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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBernie's #1 Accomplishment: Never selling out the American People.
Unlike most of the crooks in D.C.
He also fought hard for Amendments for the people and the VA legislation.
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Bernie's #1 Accomplishment: Never selling out the American People. (Original Post)
Skwmom
May 2016
OP
He was never in a position to sell-out; nothing was ever offered to him..except NRA
asuhornets
May 2016
#4
What about about that poor latino community in Texas he voted to dump Vermont's nuclear waste on.
iandhr
May 2016
#6
Could that be the reason why Bernie has only released one year of his Tax returns?
iandhr
May 2016
#13
Cara -esque. The little guy versus the corp fat cats. Battle continues to be fought.
EndElectoral
May 2016
#11
bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)1. He is a true American. One that needs to be President.
WhiteTara
(29,701 posts)2. Except for when he did
iandhr
(6,852 posts)5. Facts are so inconvenient.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)3. that's why nearly 90 percent trust him
Even Republicans who worked with him call him honest and genuine.
asuhornets
(2,405 posts)4. He was never in a position to sell-out; nothing was ever offered to him..except NRA
Before he represented Vermont in congressman. His Republican predecessor a man of courage voted for gun control legislation.
The great fighter progressive hero
made his opposition a campaign issues and won because of it.
iandhr
(6,852 posts)6. What about about that poor latino community in Texas he voted to dump Vermont's nuclear waste on.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eoin-higgins/what-about-sierra-blanca-bernie_b_9233818.html
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/8/1481494/-Sierra-Blanca-Bernie-Sanders-Paul-Wellstone-a-Poor-Minority-Community-and-a-Nuclear-Waste-Dump
He basically told them to screw off.
A delegation from Texas reached out to Sanders and tried to reason with him, citing the environmental and human degradation the waste site would create. They thought they would get an empathetic response from the nominal socialist.
My position is unchanged and youre not going to like it. When asked if he would at least visit the proposed site in Sierra Blanca, he said: Absolutely not. Im gonna to be running for re-election in the state of Vermont.
Sounds like a sellout to me.
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/8/1481494/-Sierra-Blanca-Bernie-Sanders-Paul-Wellstone-a-Poor-Minority-Community-and-a-Nuclear-Waste-Dump
He basically told them to screw off.
A delegation from Texas reached out to Sanders and tried to reason with him, citing the environmental and human degradation the waste site would create. They thought they would get an empathetic response from the nominal socialist.
My position is unchanged and youre not going to like it. When asked if he would at least visit the proposed site in Sierra Blanca, he said: Absolutely not. Im gonna to be running for re-election in the state of Vermont.
Sounds like a sellout to me.
WhiteTara
(29,701 posts)8. Jane still pulls money out of the deal in the way
being on the board.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)12. Is that why they are hiding the taxes? Maybe there is more.
iandhr
(6,852 posts)13. Could that be the reason why Bernie has only released one year of his Tax returns?
Because the fact his family has profited from dumping nuclear waste on poor people might prove to be a wee bit embarrassing?.
Renew Deal
(81,854 posts)9. Except on Wall Street and Guns
And Libya and a bunch of other stuff
ContinentalOp
(5,356 posts)10. LOL, he sold out to a nuclear waste dump for a mere $4900 a year!
Unless Jane was paid more in previous years which might be why they don't want to show us the tax returns.
EndElectoral
(4,213 posts)11. Cara -esque. The little guy versus the corp fat cats. Battle continues to be fought.