Cognitive dissonance...?

[MADem]

Free college for all...but don't send your kids to school, because school sucks!!!






https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2157401-sanders-destructiveschools.html

[Bleacher Creature]

1. Wowzers!!! Is this for real???

I get the whole anti-authoritarian schtick he's got going, but this is seriously loony.

[MADem]

15. Yes, this is for real--1969, from the VT Freeman! nt

[pandr32]

36. He has been around a long time

...and been opinionated all along. We would be bound to find out more and more about him as he is vetted by Republicans and their deep pockets if he were given the nomination--thankfully that won't happen.

[MADem]

37. Opinionated, most certainly!

And not shy at all about PUBLISHING those opinions!

[pandr32]

41. He can't help himself

...it is a pathological inclination

[William769]

2. And the hits just keep on coming!

[sheshe2]

3. This is for real?

WTF!

[MADem]

38. Yep!

This would make a helluvan OPPO ad, wouldn't it?

And it's not even on his Greatest Hits list, when it comes to his writings...!

Of course, he's finished, so there'll be no need to even worry about this--but it is rather telling.

[qdouble]

4. Stick it to the "establishment!"

Teachers are the 1%. #feelthebern

[Thinkingabout]

5. Funny how this works, but let's get free college for all and hope for strict authoritarian

discipline. Cognitive dissonance.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Who knew Bernie was the inspiration for this song

[MADem]

39. +1,000! nt

[OilemFirchen]

7. Here's an educated guess:

That's written at about an eighth-grade level.

Not gonna take the time to test it, but it certainly is revealing.

[BlueMTexpat]

23. Actually some eighth graders can

write a heckuva LOT better than this, LOL. This level of writing is symptomatic of a lazy thought process and superficial logic. Just as he does now, Bernie said what he thought was wrong with the system, but did zilch to improve it or provide concrete suggestions to do so. He's the Pot Shot Candidate, a gadfly, and little else.

He takes the pot shots (talks the talk), but doesn't walk the walk. What has Bernie ever actually DONE to improve any of the things that he railed against then or rails against now? He's had at least 25 years in Congress, with lots of amendments passed, but with no project or cause where his actions have actually helped make life better, or at least easier, for all - or even for any one.

[Haveadream]

30. +1000

"Hey, I have an idea!", said Bernie NEVER. His utter lack of intellectual depth is a good reason he didn't give up his day job.

Oh, wait. He didn't have one.

[Cha]

8. So he's always been like this. Who's surprised? Show of hands.. lol

Sorry, Bernie, but you can’t “contest” the Democratic Convention. Those aren’t the rules.

First things first; Sanders seems to think that because Hillary Clinton will not have the “magic number” in pledged delegates alone, that this makes the July DNC “contested.” This shows an amazing lack of knowledge of the process. The correct term Sanders should be using is “brokered”, however terminology aside, it still will not apply to the convention. A convention becomes brokered only if a candidate fails to secure a majority of overall delegates after the first ballot, this includes ALL delegates including the super delegates. Sanders appears to be operating under the misguided idea that the first ballot is pledged delegates only and that therefore Secretary Clinton will not have the required majority. However, as the first ballot will include all delegates, Secretary Clinton will have a majority and there will be nothing to “contest” or broker.

And, one who would not be dealing in facts.

The contradiction between these two strategies by the Sanders campaign is disturbing and exposes a new level of hypocrisy. In his first argument, Sanders says that the super delegates should vote based on popular vote from their state, but in the second argument he is saying they should ignore the will of the people and vote for him because he is polling slightly better. He is, in effect saying he wants to steal the nomination not just from Secretary Clinton, but from the members of the democratic party who have given her a decisive victory.

Regardless of Sanders strategies, back-up plans and other machinations, there will not be a brokered convention and Senator Sanders will not be the nominee. He may spend the next two months pretending otherwise, but the democratic nomination process is over for everyone but Sanders and his most confused supporters.

sanders may or may not be "misguided".. either way he's trying to dupe the American People and we've already had too many Presidents like that.. No Thank you, BS.

Yo Mama~http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1107&pid=122726

http://www.dailynewsbin.com/opinion/sorry-bernie-but-you-cant-contest-the-democratic-convention-those-arent-the-rules/24652/

The truly disgusting part about Bernie's contested convention aspirations is how he thinks he's entitled to override the will of POC/women.
https://twitter.com/theonlyadult

[SunSeeker]

10. Gah! Sanders doesn't know SDs vote on the first ballot with the pledged delegates?!

[Cha]

11. Or maybe he does know it and is still trying to fool the kids.. if he admits any of this

the spigot will dry up and no more rock concerts.

[SunSeeker]

12. Yes, that is the more plausible explanation.

He can't possibly be ignorant of how the whole SD system works -- his campaign manager Tad Devine helped design it.

[Cha]

13. That's right.. surely Tad told him. lol

[justhanginon]

31. Ah, but that would require actually listening. He may have

been busy at the time ranting about how unfair the system is to him. No place in his mind for reality to be processed.

[Cha]

33. You got that right.. Mr Super Annointed Whiner.

[MADem]

16. The spigot has already started sputtering--he nabbed less than half in APR than he did in MAR.

All those recurring donations have been cancelled.

My insufferable (YOU MUST BELIEVE), berating neighbors were out in their driveway last week taking the bumper stickers off their car--LOL! I resisted the temptation to give them a lecture like they used to give me.

[Cha]

17. That's right.. April was way down.. from app $44 million the previous month to $25 million in

April.. with more donors going to Hillary by about $10 million?

Course she shared roughly that with Dems on the down ticket across the Country.

BS.. what did he do with his money.. more rock concerts to shell out for?

[LisaM]

26. And his reaction to her raising more money?

Accusing her of laundering funds.

[Cha]

28. Dispicable is too good a word for him.

[Her Sister]

27. wow! This happened! LOL!

What else do you know about them? How come they took off the stickers!? Embarrassment? Change of Heart?

Woah!

[MADem]

42. All of the above--they see the handwriting on the wall.

I'm sure they were members of the $27 "recurring donations" club and they cut off the flow, too.

Normally I wouldn't take such joy in the misery of others, but these people were--of all my mostly polite neighbors--the quintessential "bro personality." Insufferable. Demanding. Berating. Mocking. Fucking AGGRESSIVE, too. You MUST believe! He WILL win! We are SMART, you are STUPID! ... that kind of thing! And they wonder why no one is led to their cause?

They keep trying to cram that crap down your throat, and how many ways can you politely yet firmly say no? It gets so ya look both ways before leaving the house--rather like trying to avoid Hyacinth Bucket!!


After a while, it became an exercise in harassment.

Ya feel like this poor kid, some days!

[shadowandblossom]

9. This is part of why I don't want my College run like my highschool was.

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[KitSileya]

14. Well, when you don't get a proper job until you're 40, you have time to home school your kids

However, for all the working poor out there, Hillary's suggestions on public schooling is much more sensible than Bernie's 'don't send your kids to evil, brain-washing public school.'

[Hekate]

19. Spot on. When I was trying to keep a roof over my 2 kids heads, homeschooling was the furthest...

....thing from my mind. When I was scrambling for affordable daycare and after school care, I could only imagine what it was like to have the choice to stay home.

I counted on the public schools to be good -- sadly, when my kids were young California schools were suboptimal. But never did I ever imagine that the solution was to defund them even further by giving tax money to home schoolers and charter schools. If we do that, the public school system becomes the last resort for the poor and for kids nobody else wants.

The public schools of this nation have always been the great melting pot for the majority of our children. We have always had private schools for the rich and the religious and others who wish to segregate their precious snowflakes from rubbing elbows with children who come from families who don't look like or speak like or share the beliefs of their own families. Public school is where young people hopefully meet others who are different from their own families.

It's called democracy, and I believe it has incalculable value.

The more we learn about Bernie's lifelong beliefs, the flakier he looks and the more I wish the media had taken him seriously enough to vet him early on. Now it's too late for that, and it will be up to Hillary's campaign (over the howls of his true believers) to get the word out by publishing HIS OWN WORDS.

[BlueMTexpat]

24. Great rant!

[MADem]

40. Superb! By his own words we know him! nt

[MADem]

43. No one said a WORD about this flaky bullshit either--but you know this would have gotten headlines

in a general election:

?w=700


This sounds, to me, like it was written by a pervert who wants to screw around with 16 year old girls. Darn those "square" parents, they just don't understand!

Like this wouldn't be a 30 second spot in the Bible belt?


Link to other essays: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/07/bernie-sanders-vermont-freeman-sexual-freedom-fluoride

[Satch59]

18. Speaking of college:

Aren't kids studying for finals this week? Hard to stand in line to vote for hours...and they will be out/home for the remaining primaries/caucuses... Bernie will be out of voters...

[Hekate]

20. That would be sad. Especially since....

....the Children's Crusade has not been too good at teaching their enthusiasts How It All Works, up to and including How To Register to Vote In Time.

[Maru Kitteh]

21. Seriously WHAT THE FUC has this guy been so angry and bitter about all these years?

Somethin' been eating at this guy for a LONG time.

[Thinkingabout]

22. I think I remember where the thinking of the schools and colleges was

Brainwashing students at one time. Even here in recent years the home schooling was to keep the kids from brainwashing, wow.

[Her Sister]

25. Once again acting like he knows what he is talking about!

Expert on Education, among many such topics!
What a joke!

[brer cat]

29. Speaking of "rigid concepts of 'right' and 'wrong'

and 'good' and 'bad'"...sounds like a Bernie speech only he preaches the rigid concepts himself. Mr. Self-Righteous and Purity strikes out again.

[LisaM]

34. And putting those words in quotes...

He is still into air quotes. Uses them constantly.

[Cha]

35. Oh yeah, like when he used air quotes when he lied that Hillary said he was "unqualified".

[DemonGoddess]

32. O_O