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William Travis Wall's avatar

Well, with Bernie, you have to listen past the rhetoric and watch the actions.

The "anti-war" presidential campaign runner was claimed to have voted AGAINST the Iraq War, but they only pointed to his first vote as "proof" he was against the war. If you look at subsequent votes to FUND the Iraq War, he then voted 3-4 times to keep it going. So is that really anti-war? I would suggest it ain't.

As Dennis Kussinich (think I spelled that wrong) pointed out "if you stop funding the war, it will die" (to paraphrase). Bernie kept voting to fund the war, thus proving, at least to me, he is a salesman and will always be.

I never got a beach house soon after dropping out of an election. 😏😏😏

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Fixerguy's avatar

I couldn't bring myself to vote for Der Gropen Furher who, in his autobiography (yes I read it) said that he uses bankruptcy and lying as a "business tactic"

I also won't ever vote for someone who has repeatedly abused our bankruptcy laws to evade paying contractors for work he ordered.

That said, I can't honestly fault your choice despite my disgust for everything the man is... Which is roughly equal to my disgust for Shillary Corporatist Clinton and Slick Willie.

With Bernie (and I was a big old berner) I just figured they (The Democratic Party Brass) showed him the Zapruder tape and asked if he and Jane wanted to be next.

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Sarah Reynolds's avatar

I can’t believe I hadn’t heard it called the “Zapruder tape” — posting a link to it here in case anyone wants to watch. Hope Trump actually releases the JFK Files this time https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HBJFT-OyDEc

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William Travis Wall's avatar

I never saw how to Lobby Congress to eminent domain people's properties in "The Art of the Deal", but that appears to be how one makes their fortune.

Two wings, one bird.

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Sue Kelley's avatar

That's very romantic ans and all,but Bernie does what benefits Bernie. Millionaires were bad until he became one. Soup lines were good until the usaid scandal threatened to cut off kick backs. Big pharma bad til they financed his campaign..honesty is important til his wife's dishonesty threatened his reputation. Healthcare is a human right except for babies Born alive after a botched abortion and supporting it threatens your entire voting base. Capitalism is bad until you "become a millionaire by writing a book", then you can be one too. Bernie is just a man who succumbed to greed and power,like so many before him. They just found his sweet spot and he was bought at a bargain basement price. He's really no different than the majority of his peers.

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Aleister's avatar

Hmm, not sure if I can post links on here or not, but I'm going to post one on here for you to look at. Let me know if it doesn't come through.

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