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84. He endorsed an anti-choice candidate who is horrible on

Tue Apr 25, 2017, 12:14 PM

Apr 2017

abortion rights...and spent much of the speech talking about coming together...as if it was not even a concern...also he said in an interview that we would have to accept pro-choice candidates...but candidates that don't follow his economic policies like Osstoff ...well that is different. Jane Kleeb does not speak for me...abortion rights are front and center period...not just economics.

"Jane Kleeb, the Nebraska Democratic Party chairwoman, helped organize the event for Mr. Mello and has since come under attack for saying that Democrats were “pro-life” and “pro-choice.” She offered no apology.

“If the abortion rights groups are truly serious about cross-issue organizing,” she said, “they should know the foundation of that has to be economic issues."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/us/politics/bernie-sanders-democrats-nebraska.html

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Bye Bye Bernie...There is no economic populism without abortion rights and civil rights. [View all] Demsrule86 Apr 2017 OP

Give it a rest Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #1

I would like too...but damn it my rights will not be thrown under the bus... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #3

Yep. Agreed. My rights are NON-NEGOTIABLE. calimary Apr 2017 #63

Not even in the same House with the table... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #94

Exactly J_William_Ryan Apr 2017 #92

Did you stop to consider though that every time someone starts another thread complaining cstanleytech Apr 2017 #100

Did you watch any of the footage from the Unity tour...I think he is planning to run... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #102

Bingo. (NT) ehrnst Apr 2017 #104

I doubt he would win and it will probably be for the same reason which is he will cstanleytech Apr 2017 #107

Isn't there a rule coming that you have to release your OnDoutside Apr 2017 #130

Not that I am aware. I have heard a few states are trying that but I am sure cstanleytech Apr 2017 #141

+1,000 !! CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #5

I am not trying to cause dissent...my point is we need to Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #7

I too pretend that opinions different than mine are merely "breeding contempt." LanternWaste Apr 2017 #31

Wow. Orrex Apr 2017 #85

+1000 dchill Apr 2017 #6

I would never have thought it would be necessary to remind progressives Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #8

"Bye, bye Bernie..." dchill Apr 2017 #12

Good old divide and conquer hard at work around here CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #13

Indeed. It's almost bot-worthy. dchill Apr 2017 #19

Women's rights are human rights. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #21

It is in the title. I abbreviated it because it was too long. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #22

Salons article is divisive and anti-Bernie. dchill Apr 2017 #24

It points out some issues which matter a great deal to me and to others...not just women either. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #32

It is an excerpted title as the entire one is too long...which is why I have dots after it. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #37

But thats just it the Democratic party is made up of "many" people with many different opinions cstanleytech Apr 2017 #112

Why, you don't like baklava or something? snooper2 Apr 2017 #9

Looks like donald trump. Proves he's nothing but a meat head. calimary Apr 2017 #127

No. This is Democratic Underground. We are going to fight for the party and our human rights. JTFrog Apr 2017 #11

+1 tallahasseedem Apr 2017 #16

Thanks JTFrog Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #23

+1 betsuni Apr 2017 #26

+ 1 xoxo musette_sf Apr 2017 #135

Why should we stop fighting for our Rights? Because Cha Apr 2017 #14

Pro-choice is in the Democratic platform. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #25

It's insulting.. and I don't pay attention to a lot of what the rwingers Cha Apr 2017 #50

Yes, Mello isn't weak on choice...he is truly terrible on choice... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #67

How about you as a Canadian, let us American women tallahasseedem Apr 2017 #20

1000+ Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #27

Don't school me on democracy and women's rights when your goddamned fucking government Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #29

You can't unite while throwing more than half the population under the bus. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #33

Imagine that the investigations stall, and the only Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #43

Sculpin -- how wrong you are! Purity is worth it, even if it kills our hopes, our future, our Akamai Apr 2017 #47

Indeed! This is so terribly sad. It will be too late Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #53

Women's Rights are disdained as some "purity" gauge? WinkyDink Apr 2017 #54

They certainly should not be... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #59

How do you think women's rights will fare under Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #61

Mello won't help with the Trump regime thing. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #70

Jesus Christ on a pogo stick, what is better, Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #74

We don't have to choose one or the other...false choice. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #101

Sculpin - right on the nail! Your post absolutely hits the mark! Akamai Apr 2017 #75

Absolute purity about how you want women's rights carried out can be harmful. Akamai Apr 2017 #73

I see and that is true of economic policy too right? Only it isn't... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #109

I don't know the details, maybe Perriello has a chance of being elected and Northam doesn't. Akamai Apr 2017 #113

I think the NARAL backed candidate will probably win...my fear is this will turn into a battle and Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #115

You've got it. To some, women's rights are a disposable inconvenience, apparently. NurseJackie Apr 2017 #78

How easily they do it...too. Why one would think it wasn't important to them. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #110

But of course economic purity can 'kill' our hope...no candidate who is not Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #62

What economic issues do you disagree with Candidate B on? Do you have an exact plan Akamai Apr 2017 #77

I don't have any disagreement with progressive economics...but don't think Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #119

I think he has had very good reviews from Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and others. Historically this has been Akamai Apr 2017 #128

No Mello does not...in fact NARAL wrote a furious letter to Perez and the DNC Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #132

I was talking about Bernie Sanders. Maybe I wasn't clear enough. Or am I wrong? Akamai Apr 2017 #138

Imagine we fail to take the house by one seat...imagine if Osstoff loses Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #69

Ego? NurseJackie Apr 2017 #81

hahaha... The drama... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #121

ROFL! tallahasseedem Apr 2017 #40

I know, right Cha Apr 2017 #71

WTH?? This isn't "World Politics Underground." Nor do Democrats currently run the US. Oh, and that WinkyDink Apr 2017 #52

If you think US politics and policies don't directly affect the entire globe Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #65

Outside perspecitives are very welcomed here GulfCoast66 Apr 2017 #137

I think you may have mistaken us radical noodle Apr 2017 #93

Useless talking point that's useless in the face of the creeping fascism that will Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #96

That is not a talking point radical noodle Apr 2017 #108

For fuck sake, I'm advocating for enough unity to get you in the White House next election! Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #116

Excuse me radical noodle Apr 2017 #140

Well that's not flaming or trashing Democrats at all. (nt) ehrnst Apr 2017 #106

Amen! DesertRat Apr 2017 #55

my rights are non-negotiable, period, end of sentence. niyad Apr 2017 #90

You mean defending basic health care for women? We're progressives. Why would we stop? (nt) ehrnst Apr 2017 #103

"the great white male". Thats basically who I see mansplaining reproductive rights lately. nt LexVegas Apr 2017 #2

I was not even going to read what I considered divisive posts... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #4

I know.. it's glaringly obvious. Like to know where they Cha Apr 2017 #18

So tired of defending rights I though were already won a generation ago...nt Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #44

Interesting who should come along and put that in jeopardy.. Cha Apr 2017 #66

True. You don't get to decide what I'm allowed to do with my body. calimary Apr 2017 #72

Great point...most of us have held our noses...and voted Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #76

Looks like quite a few women sticking up for Bernie in the comments section of that Salon article. m-lekktor Apr 2017 #57

If you read the article you will find that is not really true about women voters... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #79

It's like arguing with climate change deniers. NurseJackie Apr 2017 #83

I am lifelong Democrat and have been boots on the ground...and it is mostly women by the way...and Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #123

What makes me so mad is that intersectionalism just isn't that hard to understand, or even RedWedge Apr 2017 #10

This Omaha thing hit me hard. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #30

EXCELLENT article... tallahasseedem Apr 2017 #15

Thanks so much. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #17

They are not pro-life; they are anti-choice. athena Apr 2017 #35

They are anti-choice...you are right...they don't care about babies...just power over women. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #36

Exactly. Research has shown that women DIE when they can't access decent health care. calimary Apr 2017 #80

Excellent article. (Loved the writer's headline... perfect!) NurseJackie Apr 2017 #28

Thanks! Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #34

More divisiveness Calculating Apr 2017 #38

Mello voted for a 20 week abortion ban, He voted to require doctors to attend every abortion Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #39

Mediocre record on abortion? tallahasseedem Apr 2017 #41

+1000 Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #42

FULL STOP. calimary Apr 2017 #82

Thank you! sheshe2 Apr 2017 #105

I was at the Come Together Fight Back Rally MagickMuffin Apr 2017 #45

I am the resistance...we don't have to throw women under the bus Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #51

No ONE is throwing women under the bus MagickMuffin Apr 2017 #64

He endorsed an anti-choice candidate who is horrible on Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #84

Link to where Anna March says what you say...it is not in my article Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #56

The most important sentence in that article: NastyRiffraff Apr 2017 #46

Thanks for reading it...so important. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #48

Got it! retrowire Apr 2017 #49

No, he just has to recognize that social justice and economic justice go Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #58

I feel like this attack was used against him in the primaries retrowire Apr 2017 #60

The primary is over...he picks an anti-choice candidates Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #87

But it's not like he picked that candidate over another Dem with a more progressive record Volstagg Apr 2017 #95

Perriello is running against another Dem candidate, ‎Ralph Northam, endorsed by NARAL. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #98

Gavin Newsom. Elizabeth Warren. Bill De Blasio. Eric Garcetti. calimary Apr 2017 #125

Great article Gothmog Apr 2017 #68

Thanks so much! Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #89

I love satire Lordquinton Apr 2017 #86

I have no idea what you mean. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #88

This thread Lordquinton Apr 2017 #124

Post removed Post removed Apr 2017 #91

Is this for real? zentrum Apr 2017 #97

The title was from the article excerpted because it was too long. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #99

Excellent read. sheshe2 Apr 2017 #111

Thank you...I thought it was spot on. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #114

Rhetoric like this is divisive and irritating. Oneironaut Apr 2017 #117

I don't see where I have ever said any such thing....while we have an a few anti-choice Dems... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #118

BS' rhetoric is "divisive".. talk to him Cha Apr 2017 #143

This type of decisive crap romanic Apr 2017 #120

Purity for me but not for thee? We must have total lockstep on a certain economic policy... Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #122

Who said we can't have both? romanic Apr 2017 #129

By endorsing two anti-choice candidates...he does say that in a sense. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #131

Talk to BS about "divisive crap".. he's the one who detailed Cha Apr 2017 #142

Agreed and when he pushes these divisive candidates on the democratic party Eliot Rosewater Apr 2017 #126

I think Sen. Sanders has always considered economic populism the most important issue. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #133

Joe Biden once voted for a late-term abortion ban and received low marks from NARAL in 1999 and 2003 Omaha Steve Apr 2017 #134

That's not the fucking point.. Cha Apr 2017 #139

K&R xoxo musette_sf Apr 2017 #136