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treestar

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37. But when it's Obama or someone else
Fri May 15, 2015, 08:10 AM
May 2015

They are expected to be against all military involvement. I remember posts on DU that "if Obama escalates in Afghanistan (which he'd said he'd do) he's lost my vote." And calling Obama a warmonger for anything he did, be it Libya, Syria, etc. So those same people had best condemn Bernie for this or they are hypocrites.

Oh my! leftofcool May 2015 #1
how do you know it's all true? cali May 2015 #3
I honestly don't know or remember enough about Kososvo cali May 2015 #2
After calling out so many people on adoration and worship of Obama or Hillary treestar May 2015 #36
wow. could you possibly be LESS honest here? I clearly am criticizing him cali May 2015 #40
Hillary has lowlife people like Ray McGovern arrested Jackpine Radical May 2015 #66
I'm getting weary of the bold faced lies. cali May 2015 #69
Ya gotta be an idiot (or a Republican--but I repeat myself) Jackpine Radical May 2015 #70
Ray Mcgovern is a lowlife? n/t Peregrine Took May 2015 #83
Sarcasm is not obvious? Jackpine Radical May 2015 #86
Hells yeah. +a million Number23 May 2015 #103
It was a genocide happening imnew May 2015 #98
Our son was there also, this was a necessary operation, for sure. randys1 May 2015 #101
The Bosnian Serbs were engaged in genocide BainsBane May 2015 #4
Plus 1000 JustAnotherGen May 2015 #11
I read this as nothing more than a hit piece on Sanders... Javaman May 2015 #46
+1 Go Vols May 2015 #49
Javaman - I'm totally not an JustAnotherGen May 2015 #61
+2000 pinboy3niner May 2015 #14
But when it's Obama or someone else treestar May 2015 #37
Jan. 20, 2017 is going to be a sad sad day for you. Autumn May 2015 #44
No it's not. treestar May 2015 #53
Yes it will. I was a Hillary supporter till the very end, the proudest day in my life Autumn May 2015 #57
Yes. There are pacifists on DU. ieoeja May 2015 #79
I'm no pacifist--I'd fight any invader of American soil, for example-- Jackpine Radical May 2015 #89
Most DUers correctly predicted it would create sectarian strife in Iraq. ieoeja May 2015 #93
It don't matter nun wot dem furriners think. We're speshl. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #94
Obama ran on escalating the war in Afghanistan BainsBane May 2015 #99
What I continue to observe TM99 May 2015 #5
Yes, absolutely. (nt) Jackpine Radical May 2015 #68
"The belief is somehow that progressives are equal to purists." They fall for their own propaganda. ieoeja May 2015 #87
Here is a 100% deception. Bonobo May 2015 #6
yeah, it's a flat out lie. cali May 2015 #7
alternet - crappy slams against both Hillary and Sanders OKNancy May 2015 #8
I remain a staunch Hillary supporter. BlueMTexpat May 2015 #9
Plus 1000 JustAnotherGen May 2015 #12
Same here. I like them both. lovemydog May 2015 #25
Another +100. What's most interesting about this thread is watching Bernie's most avid "supporters" Number23 May 2015 #104
This. Agschmid May 2015 #31
Yeah, that article stunk of CounterPunch bullshit. NuclearDem May 2015 #45
I happen to agree with each of his actions. wyldwolf May 2015 #10
Agreed on all counts. No criticism re: Sanders from me on those items stevenleser May 2015 #51
I would bet his supporters also agree with wyldwolf. ieoeja May 2015 #90
I disagree with him on Israel. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #92
+1 leftofcool May 2015 #80
And how does this compare to Hillary Clinton? Oops! nt Romulox May 2015 #13
Looks like they're about even ucrdem May 2015 #15
Not hardly. You're pretending to forget Senator Clinton's shameful AUMF vote. nt Romulox May 2015 #16
Distinction without a difference. ucrdem May 2015 #19
If that's all hes got, Go Vols May 2015 #50
hardly all of it either. cali May 2015 #20
Evidently Bernie voted for Bill Clinton's little wars. ucrdem May 2015 #21
sorry, it's just embarrassing watching you push this lame line cali May 2015 #24
He votes the way I'd expect a Vermont independent to vote. ucrdem May 2015 #26
lol you really aren't very good at this whole discussion/debate thing cali May 2015 #29
Actually I'm a Democrat kind of person and would prefer to avoid a disaster on Nov. 8 2016. nt ucrdem May 2015 #32
sure you are. uh huh. yeppers. cali May 2015 #34
I am, thanks. I suppose I should ask you the same question? ucrdem May 2015 #35
Odd characterization. kenfrequed May 2015 #30
I think it may be a (feeble) attempt to slam me cali May 2015 #33
Sanders might be honorable but the campaign he's running isn't ucrdem May 2015 #41
stop inventing shit. I've posted PROOF that the TPP negotiations cali May 2015 #52
Support is not "proof," and inconvenient is not "secret." ucrdem May 2015 #56
a spurious comparison. cali May 2015 #58
Great. Now how about the question above? nt ucrdem May 2015 #59
Jury results JustABozoOnThisBus May 2015 #105
Thanks for posting that and thanks alerter! ucrdem May 2015 #106
He is the ONLY candidate that I know of who G_j May 2015 #62
lol. oh you mean Hillary voted against the IWR, the biggest fucking disaster cali May 2015 #17
Laugh. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #18
And the lame attempts at smear continue. 99Forever May 2015 #22
Goes...they've been on the attack since long before she announced davidpdx May 2015 #27
Yeah, sure. 99Forever May 2015 #28
I'm uncommitted, but I lose respect for posters who bring crap like this here. nt pinboy3niner May 2015 #23
He can't be any worse.. sendero May 2015 #38
I think Kosovo and Afghanistan are a non-issue for him Renew Deal May 2015 #39
Those positions don't trouble me muriel_volestrangler May 2015 #42
Surprising a "real" progressive would be so pro-Israel. DCBob May 2015 #43
Please stop making stuff up. he is definitely not to the right of Clinton on Israel cali May 2015 #55
I may be mistaken on Hillary but he does appear to be right of the President. DCBob May 2015 #72
I'd say he's almost exactly where the President is cali May 2015 #73
From reading stuff here on DU I would assume near perfection is required to be a real progressive. DCBob May 2015 #74
"near perfection is required to be a real progressive." ieoeja May 2015 #95
This message was self-deleted by its author DCBob May 2015 #75
This is dumb. There is no presidential candidate who's going to sufrommich May 2015 #47
Ridiculous half-truth hit piece. Alternet needs better editors emulatorloo May 2015 #48
Naw, they just need to go away! leftofcool May 2015 #82
Kosovo was a moral imperative. Nothing like Iraq. Or Gaza. KittyWampus May 2015 #54
Just want to point out that the op has done a hit and run. cali May 2015 #60
So Bernie gets a pass on guns and now war as well workinclasszero May 2015 #63
Not at all. He doesn't get a pass on guns. Many of us cali May 2015 #65
Michael Arria is, of course, a hack. OilemFirchen May 2015 #64
Bernie is a politician just like Hillary, albeit to her left... DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #67
So...you think the good approach is once the vote to send troops passes jeff47 May 2015 #71
Let me fix that for you. ieoeja May 2015 #76
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words May 2015 #77
You people are pitiful Trajan May 2015 #78
Let's apply some Third Way logic to this situation. Maedhros May 2015 #81
Sanders is certainly the "lesser of two evils", not Clinton. arcane1 May 2015 #85
I find it comical that those who sneer at us lefties for engaging in "purity" politics Maedhros May 2015 #88
It's all they have. arcane1 May 2015 #91
They fell for their own propaganda. ieoeja May 2015 #96
I think it's simpler than that. Maedhros May 2015 #97
Thank God we have an anti-war alternative in Clinton arcane1 May 2015 #84
ding ding ding.... mike_c May 2015 #102
We were justified to use force in Afghanistan and Kosovo tabasco May 2015 #100
I have to agree... DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #109
K&R cprise May 2015 #107
The Kosovo thing is THE most troubling thing about Bernie nationalize the fed May 2015 #108
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