Shocking! A positive Bernie article in the NYT!

[shireen]

Bernie Sanders Scored Victories for Years via Legislative Side Doors

My fav. bits (keeping to the 3-paragraph limit):

But in spite of persistent carping that Mr. Sanders is nothing but a quixotic crusader — during their first debate, Hillary Clinton cracked, “I’m a progressive, but I’m a progressive who likes to get things done” — he has often been an effective, albeit modest, legislator.

Mr. Sanders has been pushing basically the same legislative agenda since he was the mayor of Burlington, Vt., in the 1980s, one that favors workers, veterans and college students. But in 2016, he has found that the marriage of his passions and his blunt, fiery oration have come into vogue among many Democrats.

“Given how liberal he is, it made the work hard,” Mr. McCain recalled last week. “But he was an honest liberal. I’ve worked with people who tell you they are going to do one thing and then do another, and Bernie did what he said. And he was very effective. It was the first real reform of the V.A. ever.”

[LiberalArkie]

1. OK, I will Add

Over one 12-year stretch in the House, he passed more amendments by roll call vote than any other member of Congress. In the Senate, he secured money for dairy farmers and community health centers, blocked banks from hiring foreign workers and reined in the Federal Reserve, all through measures attached to larger bills.

Snip
Mr. Sanders got the rest of the Democratic base to listen to words he has been repeating for decades, not so much because his legislation has been in constant step with the nation’s, but rather because much of the nation has come around to the things he has been legislating.

“Bernie has been talking about income inequality since 1981,” Mr. Welch said. “And now that is a message whose time has come.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/15/us/politics/bernie-sanders-amendments.html?_r=0

[abelenkpe]

4. But but but

He never gets anything done! He needs to be vetted! He lacks experience! I read it right here on DU.

[LiberalArkie]

6. Didn't your mama teach you to not believe everything you read.

[appalachiablue]

12. Mine did, and I'm remembering what Mom said more every day. Bless her,

such a beautiful woman in every way. She told us about FDR and loved NY and the Roosevelts. She would like Bernie lots.

[Ferd Berfel]

13. Ya - Listen to honest Abe

[JFKDem62]

2. Trump=Evil past; Hillary=Status Quo; Bernie=21st century Future

[jillan]

3. For those that say Bernie never gets anything done - facts are pesky things....

Over one 12-year stretch in the House, he passed more amendments by roll call vote than any other member of Congress. In the Senate, he secured money for dairy farmers and community health centers, blocked banks from hiring foreign workers and reined in the Federal Reserve, all through measures attached to larger bills.

[Impedimentus]

5. Shocking - An Excellent Article

Thank you for the post.

[Triana]

7. Too, it's not just a matter of "getting things done"....

...but "getting things done" for WHO?

No doubt Sanders would be working primarily for the poor and middle class, not just for Wall St., big corporations, and other wealthy donors.

[ejbr]

8. Well

If you're gonna get technical!

[Populist_Prole]

10. Bingo

We've seen all too clearly the result of "doing a deal" just for the sake of doing a deal: A foundering working class and a further enriched comfortable class. Screw that.

[AlbertCat]

11. for WHO?

WHOM


Sorry.... couldn't resist.

The objective always after a preposition.

I know. No one cares. I remember on the TV show "The X Files" they were always saying "For who? To who? From who?" Then in one of the films, Scully blurts out "For whom?" I thought "Oooo... they got better writers for the film!"

[Triana]

15. I wondered about that before I posted.

Wasn't sure the correct form. Now I know! Actually, thanks!

[FailureToCommunicate]

9. The gray lady likes the gray gentleman!

At least this one time.

[azretired]

14. Until a few weeks ago, NYT has been "All the news Hillary tinks fit to print"

Case in point: Paul Krugman. Nobel Prize winner, is brilliant when discussing macro economics. Unfortunately he bought into the absurd "Berniebros" misandry and then, after about 85-90% of his blog readers disagreed with him, he became an 8th grade bully daring them to prove him wrong. It was sad to see a great thinker lose his balance and integrity to help Wall Street's candidate. His blog is called "Conscience of a Liberal."

Maureen Dowd, who has repeatedly shown an almost viscereal dislike of Hillary and Bill, has, during the primaries, confined her criticism, such as it is, to issues in feminism. Very out of character for her.

Other columnists have been less obvious and Kristoff, typically, has done some soul searching on the issue.

The public editor wrote a lengthy feminist piece when Hillary was accused of being ineffective when speaking loudly. In the same column, the public editor allowed someone to describe Bernie as "loud and agessive" without note. "Loud and aggressive" is one of many examples of misandry thrown out regularly against Bernie in the NYT.

[UpdateTuesday]

16. Well at least I'm not crazy...

Read this article earlier today, but noticed the headline has been change since then.


Original: Bernie Sanders Scored Victories for Years via Legislative Side Doors

to

Via Legislative Side Doors, Bernie Sanders Won Modest Victories

[shireen]

17. Unbelievable

Someone editor thought the original headline was too good? Jerks ....

[magical thyme]

18. K&R

too bad nobody saved the entire article before the weasels at NYT turned it into a hit piece.

[Impedimentus]

19. YES, the NYT totally changed the article - they are learning from FOX Lies

Disgusting, despicable !!!