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Gothmog

(145,231 posts)
27. Sanders and Nader have a great deal in common-tweedle dee and tweedle dum
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 09:24 AM
Apr 2016

Sanders and the traitor Nader share a love of stating that there is no difference between the Democratic and Republican parties and have even used the same sad terminology. Sanders first used the same terminology of stating that there are no differences between the Democratic Party and the Republican party when he ran as a spoiler for governor. http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/02/04/when-bernie-sanders-ran-against-vermont/kNP6xUupbQ3Qbg9UUelvVM/story.html?p1=Article_Trending_Most_Viewed

Hillary Clinton is not the first progressive Democratic woman to be challenged by Bernie Sanders. He ran against me in 1986 when I was running for my second term as governor of Vermont. At that time he had little affinity for the Democratic Party. When advised that his third-party candidacy might result in a Republican victory, he saw no difference between Democrats and Republicans, saying: “It is absolutely fair to say you are dealing with Tweedledum and Tweedledee.”[/div
After Sanders used this termination, Nader joined in first http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/jun/30/ralph-nader/nader-almost-said-gore-bush-but-not-quite/

Again and again throughout the campaign, Nader implied that he thought Bush and Gore equally objectionable. "It doesn't matter who is in the White House, Gore or Bush, for the vast majority of government departments and agencies," Nader said in a news conference in September 2000.

"The only difference between Al Gore and George W. Bush is the velocity with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door," he told supporters in California a month later.

"It's a Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum vote," Nader said in Philadelphia four days before the election, repeating a favorite refrain of his. "Both parties are selling our government to big business paymasters. ...That's a pretty serious similarity."

Nader also failed to challenge Sam Donaldson on ABC's This Week when Donaldson said, "You don't think it matters. You've said it doesn't matter to you who is the president of the United States, Bush or Gore."

Nader replied, "Because it's the permanent corporate government that's running the show here ... you can see they're morphing more and more on more and more issues into one corporate party."

Sanders needs to back down from this crap if he wants to speak at the national convention
He just disqualified himself from the democratic party. Firebrand Gary Apr 2016 #1
Yes. He just want to destroy the party question everything Apr 2016 #9
Awful. His fans should be embarrassed. NurseJackie Apr 2016 #2
Your post has inspired me to change my avatar, too. grossproffit Apr 2016 #3
Yay! Sparkly Apr 2016 #4
Thanks for your contribution, Sparky! BlueMTexpat Apr 2016 #5
Just changed my avatar as well stopbush Apr 2016 #6
Wow! Sparkly Apr 2016 #10
Changed mine, too wryter2000 Apr 2016 #31
Bernie Panders Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2016 #37
You are oh so right. I've had it up to here with his sanctimonious preaching, unrealistic... Hekate Apr 2016 #7
It really seems like Bernie's campaign is going off the rails ladym55 Apr 2016 #8
I'm fed up with him trying to dictate Clinton's behavior. He keeps demanding she apologize CalvinballPro Apr 2016 #11
He keeps trying to call her to heel pandr32 Apr 2016 #36
It gets awful when demigogues start to believe the things they are saying. Koinos Apr 2016 #12
I changed my avatar when the Sandernistas called me a racist, fascist, and anti Semite. johnp3907 Apr 2016 #13
LOL -- you got it. Sparkly Apr 2016 #16
Nailed it! K&R fleabiscuit Apr 2016 #14
Well-said. spooky3 Apr 2016 #15
I should TMontoya Apr 2016 #17
Use the ones available at DU. stopbush Apr 2016 #19
he pulled the pin and tossed the grenade dlwickham Apr 2016 #18
Excellent post! Enjoyed reading it BlueCaliDem Apr 2016 #20
Hey you have President Obama and Delores Huerta, too, Blue Cali~ Cha Apr 2016 #22
lol! I added President Obama & Delories Huerta the week Sarandon attacked her in Las Vegas, Cha! BlueCaliDem Apr 2016 #24
So did I.. I just didn't notice yours before! Cha Apr 2016 #28
I noticed yours immediately! Great minds think alike, Cha. BlueCaliDem Apr 2016 #30
Wow! What a post!! GusBob Apr 2016 #21
Mahalo Sparkly~ Cha Apr 2016 #23
Well said. Nt Raissa Apr 2016 #25
Thank you! So well said! Her Sister Apr 2016 #26
Sanders and Nader have a great deal in common-tweedle dee and tweedle dum Gothmog Apr 2016 #27
That's right.. the Tweedledum & Tweedledee fallacy.. nader took it from BS. Cha Apr 2016 #29
Sanders gave Nader a license to use this stupid line Gothmog Apr 2016 #32
So much in common and now we're re-living the nightmare .. only this Cha Apr 2016 #33
Confirms why his Senate colleagues are not jumping all COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #34
Exellent post! Woot-woot! pandr32 Apr 2016 #35
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