Tell vets you know that Sanders said US policy in Vietnam was almost as bad as what Hitler did

[highplainsdem]

I posted about this yesterday, after having run across this for the first time:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287553951

One of the people I told about this offline is a vet who was in the military then, and who supported Sanders in 2016, and supported him more than any other candidate last year, but had begun to consider other candidates as well, though also still liking Sanders.

He cares about vets at least as much as he cares about Sanders, though.

And that Sanders statement about Vietnam, the comparison to Hitler, was the last straw for him, and he'll no longer consider Sanders.

[evertonfc]

1. the OPPO research is simply repulsive

and there are tons of it. It's easy to find. I just wish Joe would call him on it.

[Iliyah]

2. I'm pretty sure the Republicans got some stuff on BS . . .

And if VP Biden go ahead, then they will start investigation Hunter. . .

And we already know what they will promote about Mayor Pete.

[OliverQ]

10. Hunter is already under investigation.

Mnuchin gave his financial records to Lindsey Graham.

[John Fante]

19. Might as well not run anyone then.

The GOP will say mean things about them.

[Kurt V.]

3. mosr ppl live in the here and now.

[highplainsdem]

8. Sanders was in his thirties and running for governor of Vermont when he made that vile, crazy

statement.

Maybe he can try to repudiate it now. But why should anyone believe him?

It's completely disqualifying for anyone running for president, since the job also involves being Commander-in-Chief.

[Kurt V.]

13. who is going to care? our electorate is mostly dynamic and normal ppl who will

Decide in the last few months

[highplainsdem]

11. And btw, if Democrats don't make sure vets know about this, Republicans will.

Sanders needs to be vetted NOW.

[George II]

4. Comparing American Presidents, I don't care if they're Democrats or republicans, to Adolf Hitler....

...is despicable.

He should be reminded of that comment every time he brings up the fact that his father's family was wiped out in Poland by Hitler.

[highplainsdem]

5. Yes. That vet who said this ended his support for Sanders couldn't believe anyone Jewish could have

said anything so crazy.

[left-of-center2012]

6. I think only real Vietnam vets know what it was like.

I had a guy tell me he was a "Vietnam vet" because he served in Germany in 1962,
and, he said, Google says the Vietnam War began in 1955.

Therefore, he said, serving anywhere in the military between 1955 and 1975 makes you a "Vietnam vet".



I tried to explain to him the difference between a "Vietnam vet" and a "Vietnam Era Vet"
but he says the baseball cap he bought at 7/11 proclaims him to be a "Vietnam vet".

[George II]

7. WTF? Ask him where his Vietnam Service Ribbon or Vietnam Service Medal are....

He'll be reduced to this:

[left-of-center2012]

9. I told him if he went into a VFW he'd get his ass kicked.

[highplainsdem]

14. I spoke to another vet who served in Vietnam. He thought it was an insane thing for Sanders to say.

But unlike the one I mentioned in the OP, he hasn't ever been a Sanders supporter.

[dchill]

18. Also, any Republican who avoided getting an STD...

...in those times is a Vietnam Vet. Or so I've heard.

[aikoaiko]

12. You can't hurt Bernie with this type of stuff because it is consistent with the Bernie brand.

And out Vietnam policy was pretty bad and vets know that.

[Bonobo]

15. Tell one of the 2 million killed in Vietnam

That they died in a justifiable war.

[dchill]

16. "Almost" is a VERY important word.

It is wrong and intellectually dishonest to do so.

[Devil Child]

17. Meh, my father is a decorated Vietnam combat vet for Sen. Sanders

He voted for him in 2016 and will do so again in 2020. He’s already aware of who Sen. Sanders is and obviously quite comfortable in casting his vote for him.

[Progressive dog]

20. So much that Bernie says and does is fodder for attack ads.

Taking the side of other countries in wars is never a good way to influence people to vote for you. Bernie will certainly be asked to expand on what he said about the USA and Hitler.
Trump will have lots of money, Bernie will not. In the general Trump will get all the Russian help, Bernie will get attacked. Bernie will be asked about his socialism every time reporters get within shouting distance.
Bernie will lose and we will be lucky to hold the house. Kiss the ACA goodbye and only Trump knows what else, but it won't be a pleasant four more years for establishment Democrats. I'm not sure that it will bother Bernie.