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BlueMississippi

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11. Precisely
Fri Sep 20, 2019, 01:54 PM
Sep 2019

and there are no actual records of what Sanders was thinking at the time. Relying on the essays from that time, I doubt it was social justice.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
A Question I have for Bernie Sanders [View all] Otto Lidenbrock Sep 2019 OP
Shows a self-centered trait. nt BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #1
Yeah, because being interested in social justice and African American issues is self centered. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2019 #4
There is no independent proof that he was interested in it BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #8
There are actual voting records that show when sanders voted Gothmog Sep 2019 #9
Precisely BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #11
Why distort Sanders civil rights record? There is plenty of proof HeartlandProgressive Sep 2019 #14
actually there is independent proof that he was involved in civil rights back in the early 60's Celerity Sep 2019 #17
when does ignorance become distortion? HeartlandProgressive Sep 2019 #15
That ship sailed a long time ago. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2019 #22
Because no candidate in his lifetime was as awesome as him, I guess Clash City Rocker Sep 2019 #2
re: "if you need to be 'excited' by a candidate just to vote...you must be in a state of privilege" thesquanderer Sep 2019 #3
LBJ had arguably the two most iconic ads in presidential campaign history Otto Lidenbrock Sep 2019 #5
But did he target young voters? thesquanderer Sep 2019 #18
He didn't vote until he was almost 40 years old? LisaM Sep 2019 #6
I think the Math computes to an age of 32 n/t Tom Rinaldo Sep 2019 #12
Well, I looked up and he ran for mayor of Burlington in 1980 LisaM Sep 2019 #13
My first vote was for Jimmy Carter. Blue_true Sep 2019 #24
Me too! betsuni Sep 2019 #32
I am older than you are. My first vote was to elect him. Blue_true Sep 2019 #35
We do not need another egoist in the presidency. Though Bernie is a strong fighter on behalf emmaverybo Sep 2019 #7
I also would like to know the answer to this question Gothmog Sep 2019 #10
Do you really expect an answer from Bernie? aidbo Sep 2019 #16
It's a valid question and up for debate nini Sep 2019 #27
Voting is a marginal form of political activism... JackFrost Sep 2019 #19
but he didn't walk into the voting booth at all until he ran and he wanted to vote for himself JI7 Sep 2019 #21
Probably changed his political tactics and strategies... JackFrost Sep 2019 #23
Members of our military are deployed all over the world to defend Amercans' right to vote... George II Sep 2019 #36
I think my point on voting with the two posts I made in this thread is pretty clear no ? JackFrost Sep 2019 #40
maybe for the same reason he did nothing to help Vermont's democratic gov get single payer JI7 Sep 2019 #20
Exactly. Bernie said that it was essentially a Vermont issue. Can you imagine that? nt Blue_true Sep 2019 #26
So speaks "the most popular politician in the country"! George II Sep 2019 #37
Senator Sander's behavior as Governor Shumlin struggled to get Single Payer in Vermont Blue_true Sep 2019 #38
He says that when he saw a JFK/Nixon debate, what JFK said about the Cuban revolution betsuni Sep 2019 #25
He did not know that liberalism was not communism? Kennedy was hawkish on communism, emmaverybo Sep 2019 #29
I rarely understand what Bernie means when he says things. betsuni Sep 2019 #30
That's because he's a visionary, ahead of us all. emmaverybo Sep 2019 #31
Yes, my centrist establishment Third Way corporatist status quo brains cannot deal betsuni Sep 2019 #33
You can send him your question at roody Sep 2019 #28
Truth is, I don't really care why he didn't vote back then... TreasonousBastard Sep 2019 #34
A lot of people, both privileged and not privileged, become disenchanted with or aikoaiko Sep 2019 #39
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