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pnwmom's Journal12 reasons it would be crazy not to vote for the Democratic Presidential nominee in Nov:
Social Security
Medicare
Medicaid
Obamacare/health care
Climate change
Black lives matter
Women’s rights,
including right to control their own bodies
LGBT rights
Voting and civil rights
Prison reform
Union rights
Immigration reform
Someone has already mentioned Supreme Court nominations should be on the list. Anything else?
Ronald Reagan was elected TWICE even though he strongly pushed to end Social Security
Medicaid, and Medicare. Based on some comments here lately, I think many here don't realize that.
That wasn't a policy the majority of Americans supported, but they voted for Reagan anyway. Because they thought he was a nice guy -- and he told a nice story about America in a comforting way. Apparently, they trusted Congress to rein him in on the "policy" issues -- and Congress did.
Now we face another genial candidate , Dr. Ben Carson, who is also pushing to end Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare. But this nice guy, if he gets elected, will probably have a GOP Congress backing him up.
We need to fight Dr. Ben Carson (and anyone else who wants to end Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid) with every tool at our disposal. And that means we and the media should not be putting all the focus on policy details, which most Americans don't follow -- till it's too late.
We have to show the kind of snakes who are lurking behind these pleasant faces.
Thanks to the WSJ, the WAPost, and other media sources who are starting to expose Dr. Ben Carson for the lying, self-serving, narcissistic creep that he is.
Sanders is "blasting" the media for calling out Carson for his lies about his life.
He believes the media should only be considering Carson's policies, not his lies.
I disagree. Much of Carson's biography is made up crap, and that is very relevant to his qualifications to being President of the United States. It isn't only about policy.
The book containing all the lies is recent -- not 30 or 40 years ago. And it says something significant about the man. So does the ridiculous temple to himself that he lives in.
And why does Sanders now say that the Hillary email situation reflects on her character -- but he doesn't appear to care about what Carson's lies say about HIS character?
ON EDIT:
Sanders thinks everything should be focused on policy , but voters instinctively understand that character is just as important. When a President is elected, no one can predict all the events that can happen in the next four years -- or what policies or policy changes might prove to be necessary. We have to rely on having a President who is trustworthy. Carson is NOT such a man and no one should help him pretend that he might be, including Sanders. It isn't all about Carson's policies. It's also about who he is as a human being.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-ben-carson-story_563fafaee4b0411d307169b6
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called out the media on Sunday for scrutinizing GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson's personal story, thereby diverting attention away from his policy positions.
“I think it might be a better idea, I know it's a crazy idea, but maybe we focus on the issues impacting the American people and what candidates are saying, rather than just spending so much time exploring their lives of 30 or 40 years ago,” Sanders, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “And I think the reason that so many people are turned off to the political process has a lot to do with the fact that we're not talking about the real issues impacting real people.”
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