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bvar22

(39,909 posts)
109. So supporting the Clinton Administration...
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 05:39 PM
Mar 2016

..is a Black Mark for Bernie according to you?

Got it.

Like most bills, the Clinton Crime Bill DID contain some pieces that I support, even today...like funding to put 100,000 more cops on the street.
Unfortunately, Congressmen can not vote for just pieces of a bill.
They have to vote for the whole tamale.

The MIC and our government does attempt to pass around the money to all states in order to keep them dependent.
Bernie will get a base for the F-35 in his state that will provide many jobs for his state's constituents. The F-35 was/is a Done Deal. The money has already been spent.
I respect Bernie for getting a piece of that action for the workers in his state.
THAT is one of the jobs he was elected to do for the people of his state.

Wall Street. Half-Century Man Mar 2016 #1
+1 daleanime Mar 2016 #18
Smedley Butler agreed deutsey Mar 2016 #23
My USMC HERO!.................n-t Ernesto Mar 2016 #69
+100 Duppers Mar 2016 #92
War is a racket eom noiretextatique Mar 2016 #119
BINGO. Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #47
+10000 heaven05 Mar 2016 #68
basic natural law: Any entity that stellanoir Mar 2016 #98
+2 Duval Mar 2016 #124
The pocket books and net worth of the "fortunate" NorthCarolina Mar 2016 #2
oil... lame54 Mar 2016 #3
How true....The original name of the Iraq War was LibDemAlways Mar 2016 #30
Check out this vid I made years ago... lame54 Mar 2016 #31
OMG mom? Is that you? Pakhet Mar 2016 #60
trade routes. as always. KG Mar 2016 #4
It's defending AMERICA, god dammit! It's defending our FREEDOM (to underfund schools, pampango Mar 2016 #5
For the empire... DemocracyDirect Mar 2016 #6
Excellent question. /nt think Mar 2016 #7
conquest tk2kewl Mar 2016 #8
Cost of Wars... tk2kewl Mar 2016 #9
Our precious freedom SCantiGOP Mar 2016 #10
Policing the World Cryptoad Mar 2016 #11
If that's the case, we suck at it. Scuba Mar 2016 #17
U got that right, Cryptoad Mar 2016 #20
I don't see the rest of the world welcoming our interference, but the MIC and their stooges ... Scuba Mar 2016 #22
Devils money spends just like everybody else Cryptoad Mar 2016 #26
who got them hooked? Ask former SOS floppyboo Mar 2016 #40
Seems that History Cryptoad Mar 2016 #41
true for the war on drugs, but there have been a few cases in the last years floppyboo Mar 2016 #43
History covers more than last couple of years Cryptoad Mar 2016 #51
...as does constant Democratic acquiescence to those policies. villager Mar 2016 #52
History Cryptoad Mar 2016 #62
Like the Iraq war vote? Passing of the Patriot Act? All those vast defense budgets? villager Mar 2016 #64
Like Democratic Party didn/t get us into Iraq Cryptoad Mar 2016 #72
You a funny guy. villager Mar 2016 #73
Truth is Funny sometimes. Cryptoad Mar 2016 #75
Made-up stuff can be pretty hilarious, too. nt villager Mar 2016 #87
I noticed Cryptoad Mar 2016 #89
During rewrite? villager Mar 2016 #126
note I didn't say couple, but let's go back to Jan 2009 floppyboo Mar 2016 #54
The last 40 years, Dems have been in control of the Senate for 24 of them, Doctor_J Mar 2016 #95
U along with most of the GOP Cryptoad Mar 2016 #133
Bill Clinton played a BIG part in the whole disaster. bvar22 Mar 2016 #97
You are talking about a crime bill that Bernie voted for. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #107
So supporting the Clinton Administration... bvar22 Mar 2016 #109
+1 Spot on. Phlem Mar 2016 #110
I believe that qualifies her as a Hawk and her supporters as approving libdem4life Mar 2016 #61
So by ur logic,,,, Cryptoad Mar 2016 #74
So, make the case for Bernie as Hawk. I'll read it, think about it libdem4life Mar 2016 #77
I didnt call him a Hawk Cryptoad Mar 2016 #78
So basically you can't make the case. Phlem Mar 2016 #111
Clinton is the MIC's best friend. And the neocons have all endorsed her. She rhett o rick Mar 2016 #99
One would thinkg that if HRC,,, Cryptoad Mar 2016 #103
"Hillary Is the Candidate of the War Machine" rhett o rick Mar 2016 #105
I need a link to that stat if you want me to believe it. nt. druidity33 Mar 2016 #116
,,,,,,,,,,, Cryptoad Mar 2016 #123
So... druidity33 Mar 2016 #130
Global Corporations Thespian2 Mar 2016 #12
The Military-Industrial Complex. Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #13
the lavish lifestyles of the MIC barbtries Mar 2016 #14
Propaganda instead of press n/t Iwillnevergiveup Mar 2016 #15
Profit in all its various forms. Or more specifically Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #16
The system that supports the 1%. n/t xocet Mar 2016 #19
The 1%. Punkingal Mar 2016 #21
just what is it the defense budget is defending? AlbertCat Mar 2016 #24
It's for security. padfun Mar 2016 #25
Inertia is the simple reason the military budget remains so out of scope. randome Mar 2016 #27
So the terrorists really did win? Rex Mar 2016 #102
Excellent question nt Rebkeh Mar 2016 #28
I honestly have no idea. eom astrophuss42 Mar 2016 #29
I have no response for that question. It is perplexing, eh? Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #32
It is defending the oligarchy so that the LibDemAlways Mar 2016 #33
Profits! Bubzer Mar 2016 #34
PROFITS for the banks, MIC, and every other crooked corporation under the sun. onecaliberal Mar 2016 #35
We have to protect the oil market. JohnnyRingo Mar 2016 #36
+1 Duncan Grant Mar 2016 #91
That's the real reason for the Iraq war Fumesucker Mar 2016 #129
The Plutocrats monicaangela Mar 2016 #37
or as Bernie would say, the "billionaire class" Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #48
Same thing. monicaangela Mar 2016 #79
Agree. Let's get a Progressive congress elected, and get the bills to a Presidents desk. Amimnoch Mar 2016 #38
Good Question libodem Mar 2016 #39
Likely to assure all of the things you mentioned never happening. HughBeaumont Mar 2016 #42
It's defending the wealth of the war profiteers, of course! nt valerief Mar 2016 #44
Shipping lanes ... staggerleem Mar 2016 #45
Perfectly framed. blm Mar 2016 #46
After this election season I'm switching to Independant! Madmiddle Mar 2016 #49
Why? What Independent in Congress doesn’t vote for bloated defense budgets? SunSeeker Mar 2016 #108
The defense budget defends arms manufacturers from poverty. tclambert Mar 2016 #50
"Our way of life" blackspade Mar 2016 #53
The answer seems pretty obvious ... Martin Eden Mar 2016 #55
Succint and accurate. Scuba Mar 2016 #57
It's just so friggin barbaric. astrophuss42 Mar 2016 #58
Defense Industry profits n/t arcane1 Mar 2016 #56
I know you know the answer to this. lark Mar 2016 #59
This message was self-deleted by its author DUbeornot2be Mar 2016 #80
World peace ConservativeDemocrat Mar 2016 #63
What a bullshit answer. Rex Mar 2016 #104
Your inability to recognize reality doesn't make me untruthful... ConservativeDemocrat Mar 2016 #112
The defense budget is defending itself. nt kristopher Mar 2016 #65
Clearly we need 13 nuclear powered aircraft carriers. DemocracyDirect Mar 2016 #66
This message was self-deleted by its author DUbeornot2be Mar 2016 #84
The freedom to be ignorant, sick, bankrupt and stressed out. Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #67
"National interests" OnyxCollie Mar 2016 #70
Um, profits. n/t malthaussen Mar 2016 #71
the defense budget is defending AgerolanAmerican Mar 2016 #76
Scuba - add voting to that. jillan Mar 2016 #81
You are very wise. Scuba Mar 2016 #82
Nope - not wise. Just happen to live in Arizona ;) nt jillan Mar 2016 #83
I once posted your question on my FB page & I got 4 versions of this: CrispyQ Mar 2016 #85
Sounds like lotsa folks here in Wisconsin. They pipe in right-wing radio to ... Scuba Mar 2016 #86
Killing children. For their own good...of course. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #88
The Capitalist Class. Odin2005 Mar 2016 #90
This: Initech Mar 2016 #93
Excellent question, Scuba. Duppers Mar 2016 #94
All children in the US receive free public education oberliner Mar 2016 #96
College rhett o rick Mar 2016 #100
Wall Street and the Establishment. Rex Mar 2016 #101
The right to make a buck! mnhtnbb Mar 2016 #106
Presumably the rich and their obsession ... ananda Mar 2016 #113
It's defending the distribution of wealth from the middle class and below to the 1%. As pols like.. whereisjustice Mar 2016 #114
The rich pricks who are too powerful to be fighting themselves. nt liberalnarb Mar 2016 #115
Well ... Biki Mar 2016 #117
Profit. CentralMass Mar 2016 #118
The right of the 1% to continue their exploitation Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2016 #120
The 1%'s strangle-hold on the world economy with their foot on our necks. southerncrone Mar 2016 #121
To Make the Wealthy Richer Silver_Witch Mar 2016 #122
Absolutely the best question every Scuba….. midnight Mar 2016 #125
Wall St billhicks76 Mar 2016 #127
Defending the rights of the Clinton class to send jobs to Asia while... whereisjustice Mar 2016 #128
corporate socialism Cobalt Violet Mar 2016 #131
Freedumb? n/t Kermitt Gribble Mar 2016 #132
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