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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: U.S Socialist Party: Bernie a warmonger, imperialist, pro-apartheid, status quo [View all]Armstead
(47,803 posts)26. This is may a waste of time but here's a couple of articles for you
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/10/31/socialist-even-conservative-could-love-burlington-mayor-sanders-was-able-out-republican-republicans/SCmh2TLifXxXRPFKC8NMjO/story.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/bernies-burlington-what-k_b_7510704.html
As Senator Bernie Sanders campaign for the presidency unfurls, there is a surprising truth to be found in his eight-year tenure as mayor of Vermonts largest city.....Sanders, the unyielding ideologue, who once read Fidel Castros biography during a crucial meeting in City Hall, turned out to be a pragmatic and efficient administrator, one so fiscally conservative that some Republicans say he managed to out-Republican the Republicans. He just did it his way.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/bernies-burlington-what-k_b_7510704.html
The battle over Northgate Apartments illustrates Sanderss general approach to governing. In addressing this and many other issues, he encouraged grassroots organizing, adopted local laws to protect the vulnerable, challenged the citys business power brokers and worked collaboratively with other politicians to create a more livable city.
Now that Sanders, a U.S. Senator from Vermont, is running for president, the eight years he spent as Burlingtons chief executive (1981-89) will be under close scrutiny. Although President Obama recently joked at the White House Correspondents Association dinner that Sanders is a pot-smoking socialist, he was actually a hardworking, pragmatic, effective mayor who helped transform Vermonts largest city (population: 38,000) into a thriving town.
Now that Sanders, a U.S. Senator from Vermont, is running for president, the eight years he spent as Burlingtons chief executive (1981-89) will be under close scrutiny. Although President Obama recently joked at the White House Correspondents Association dinner that Sanders is a pot-smoking socialist, he was actually a hardworking, pragmatic, effective mayor who helped transform Vermonts largest city (population: 38,000) into a thriving town.
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U.S Socialist Party: Bernie a warmonger, imperialist, pro-apartheid, status quo [View all]
realmirage
May 2016
OP
We tried to tell you that Bernie is on the middle and Hillary and Barack her right wingers.
JRLeft
May 2016
#2
On DU, lots of people convinced themselves that all it took to be "on the left" was disliking Dubya
Scootaloo
May 2016
#12
Yep, the "true" left does not like anyone who participates in the system... at all.
bjo59
May 2016
#6
A preview of what Sanders supporters would say about him if he became President
KingFlorez
May 2016
#7
There is a difference between compromise and deliberatly going in the wrong direction
Armstead
May 2016
#25
Political Compass - the people that put major Democrats to the right of Hitler.
baldguy
May 2016
#24
Mrs. Clinton and Senator Sanders make a good team vs todays, extremist, radical Republicans
Sunlei
May 2016
#31
Even you Clinton Democrats should realize that this is actually a progressive step...........
socialist_n_TN
May 2016
#34