_from_Ark Mar 2016 #82
He was just there to collect his paycheck from the Kremlin and get further instructions. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #59
Leaked Excerpt: Motown_Johnny Mar 2016 #63
lol AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #64
When Bill Clinton releases his from his trip to the Soviet Union Armstead Mar 2016 #68
As soon as Hillary releases hers from her trip to China with Chelsea and Bill pinebox Mar 2016 #70
Red Baiting Is So Passé Impedimentus Mar 2016 #72
redbaiting was LAST month, don't you get the emails? restorefreedom Mar 2016 #73
Transcripts from someone's honeymoon? How pervy is that! merrily Mar 2016 #76
Something like this tazkcmo Mar 2016 #77
A new low, even for a Hillary supporter. BillZBubb Mar 2016 #79
rofl! nt m-lekktor Mar 2016 #81
Bloomberg - that well-known Soviet propaganda mouthpiece - published this report last year Depaysement Mar 2016 #84
That was a good, informative article. bklyncowgirl Mar 2016 #107
Thanks for the heads up as to the next Clinton/Republican meme aintitfunny Mar 2016 #85
When it's Snowden, it's "he's stuck in a Russian purgatory!!1!!!" Arazi Mar 2016 #86
It was NOT his honeymoon. Why does the Hillary camp always streeeetch a story? Bernie's comments: jillan Mar 2016 #88
"Meet Me At The Book Burning!" Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #92
Adjusted for inflation how much was Bernie paid in 2016 $ to speak? Omaha Steve Mar 2016 #96
Redbaiting? heck, this is pure voyeurism: you want TRANSCRIPTS from NEWLYWEDS MisterP Mar 2016 #97
Excerpt from the Recordings: "OY! Wifey, Come here my little Gefilte fish of Love...!" Katashi_itto Mar 2016 #99
LMAO! beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #100
lol, stop. You're beating yourself up. /nt Marr Mar 2016 #101
I would LOVE to visit Russia. bvar22 Mar 2016 #104
Transcript excerpt: "Darling, let us make mad, Marxist love beneath the Moscow Moon!" Katashi_itto Mar 2016 #105
Lol! I laugh at this desperate attack by news media etc... lovuian Mar 2016 #108
Nuts. And here I just recently got rid of the terrorists under the bed. Buns_of_Fire Mar 2016 #109

deutsey

(20,166 posts)
66. What's "true"?
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 08:33 PM
Mar 2016

Do you even have a clue about the history of socialism and reaction?

No. I'm sure you don't, being the reactionary you seem to be.

Freddie Stubbs

(29,853 posts)
67. It's true that he has a history of saying nice things about communism, even going as far as
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 09:26 AM
Mar 2016

having a Soviet flag in his office.

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
87. Yes, it's so nefarious and sinister- to think he had a Soviet flag in his office
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 11:01 AM
Mar 2016

I don't know if you are old enough to know/remember the Sister City International organization?

Sister Cities International was created at President Eisenhower’s 1956 White House summit on citizen diplomacy, where he envisioned a network that would be a champion for peace and prosperity by fostering bonds between people from different communities around the world. By forming these relationships, President Eisenhower reasoned that people from different cultures could understand, appreciate, and celebrate their differences while building partnerships that would lessen the chance of new conflicts. Since its inception, the Sister Cities International network has played a key role in renewing and strengthening important global relationships. Click here to read more about our mission and history.


http://www.sister-cities.org/about-sister-cities-international


Yeah, that sure is some pretty scary shit, isn't it?

On the Road

(20,783 posts)
78. Joe McCarthy Lied
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:51 AM
Mar 2016

I don't believe his targets had USSR flags openly displayed. Can't see why this is a phony issue.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
93. ZOMGWTFBBQ??? COMMIE FLAG-GATE!!! PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS!!!
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 01:16 PM
Mar 2016


You guys are so cute when you see commies everywhere.

OOGA BOOGA!

Don't look now, there's one under your bed!


flor-de-jasmim

(2,124 posts)
2. Oh, brother! He was visiting Burlington's SISTER CITY.
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 12:30 PM
Mar 2016

And Jane already said in an interview that they chose their wedding day so they could have something like a honeymoon.

TheBlackAdder

(28,076 posts)
69. If his expenses were treated separately, what's the difference?
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 09:37 AM
Mar 2016

.


It's no different than when I took my wife on a business trip. The hotel room was already paid for.

We picked up her air fare and her expenses. My expenses, that were business related, were put on the expense voucher.



Man, this really is a red bait post. Deny all you want, but it's quite pathetic.


.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
103. Not as thrifty as the Clintons. They managed to save $150,000,000 and yet live quite well.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 06:13 PM
Mar 2016

You heard not to throw stones if you live in a glass house? You shouldn't try to disparage Sen Sanders' integrity when Clinton lives in a glass house.

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
5. Yeah, I don't care about that. His trip to Nicaragua, however....
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 12:32 PM
Mar 2016

... I am more interested in. Not because I have a problem with it personally, but it will show up in the generals, if he made it that far.

Kip Humphrey

(4,753 posts)
11. Yeah should work really well like this one and all of Hilary's misfires to date. I mean after all,
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 12:36 PM
Mar 2016

all Bernie will have to really do if its tRump is point and laugh! If its anyone else, he smashes both Crude and Rubiot in landslides.

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
15. Sure. Whatever.
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 12:39 PM
Mar 2016

I think that's a fantasy. The GOP has not unloaded on him yet. But it won't matter. This will likely be effectively over a week from now.

thesquanderer

(11,955 posts)
65. If he doesn't beat Hillary, he won't have the *chance* to win the general, so it's academic.
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 06:27 PM
Mar 2016

But yeah, there are lots of reason one might think Bernie would have a better chance than Hillary against the Republicans in November, and you can find plenty of threads on that. Unfortunately, we're likely to nominate the candidate with the lesser chance of success in the general. The good news is, she is still likely strong enough to win.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
114. Why do you think "I" am bothered?
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 08:36 PM
Mar 2016

Digging deep, aren't you?

I posted this two weeks ago.

But I am not "bothered," thanks anyway.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
116. You're the one bumping a thread that has been dormant afaic for the last 2 weeks.
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 10:51 PM
Mar 2016

It's my "personal observation" that you're the one who is "awfully concerned!"

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
89. It's all so sordid. NOT!
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 11:32 AM
Mar 2016

Well if you really want to know about his trip- you might like to read his book on it: "Outsider in the House"

The following excerpt is from the article I linked to, not his book.

Sanders had earned his invitation to the celebration because he was a loud critic of President Ronald Reagan's Central American policies. Burlington in the 1980s was a hotbed of opposition to the administration's efforts to undermine the Sandinista government by financing Contra fighters, based in nearby Honduras. Reagan claimed the Sandinistas were communists and terrorists.

At a news conference that he and European socialists held in Managua the day of the celebration, Sanders repeated his criticism: "The real issue is a very simple one. Does the government of the United States of America have the unilateral right to destroy the government of Nicaragua because the president of the United States and some members of Congress disagree with the Sandinistas?"

During his visit, largely financed by the Sandinista government — Sanders paid his airfare — Sanders met with President Ortega and other officials. He sat down with the editor of an opposition newspaper, who complained of government censorship. And he walked through Managua's slums, occasionally asking residents about the impact of the 1979 revolution on their lives.

When he returned to Burlington, a group of reporters came to the airport to meet Sanders, who summed up his impressions. "These are people who suffered for 45 years under a terrible dictatorship," he said, "and they're fighting back, and they're trying to build a society where people can live decently." He spoke of "intelligent" Sandinista leaders who had been tortured by the previous regime, and of efforts to build hospitals and schools.
http://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/sanders-siempre-what-bernie-learned-in-nicaragua/Content?oid=2948191

6chars

(3,967 posts)
102. He does have a prediliction
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 05:28 PM
Mar 2016

not good or bad, just who he is and has been all along. But i am not sure how this will play with swing state independents.

karynnj

(59,475 posts)
110. Did you have a problem in 2004 that John Kerry had been even more prominent against the Contras?
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 07:53 PM
Mar 2016

The fact is that many on DU and Daily Kos wondered why he didn't emphasize his successful investigations on the gun running and drug running by people supporting the Contras and his investigations of BCCI.

It is interesting to me that on a Democratic message board it is consider a problem that Bernie was against the right wing thugs -- that the US including many Democrats (including the Clintons) thought the US should support - against the duely elected government.

It used to be that Democrats though the "bad" side were the Contras - with THEIR death squads that even killed Jesuit priests. Not to mention, bringing cocaine into the country to illegally fund them was horrible in the inner cities and especially with POC.

If you followed the Paris Climate Change talks - the deal nearly fell apart -- and one final problem was that the delegate from Nicaragua wanted to make changes that the US could not accept because it would mean a vote was needed by the Senate. Ortega, who is AGAIN the head of state called the delegation to stand down after calls from John Kerry and Raul Castro. One wonders if Kerry's brave actions in the 1980s might have helped.

You might notice that there were Republicans speaking against intervention - likely because regime change is not really popular at the moment.

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
111. Did you see the part....
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 09:56 PM
Mar 2016

in my post where I said I don't have a problem with it?

It WILL be an issue in the GE if Bernie gets the nomination regardless of what I think.

NowSam

(1,252 posts)
6. You want the juicy honeymoon stuff?
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 12:33 PM
Mar 2016

Sounds like you should be reading Kardashian tweets instead of real politics. The inquiry into Hillary's speeches is a legitimate concern since it sure looks like the banks are trying to buy influence and she is taking their dough.

Jbradshaw120

(80 posts)
7. Just sad.
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 12:34 PM
Mar 2016

Really this is pathetic. How about you waste your time trying to get your candidate to release some relevant transcripts. Just sad.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
23. It's a safe bet that this OP is one that's mean to poke-fun at the absurd anti-Hillary posts.
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 12:51 PM
Mar 2016

Odd that the absurdity can be seen in THIS post, but not in the anti-Hillary posts.

Odd AND funny!


Jbradshaw120

(80 posts)
33. Except Sec. Clinton's
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 01:03 PM
Mar 2016

Transcripts are relevant to the electionary. She says the money they paid her directly do not effect her policy, but she won't show the voters what she says behind closed doors.

Jbradshaw120

(80 posts)
41. Unfortunately I'm certain
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 01:56 PM
Mar 2016

That she won't release them. They'll probably be leaked in the fall if they are damning.

Jbradshaw120

(80 posts)
44. Really I hope for?
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 02:12 PM
Mar 2016

You don't know me. I started this thing as a clinton supporter. Bernie won me over on consistency and his legitimate support for labor. So no I don't hope that what I fear is actually out there. It is just that fear. I also came into this prepared to support any Democrat, bUT I swear Hillary and her campaign are deliberately trying to make that hard for me.

WDIM

(1,662 posts)
8. Will Hillary release transcripts of her meetings with Middle Eastern Dictators?
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 12:35 PM
Mar 2016

She is all warm and cozy with some of the worst people in the world today. He relationships with these evil people shows her utter contempt for women's rights, democracy, and freedom.

The fact that she approved arms deals to these murderers shows she has no cares for human rights. She just further empowers their cruel and unjust treatment of humanity.

KingFlorez

(12,689 posts)
10. I have those transcripts
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 12:35 PM
Mar 2016

Wall Street, Wall Street, Billionaires. Wall Street. Did I say Wall Street already? Wall Street.

Merryland

(1,134 posts)
16. Joe McCarthy, is that you speaking from the Beyond?
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 12:40 PM
Mar 2016

Glad to know you're keeping an eye on Bernie's whereabouts in 1988.

UglyGreed

(7,661 posts)
74. Well I believe Bernie
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:29 AM
Mar 2016

will use the original This land Is Your Land and include all the words this time around......





notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
90. You're right. It was all in the works years ago
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 11:52 AM
Mar 2016

You see, Bernie and Jane Sanders (under the pretense of a honeymoon)- went there to meet with those two well known nefarious spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. The Plan was to win the Presidency within the next couple of years (along with stealing the secret rocket fuel formula) and then hand the US over to Fearless Leader and Mr. Big.

Unfortunately Rocky The Flying Squirrel and Bullwinkle The Moose thwarted the world's greatest no-goodnik's attempts at making the deal and finally getting rid of moose and squirrel once and for all- after Boris sent in his lady spy with a package which was really bomb. Door got locked, she couldn't get out, who got blown up? Boris.

It is only now- that finally Bernie and Boris' have another chance to follow through with their devious plot to steal the secret rocket fuel formula and turn the US over to those evil Red Ruskies.

Let's hope Natasha doesn't screw it up again.

For those unable to discern- this is fiction

dana_b

(11,546 posts)
24. Did Hillary ask for them??
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 12:51 PM
Mar 2016

Was that something that anyone outside of this site cares about? No?

Well since her competitor asked for her speech transcripts and it's something that he, many in the media and the people that she MAY want to vote for her IF she gets the nomination want, I would think that she would get busy on finding them.

Eric J in MN

(35,619 posts)
30. I'm concerned that Hillary Clinton would appoint regulators from Wall St
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 12:59 PM
Mar 2016

....who got big bonuses to briefly work in government and who will weaken regulations.

Are you concerned that Bernie Sanders would appoint citizens of Yaroslavl?

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,280 posts)
35. I thought Joe McCarthy had died years ago.
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 01:10 PM
Mar 2016

Seriously, the red-baiting is stupid. It was a visit to Burlington's sister city. I suppose you're hoping he gave some kind of speech advocating the overthrow of the running-dog capitalist US government and the triumph of the proletariat or some damn thing. Sorry, Joe; but Bernie really is not and never was a Communist.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
37. This then being the official 'lowest common denominator" post of the primary season to date.
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 01:14 PM
Mar 2016

This then being the official 'lowest common denominator" post of the primary season to date.

I'd honestly thought the responses to the roll-out of Clinton's logo for the season possessed the most sub-literate and under-educated responses we'd see; however your OP certainly illustrates my inaccuracy in that regard.

lmbradford

(517 posts)
40. Really?
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 01:38 PM
Mar 2016

To even insinuate that he is a Communist after Hitler wiped out his Jewish family is disgusting. I don't think I've ever heard of anything on DU by Democrats that is lower than this.

ChiciB1

(15,435 posts)
45. If There Were A Place To Vote Here On DU For...
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 02:23 PM
Mar 2016

the STUPIDEST, MOST OUTLANDISH post ever posted her, THIS ONE IS IT!

Thanks for making me laugh, I need a good one! Just found out that I tore my rotator cuff AGAIN and was letting it get me down! That surgery is ONE NASTY SURGERY! This time, gonna try to baby it... BUT!

Still, I did need a laugh!

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
60. I actually thought it might be posted by a Sanders supporter
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 04:48 PM
Mar 2016

To underscore how little dirt they have on him.

Response to Freddie Stubbs (Original post)

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
54. I think one of Hillary's "digital outreach strategists" just went rogue
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 03:19 PM
Mar 2016

So, this guy wants in on all of the intimate details of Sander's honeymoon?



CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
57. What speeches does someone give on a honeymoon?
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 03:36 PM
Mar 2016

I mean, I've only been on one honeymoon, but I don't recall a lot of speechifying going on.

Seriously not following you.

Oilwellian

(12,647 posts)
56. Remember when Republicans attacked Bill for his trip to Russia?
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 03:33 PM
Mar 2016

Here's a post from Free Republic as an example. It's so similar to your post.

Free Republic - Road To Moscow

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
68. When Bill Clinton releases his from his trip to the Soviet Union
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 09:30 AM
Mar 2016

From a right-wing website.

http://www.aim.org/media-monitor/bill-clintons-soviet-connection/



Bush also raised questions about Clinton’s student trip to the Soviet Union. The liberal media didn’t like that. Denver Post columnist Ed Quillen wrote, “Bush hints that when Bill Clinton visited the Soviet Union on a student tour, Clinton may have met with KGB officers. Bush implies that something sinister was arranged. What was it?? The KGB sent a brainwashed Bill Clinton back to become governor of Arkansas.” Quillen said that was “preposterous.”

It may not be so outlandish. Speaking at an Accuracy in Media luncheon in Washington, D.C., Ivian C. Smith, the former FBI special Agent-in-Charge in Arkansas, voluntarily brought up the issue of Bill Clinton’s tour of the old Soviet Union. “That’s never been satisfactorily explained,” he said. Smith said that while Clinton was never formally branded a security risk by top officials in the bureau, many believed that he had never fully explained his travel to the Soviet Union. As President, Clinton expressed concern during his affair with Monica Lewinsky that a foreign government was tapping his phones.

Smith said books about Clinton, such as “First in His Class” by David Maraniss, never explained it either. Smith added, “I can tell you back in those days, though, that there would have been close scrutiny by someone because students didn’t just wander in and out of there. I suspect there’s a reference to Bill Clinton somewhere in some kind of archive back in Moscow?” >From the perspective of an FBI counterintelligence agent, Smith said, “We would have liked to have a more complete answer to what happened during those weeks there.

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
73. redbaiting was LAST month, don't you get the emails?
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:21 AM
Mar 2016

i know michigan loss must have hurt, but c'mon, stooping to this?

merrily

(45,251 posts)
76. Transcripts from someone's honeymoon? How pervy is that!
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:48 AM
Mar 2016

You want transcripts of speeches you have no idea if he made? How much do you think he got paid for those imaginary speeches? Gonna make up a payment amount, too?


Poster, please. You're embarrassing yourself.

tazkcmo

(7,286 posts)
77. Something like this
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:51 AM
Mar 2016

Bernie: Mmmmm Jane, you look wonderful!
Jane: Come here and bring your "hammer"! I have my sical and have some reaping to do!"
Bernie: Hee hee!
Jane: CENSORED
Bernie: OMG, Jane! You're an animal!
Jane: Rowrrr!!!

bklyncowgirl

(7,960 posts)
107. That was a good, informative article.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 07:06 PM
Mar 2016

In those days the Soviet Union was in transition and opening up to the rest of the world.

aintitfunny

(1,421 posts)
85. Thanks for the heads up as to the next Clinton/Republican meme
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:55 AM
Mar 2016

Nothing new for Bernie supporters to bat away another misleading piece of misinformation.


On MSNBC in May, 2015:

19. Sanders honeymooned in the USSR. Sanders married his current wife, Jane, in May of 1988 and the next day left for their “romantic honeymoon” to Yaroslavl, in the then-Soviet Union. The trip was an official delegation from Burlington to cement the two cities’ sister-city relationship. “Trust me. It was a very strange honeymoon,” Sanders writes.

“Trust me. It was a very strange honeymoon.”
He also visited Cuba with Jane in 1989 and tried to meet with Fidel Castro, but it didn’t work out and he met with the mayor of Havana and other officials instead.
Sanders is proud of Burlington’s international diplomacy efforts. “Burlington had a foreign policy because, as progressives, we understood that we all live in one world,” he writes.

He had the flag representing the Russian sister city to Burlington in his mayoral office.

Arazi

(6,829 posts)
86. When it's Snowden, it's "he's stuck in a Russian purgatory!!1!!!"
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 11:01 AM
Mar 2016

and it's all misery there and awful.

Now with Sanders it's a honeymoon destination!

jillan

(39,451 posts)
88. It was NOT his honeymoon. Why does the Hillary camp always streeeetch a story? Bernie's comments:
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 11:09 AM
Mar 2016

He later wrote in his 1997 book Outsider in the House that he went there as part of a 12-person delegation from Burlington to establish good relations with Yaroslavl.

"Burlington had a foreign policy, because, as progressives, we understood that we all live in one world,” he wrote.

The timing of the trip was unusual: Sanders and his wife only got married the day before the delegation left.

"Trust me, it was a very strange honeymoon,” he wrote in his book.

MisterP

(23,730 posts)
97. Redbaiting? heck, this is pure voyeurism: you want TRANSCRIPTS from NEWLYWEDS
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:51 PM
Mar 2016

no wonder Clinton backs interfering with abortion, when all her online champions are such seamy, seedy repressed types, their eyes running up and down everyone's contours under their clothes 24/7

the Red Army has already taken Alabama!

 

Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)
99. Excerpt from the Recordings: "OY! Wifey, Come here my little Gefilte fish of Love...!"
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 05:17 PM
Mar 2016

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bvar22

(39,909 posts)
104. I would LOVE to visit Russia.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 06:53 PM
Mar 2016

St. Petersburg, The Hermitage, Winter Palace of the Czars, and too many others to name.

I would love to walk the battlefield at Kursk, where the Soviets defeated Hitler's Army for us.

So many places and so much History that I will never get the chance to see,
except in photographs.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,119 posts)
109. Nuts. And here I just recently got rid of the terrorists under the bed.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 07:34 PM
Mar 2016

So now the communists are going to move back in.

It wouldn't bother me that much if they'd at least chip in on the rent.

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