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In reply to the discussion: Why is Bernie Sanders voting to NOT put sanctions on Russia? [View all]Nevernose
(13,081 posts)He's more honest than any Republican and many Democrats, but Sanders fanatics (of which I am one) are deluding themselves if they think he's "above all that."
There are very few pieces of legislation with his name on it. There are few pieces of liberal legislation in the last twenty five years without his fingerprints on it. People miss the sausage-making aspect of politics. Sanders is just better at the political sleight of hand necessary than most (that, to me, is one of the starkest differences between Bill and Hillary. Both good, brilliant people, but he was a better illusionist).
That's why I don't care if Sanders is on paper a Dem. He's a Dem in every action, but "independence" is his reelection schtick. It's part of the gross, perverted part of politics.