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January 22, 2016

Bernie's Congressional Report Card

BERNIE!!

January 22, 2016

When they said FDR was too liberal to win a general election this was the result: 472 - 59

January 22, 2016

Bernie is on the front page of The Nation!!

January 22, 2016

The NEW #VoteForBernie is here! Check out improved maps, voter alerts and more: http://voteforbernie

January 22, 2016

JFK's Grandson Skewers Ted Cruz: He 'Is No Jack Kennedy'

At a campaign event in New Hampshire last weekend, GOP hopeful Ted Cruz said that if John F. Kennedy were alive today, he would be a Republican.

Jack Kennedy Schlossberg is here to tell the Texas senator that he could not be more wrong. In a new essay for Politico, the former president's only grandson writes that Cruz's suggestion is "absurd."

"Were my grandfather alive today, he'd be excited about how far we have come as a nation since 1963, he would feel a sense of urgency about the challenges that lie ahead and he most certainly would not be a Republican," Schlossberg writes.

The 23-year-old, a self-described "student of [JFK's] life, legacy and administration," goes on to draw "stark" comparisons between Kennedy's beliefs and values and those of today's Republican Party.

[JFK] created new federal programs with ambitious goals, such as the Peace Corps," he writes. "He did not spend his years in the House and Senate devoted to obstructing the opposition. He certainly did not lead an effort, as Cruz did, to shut down the federal government to score political points and deny health insurance to millions."

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But in his Politico essay, titled "Ted Cruz Is No Jack Kennedy," Schlossberg flatly rejects Cruz's implication that he "is somehow taking up [JFK]'s mantle."

"Today, my grandfather would be 98 years old. He'd have no idea how to use a cell phone, and he'd be shocked by just how far the Republican Party has lost its way."

More:http://www.people.com/article/jfk-grandson-ted-cruz-no-jack-kennedy

January 22, 2016