Sanders: I don't consider myself a Democrat

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88. It seems like you're just upset that any sort of criticism was leveled against your

favoritest Senator.

For the record, I didn't mention the NRA, which LOVED Bernie. So your pre-fabricated talking point to counter my point fails.

Did I mention a Obama's Gun Violence Prevention Plan? Nope.

Wow, the NRA endorsed random people in 2010 and that somehow makes Bernie's gun votes magically disappear? No.


Here's what the NRA had to say a little more recently: http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/07/politics/nra-bernie-sanders-spot-on-tweet/index.html

More on the subject, not from the NRA.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/01/bernie-sanders-vote-gun-immunity-black-market/


He voted 5 times against the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. Against background checks.
The Charleston Loophole and quite a few other gun friendly measures.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/01/26/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-bernie-sanderss-record-on-guns/?utm_term=.5892570670a3

So, my point stands. The party is way better on gun control than Bernie Sanders is. The NRA thinks he's on point since you value their opinion so much.

His voting record, to which I referred, supports my point. It's sad that blind jingoistic love of a candidate is reliant on just assuming that the talking points of the campaign are correct and need to based on assumptions made that anyone who dares even the mildest, voting record referencing, fact base criticism of a politician MUST be made due to dislike of him. That's some Trump like thinking right there, immature, incorrect and rather cultish.

The facts are what they are, and they don't back up the talking points dredged up and projected to defend a legitimate criticism. Perhaps less upset that anyone is daring to criticize one's political crush and more examination of what's actually being said, and the facts are in order.