Bernie Sanders' MEMORIAL Day message:

[George II]

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[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread George

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

5. Just you wait Uncle Joe for the "Bernie vetting" to begin... there's never ANYTHING positive to say.

But, when applying the same "vetting standard" to any other candidate, especially Biden, it's called being devisive. Go figure!!


Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[wasupaloopa]

2. How? What is the plan? What does the bill say? What will it take?

As a vet of Vietnam I still need health insurance. I cannot go to a VA medical clinic near me. There isn’t one. The VA will not pay my doctor. So how will it work?

[NurseJackie]

3. There is no plan... no budget... no strategy for getting it approved and funded.

The BS campaign is very skilled at reading off items on the laundry list of everything that's "wrong" but short on details, plans, strategies... how we're to pay for the things we're being promised... and what compromises are willing to be made in order to get there. Typically, the "no compromise" philosophy that the BS campaign (and his followers) often encourage, ends up accomplishing ZERO... nothing. (Yet, for some inexplicable reason, BS and his followers BOAST AND BRAG that they "stuck to their guns" and didn't compromise... and making ZERO progress.)

Lots of talk talk talk. Very little progress. And don't forget... it's just a myth that BS "votes with Democrats 99% of the time" (and a laughable one at that). In fact, BS votes with the Democrats a shockingly low 80% of the time.

[George II]

4. Go to Progressive Punch, one would be surprised with the Progressive Score standings....

For Lifetime Crucial Votes (presidential candidates highlighted):

1 Markey, Ed
2 Warren, Elizabeth
3 Harris, Kamala
4 Merkley, Jeff
5 Booker, Cory
6 Gillibrand, Kirsten
7 Brown, Sherrod
8 Sanders, Bernie

For 2019-20 Crucial Votes:

1TIE Baldwin, Tammy
1TIE Heinrich, Martin
1TIE Merkley, Jeff
1TIE Schatz, Brian
1TIE Udall, Tom
6 Van Hollen, Chris
7TIE Markey, Ed
7TIE Warren, Elizabeth
9 Leahy,
10 Booker, Cory
11TIE Gillibrand, Kirsten
11TIE Peters, Gary
11TIE Reed, Jack
11TIE Sanders, Bernie

Harris is #20.

Overall (All votes) Lifetime:

1 Warren, Elizabeth
2 Markey, Ed
3 Harris, Kamala
4 Gillibrand, Kirsten
5 Merkley, Jeff
6 Booker, Cory
7 Brown, Sherrod
8 Sanders, Bernie

Overall (All votes) 2019-20:

1 Merkley, Jeff
2 Markey, Ed
3TIE Baldwin, Tammy
3TIE Schatz, Brian
5 Warren, Elizabeth
6 Udall, Tom
7 Booker, Cory
8 Sanders, Bernie
9 Gillibrand, Kirsten
10 Hirono, Mazie
11 Klobuchar, Amy

Harris is #16

[wasupaloopa]

7. I am not sure what the number of votes tells us without any context

[George II]

8. They explain their methodology on their site somewhere. Basically they rate the votes as to....

...how "progressive" they are, and also how crucial they are (i.e., major funding bills vs. post offices). It's not perfect but it gives an order of magnitude. Where it does have a fallacy is lifetime votes for Senators - Harris has only been in the Senate for two years, so she doesn't have as many votes as others. One "bad" vote will skew her rating more than one "bad" vote for someone who has been in the Senate several terms. I'm really simplifying this, best to check their site.

[wasupaloopa]

6. I agree with that. BS is the Pied Piper and his backers seem to be out of touch

with reality.

Bernie has made the same speech for over 10 years starting with brunch with Bernie on Thom Hartman’s show. I use to listen to it religiously but nothing ever comes of it.