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NurseJackie

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3. Bernie Sanders once said that he was "physically nauseated" by a speech made by Kennedy

Wed Feb 26, 2020, 05:15 PM

Feb 2020

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ilanbenmeir/bernie-sanders-despised-democrats-in-1980s-said-a-jfk-speech

Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders once said that he was "physically nauseated" by a speech made by President John F. Kennedy when Sanders was a young man, because Kennedy's "hatred for the Cuban Revolution [...] was so strong."

"Kennedy was young and appealing and ostensibly liberal," Sanders reminisced in a 1987 interview with The Gadfly, a student newspaper at the University of Vermont. "But I think at that point, seeing through Kennedy, and what liberalism was, was probably a significant step for me to understand that conventional politics or liberalism was not what was relevant."

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Strive - Bernie Sanders [View all] Donkees Feb 2020 OP

Beautiful! AverageJoe Feb 2020 #1

John F. Kennedy never smeared and denigrated the Democratic party... NurseJackie Feb 2020 #2

Bernie Sanders once said that he was "physically nauseated" by a speech made by Kennedy NurseJackie Feb 2020 #3

The actual news clip: George II Feb 2020 #7

Sanders is no JFK. sheshe2 Feb 2020 #4

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #5

So sanders has apologized for his prior comments about JFK? Gothmog Feb 2020 #6

This is NOT a good look for Bernie. Does it mean he SUPPORTED the Cuban revolution and Castro? NurseJackie Feb 2020 #8

I like it. David__77 Feb 2020 #9