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merrily

(45,251 posts)
1. Those were four questions. Answers (in the order of your questions.)
Wed Sep 9, 2015, 04:50 AM
Sep 2015

1. Yes.

2. Yes.

3. Don't know what you mean by governing is force. Please elaborate.

4. He will govern as a Democrat who gets stuff done. To get stuff done, you have to negotiate. (You get that it takes at least 60 Senate votes to accomplish anything, right? And Democrats don't have sixty votes in the Senate. So, you have to bring Republicans into it.) I'm pretty fucking sure he'll compromise less than Hillary. For just one example, he's never filed two unconstitutional bills against flag desecration just to triangulate; never voted for any of our three attacks in Iraq, etc.

He has gotten stuff done. Even as an indie, he has written bills and amendments that became law. As far as I know, that is not something Senator Clinton ever accomplished. One of his negotiations became a case study at the Brookings Institute.

Finally, I hope you are sincere and not concern trolling because, frankly, we've already seen too much of that for reasons I don't understand, specifically Hillary fans pretending to be Bernie fans or undecided and "wondering" if Bernie, a man who has been in elected office for over 34 years, getting re-elected over and over, can "really" do the job.

I took a quick look at your posting history and, candidly, it seems that you are much more of a Hillary fan than a Sanders fan. For example, I have no idea why someone who doesn't believe the US can afford single payer would support Sanders. http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=407431

If I am wrong to wonder, so be it. I am wondering anyway, because I've seen this before too many times. AFAIK, though, no one who is a Bernie fan has ever pretended to be a Hillary fan or confused about Hillary's qualifications. I guess we didn't get the memo.



Please know that this post is mine, and mine alone, and does not represent any other member of the Bernie Sanders Group. That is another thing that has tended to happen far too much on this board: Taking something one lone supporter of Sanders has posted and using it as a cudgel against all other supporters on this board, sometimes even all his millions of supporters in real life.

Questions about Bernie [View all] Wolf Frankula Sep 2015 OP
Those were four questions. Answers (in the order of your questions.) merrily Sep 2015 #1
I highly doubt the sincerity of these questions. smokey nj Sep 2015 #2
Ditto - LiberalElite Sep 2015 #4
Well, I have been accused of doing that. rogerashton Sep 2015 #5
Not by me, though. merrily Sep 2015 #6
Right, not by you. eom rogerashton Sep 2015 #9
Before we answer JackInGreen Sep 2015 #3
Your questions, one by one. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #7
As Mayor, he ran against a candidate who spent millions and won. He also ran against a candidate merrily Sep 2015 #10
Yes, yes, and yes. RoccoR5955 Sep 2015 #8
I think it so bizarre when people act as if Bernie has spent all of his political career in his djean111 Sep 2015 #11
Amen..... daleanime Sep 2015 #12
^^^this. artislife Sep 2015 #13
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