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In reply to the discussion: But Bernie is Not a Democrat... [View all]rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)I too am a FDR Democrat. There is nothing extreme about that. I dont care that Bernie is not a Democrat. His politics are more of what I want the party to be like than many others.
I lived in Indiana for a few years, and Evan Bayh was a Senator then. So was Richard Lugar, and I liked him better. He worked with Obama to secure highly enriched uranium. He was old school, willing to work across the aisle to accomplish good things. I believe he was the last of his Republican kind.
Now, lets take Evan Bayh. At the time, I called his office many times not to vote for this or that. And there was one guarantee, and that was he voted for what I did not want.
He went directly into lobbying when he left.
I would take Bernie over Evan any day. To me it is easy. Choose the people over big money. Swing the Democrat Party to do the same. It is what we should have continued since 1932.