I Just Endorsed - Bernie

[Yallow]

For what it's worth.

Who am I?

Someone who went to Bush's ranch and protested with Cindy Sheehan.

And other stuff.....

Remember? What was the noble cause W?

[Uncle Joe]

1. Thanks for endorsing Bernie, Yallow

and thanks for the thread.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

2. We love anti-war activists! n/t

[Yallow]

3. I'm Not Anti-War

I am anti needless war, based on lies.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

4. +1 n/t

[onecaliberal]

5. +1000000

[hopemountain]

7. just like bernie!

bernie is a good guy.

[daleanime]

10. Which is most of them.

[Art_from_Ark]

30. That's most wars

[SoapBox]

6. Welcome!

And glad to have you onboard.

One person at a time!

[yuiyoshida]

8. I met Cindy Sheehan once

where she was speaking on the steps at city hall, she signed the back of political button for me, which I thought was cool!

[Hepburn]

9. Oh, yes, I recall those days. Vividly! n/t

[Rosa Luxemburg]

11. Great!

and thank you for protesting with Cindy Sheehan. What is Cindy doing these days?

[Enthusiast]

12. Kicked and recommended!

Thank you or endorsing Bernie!

[cprise]

13. I remember.

[mountain grammy]

14. I participated in a Mother's Day anti war rally in DC

where Cindy Sheehan spoke.. I think it was 2005. A few hundred people, many veterans. She was inspiring.

I am anti war and I endorse Bernie Sanders.

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. Thank you!

[merrily]

16. A trumped up war that was known to every Democrat I know IRL to have been trumped up.

By "known," I mean known well before the Iraq War vote was taken.

I have a lot of respect for Susan Sarandon. Who wouldn't? I mean...

Sarandon was not a member of any Congressional intelligence committee, no one gave her access to any NIE--and she still knew enough to make her own TV commercial suggesting we should know what Iraq did to our country before going to war against Iraq. (Not that an NIE does one any good if one votes to put people in hairm's way without bothering to read it. Yes, I know Hillary claims to have interviewed people from the CIA instead, but one way to test truth is to compare official statements, like the NIE, with oral statements. I mean, who would ignore ANY relevant evidence before voting for a war--and do you really want a person who would in charge of asking Congress to go to war. Iraq, Libya, Syria, oy!)

At the time, Bernie Sanders not only knew enough to vote against that war, but he also knew enough to warn that invading Iraq would ultimately de-stabilize the entire MIddle East.

I'd rather have an honest person like Sanders, or even Janet, in charge of the foreign policy of the United States than one who was in line with Poppy and Dim Son Bush and PNAC as to the invasion. And, while I do care some if the reason Democrats got in line with PNAC was lack of smarts or outright corruption, neither of those two equals a recommendation for the job of the most powerful person in the world.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6211673

Address to the Nation on the Invasion of Iraq (January 16, 1991)



George H. W. Bush


Just 2 hours ago, allied air forces began an attack on military targets in Iraq and Kuwait. These attacks continue as I speak. Ground forces are not engaged.

This conflict started August 2d when the dictator of Iraq invaded a small and helpless neighbor. Kuwait—a member of the Arab League and a member of the United Nations—was crushed; its people, brutalized. Five months ago, Saddam Hussein started this cruel war against Kuwait. Tonight, the battle has been joined.

much more at:

http://www.millercenter.org/president/speeches/speech-3428

transcript: President Clinton explains Iraq strike

CLINTON: Good evening.

Earlier today, I ordered America's armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces. Their mission is to attack Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors.

much more at:

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/12/16/transcripts/clinton.html

more at:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026211673



Senate vote on 2002 AUMF at:

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/107-2002/s237



House vote on 2002 AUMF at:

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/107/hjres114

10:16 P.M. EST

THE PRESIDENT: My fellow citizens, at this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.


On my orders, coalition forces have begun striking selected targets of military importance to undermine Saddam Hussein's ability to wage war. These are opening stages of what will be a broad and concerted campaign. More than 35 countries are giving crucial support -- from the use of naval and air bases, to help with intelligence and logistics, to the deployment of combat units. Every nation in this coalition has chosen to bear the duty and share the honor of serving in our common defense.

more at http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030319-17.html

[freebrew]

35. Right! The first Gulf War...

based on lies just like the last one.

There were no babies thrown from their incubators.
Kuwait was NOT an innocent per Jimmy Carter.
On PBS, just before HW sent us to wage war on Iraq, Pres. Carter
announced that Kuwait had been cross-drilling into Iraq's oil fields and stealing Iraqi oil.
This, right after Iraq had defended Kuwait against an invasion by Iran, costing Iraq several hundred $M.

Not sure how many saw that interview, but it was eye-opening for me wrt 1st Gulf war.

[L0oniX]

38. ...not to mention that Kuwait was originally part of Iraq.

[rhett o rick]

17. You must be careful endorsing Sen Sanders when you have a low post count. nm

[merrily]

18. No one has to be careful endorsing Sanders. He's been on the right side of history again and again.

DU bs from a small minority of DU is no different from any other variety of bs or any other variety of minority opinion

[rhett o rick]

19. I think you misunderstood my post. nm

[merrily]

21. I understood, O, respected poster ally. I didn't want the OP to become scared to post truth, though.

Or more importantly, to live truth in real life.

Yes, Sanders supporters on DU get alert stalked and may even get driven off, but, as some ancient scribe or other wrote:

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

John 8:32 King James Version

I will never trade freedom for any message board.

[Yallow]

25. Thanks Merrily - Read

I don't scare easy.....

Besides, I have to be correct.

Not left, or right, liberal, or conservative.

I simply have to be correct.

I call them as I see 'em.

I see all the $$ Hillary has got from Wall Street (and I like the Clintons) and I just don't think she will get in the way of their gravy train, or lead the kind of revolution, which I call evolution, America, and the world needs.

Obama has been a good president. Hillary would probably do ok to. The problem is we need a lot more than a president doing a "good" job.

We need a game changer.

Someone who has spent their whole political career working for the poor, and working class, not listening to the DLC, Third Way, moderate, centrist, Wall Street enablers.

Sorry, but that's the truth.

[Dustlawyer]

33. Why would you be here unless it was to offer your opinion to the issues of the day!

Naive, maybe, but still true.

I also want to state that Bernie Sanders is giving us something we haven't received in so very long, honesty! His views are not "crazy" or paid for by some billionaire who thinks that his/her money should give them an outsized voice in our politics. That is one of the great things about him. The fact that he is right about the problems that we face and comes bearing common sense solutions is why I whole-heartedly endorse him for POTUS!

We are at a cross road in our politics. The populist support that Bernie and a couple of nut job Republican populists on the right demonstrate that Americans are growing concerned at the level of corruption in our country. If you noticed something about the last Republican debate, their statements were noticably different than in the past in many areas. The monied class is scrambling to back off some because they realize that they have been too open about their corruption and have pushed us too fast. They are terrified that Bernie could mess up 35 years of hard work to co-opt our government, judicial system, and media. They need someone like Hillary to subtly rein in our populist shift.

We need to fight for Publicly Funded Elections to attack the root of their control. Bernie plans on accomplishing this by using us to create leverage. Not only do I endorse Bernie, I stand behind him on everything!

[L0oniX]

37. +1

[Evergreen Emerald]

20. Are you sure? I heard right here on du that they threaten those who disagree with them!

You are so brave

[pinebox]

22. nice try

[Luminous Animal]

23. Love this.

[L0oniX]

36. Oh please ....my cat trys harder when pooping.

[MrMickeysMom]

26. How is it brave.......?

If it's based on fiction?

[frylock]

40. Not nearly as brave as ducking Bosnian sniper fire.

[sabrina 1]

24. Some of us have NOT forgotten that noble cause. Some apparently have. I also endorse Bernie who

was on our side back then. Hillary, not so much.

[MrMickeysMom]

27. I remember...

I can only hope that Cindy would feel the same way.

[NCTraveler]

32. Here. One is never far from knowing how she feels.

http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com/2015/11/ray-light-on-2016-elections-and-more.html?m=1

[MuseRider]

28. Welcome!

Went to Bush's ranch twice, once in the ditches and once under the tent.

Bernie is the game changer. We can't afford to waste more time with small changes. We need someone who will work to make large changes and by doing so gets more done. A tiny bit of a large idea is much better than a tiny bit of a small idea and that is what we have been getting, if that.

Good to have you here with us.

[femmedem]

29. I helped persuade our City Council to go on record opposing that war

and I'm for Bernie, too.

[NCTraveler]

31. Cindy Sheehan on the 2016 election.

http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com/2015/11/ray-light-on-2016-elections-and-more.html?m=1

[whereisjustice]

34. Hillary protests too, like, against those awful regulations Wall Street banks have to deal with...

[Spitfire of ATJ]

39. Her hat and lawn chair belongs in the Smithsonian.

[broiles]

41. I was at Crawford too. Nicest group of patriots ever.