Bernie stood and talked for 8.5 hours in 2010. Hillary sat for 11 hours in 2015.

[valerief]

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Bernie couldn't stop the 2010 Bush tax cuts but he tried! He puts his money where his mouth is, for sure.

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I love posts like this. I get to find so many more people to put on Ignore.

[tazkcmo]

1. Not good enough, Bernie.

Trying is for dreamers, bronies and losers like Sanders' Berniebros. Name ONE thing trying ever accomplished? You can't do it!!! Oh! And 8.5 hours? Hillary Clinton has been fighting for America since inception! And she never quit. Ever. Not once. Maybe instead of trying (And Losing!!!) he should fight. Like Hillary.

I scoff at your puny 8.5 hours, Bernie Sanders.











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[TheBlackAdder]

22. Standing helps to keep one in shape--Keeps a person's legs and butt toned.

[slipslidingaway]

2. knr nt

[CorkySt.Clair]

3. Both were noble efforts

The GOP is pond scum.

[valerief]

4. Right, but Bernie's was by choice. nt

[CorkySt.Clair]

6. Whatever

Must be agonizing for Sanders supporters to criticize the GOP.

[valerief]

8. What? Who needs to criticize scum? This is DU. We all know they're scum.

What's your point?

[MariaThinks]

26. their hatred is saved for fellow democrats. I don't know if they can stand up to the freepers

[randome]

5. This is why Sanders will never 'win' at DU.

It isn't good enough to note something amazing he did, you simply have to pair it with badmouthing another Democrat in a very muddled way.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"The whole world is a circus if you know how to look at it."
Tony Randall, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)[/center][/font][hr]

[FSogol]

7. Seriously. Why compare it to the Benghazi hearings?

[valerief]

24. Standing by choice vs. sitting not by choice. Who gets lauded in the press? nt

[FSogol]

25. Was Sanders running for Pres in 2010? Do you think HRC should have stood up for the hearing?

Should we be proud that Cruz stood up for his pretend-filibusters?

For the record, people stand when filibustering and sit for hearings. Ridiculous comparison.

[GusBob]

9. With apologies I fail to see the distinction in your comparison

Perhaps you could elucidate the topic with more clarity and detail?

I don't comprehend how the tax cuts are related to Benghazi

[valerief]

10. They aren't. I don't see why you'd think they were. nt

[GusBob]

13. With respects I don't mean to be obtuse.

Did you mean to imply the Bush tax cuts of 2010 led to the Benghazi tragedy in 2012 and Senator Sanders tried to prevent the whole fiasco?

Bush was out of office in 2008. I am confused

[valerief]

14. No. nt

[GusBob]

30. Ok nt

[DebDoo]

11. Ever notice

Most of the time Hillary tries to attack his position on a bill as weak he responds with, "I was on that committee...and you're wrong" But I guess he's just a lazy senator who hasn't done much

To be clear, I think it's impressive how much he has done!

[senz]

15. That's how the House and Senate work: tandem, teams, groups.

There may be the occasional attention-getting celebrity, but the work is always accomplished collectively by like-minded members.

Being on a committee to get a bill drawn up and passed is stronger than voting in favor of it.

Sanders has accomplished quite a bit in his legislative career, far more than Hillary, even accounting for her short tenure.

Bernie Sanders is not the least bit "lazy." He has been incredibly busy serving his constituents and the people of this country his entire life.

[senz]

16. Point: both put forth effort and endurance. She in self-defense, he in OUR defense.

And he wasn't even running for president! Imagine that.

[valerief]

17. Bingo! You win the "I Can See the Forest Even With the Trees" Award!

[senz]

20. Thanks. Rightwingers seem to have a problem with that

and I can never figure out if it's deflection, obtuseness, or Faux Snooze-style brainwashing.

One of life's little mysteries.

[NCTraveler]

18. I think it would be difficult for a progressive to dismiss....

The absolute sham that the Benghazi hearings were and the fact that Clinton showed them their asses.

Fuck Gowdy.

The Benghazi hearings were and attack on democrats as a whole. Not just Clinton.

[valerief]

19. I agree. That was bullshit. We all at DU can clearly see that. Not my point in the OP.

It's harder for an old dude to stand talk for 8.5 hours (by choice) than for an lady to sit and answer questions for 11 hours (not by choice).

And yet who does the press laud for stamina?

[NCTraveler]

21. I'm lauding for her intelligence, stamina, integrity, and fight.

She single handedly made Gowdy look like the fucking idiot he is. The republican party took on one person as a representative of the whole democratic party. That person was Clinton. She beat the shit out of them.

[senz]

23. Well, who's the rich, famous, corporate-backed, perennial presidential candidate

and who isn't?



Thanks for the thread, valerief. I love reminders of how hard Bernie has worked for us his entire career.

[gollygee]

27. Really? Standing vs. sitting?

This is ridiculous. Silly post.

[7wo7rees]

28. Yes, well, but he did not testify in front of a congessional

committee for 11 hrs.

He just stood on the floor and spoke.

All I ever see is Senator Byrd on the floor of an empty chamber saying no to the Iraq Resolution.

[Ino]

29. How many hours in her career has Hillary spent testifying...

for inquiries into her actions, bogus or not?

As trumped-up as they may be in the future, or not, how many more hours is she going to spend defending herself? They are planning to impeach her the day she takes office, FGS! She's being investigated by the FBI!

When will she have the time to do anything for the country?

Bernie has nothing to hide, nothing to investigate.