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Scootaloo

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46. Seriously? It's right there in the OP, George

Reply to George II (Reply #35)

Sun Sep 6, 2015, 03:10 AM

Sep 2015

Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont and candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, joined perhaps 100 Cedar Rapids-area union workers in an “informational picket” outside Penford Products, a corn processor where the Bakers Confectioners Tobacco Grain Millers union local 100G is negotiating a new contract with the management.

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Bernie Sanders picks up megaphone, walks union picket in Cedar Rapids [View all] Omaha Steve Sep 2015 OP

I could see Sanders actually doing the same thing when he's President. n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2015 #1

I'm Afraid Chasstev365 Sep 2015 #2

So you're implying they would assassinate him? brooklynite Sep 2015 #5

Who Knows? Chasstev365 Sep 2015 #13

So, I guess Hillary needs to keep an eye out as well? brooklynite Sep 2015 #17

Maybe Brooklynite! However the Clintons have a track record of being Republican Lite Chasstev365 Sep 2015 #19

Just so I am clear, are you suggesting that Hillary was against the CU SCOTUS decision dorkzilla Sep 2015 #28

I'm talking about when each of the candidates announced their Supreme Court philosophy... brooklynite Sep 2015 #37

She has a Secret Service detail. Sanders does not. Scootaloo Sep 2015 #45

They would. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2015 #18

And they�ll do it again. funny how even back then the NY Times had it all wrong... dorkzilla Sep 2015 #31

60s ORjohn Sep 2015 #39

But nobody tried to kill you, right? brooklynite Sep 2015 #40

Hillary goes nowhere without armed bodyguards left-of-center2012 Sep 2015 #43

You are not the only one who thinks that n/t coyote Sep 2015 #9

EXECUTIVES ACTION markmyword Sep 2015 #36

Complete movie Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #44

Don't Fear ORjohn Sep 2015 #38

Go Bernie Go cantbeserious Sep 2015 #3

Good job Bernie Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #4

Hardest working man in politics. JeffHead Sep 2015 #6

Damn it - that's a lot of sweat for an old guy with a a young man's determination packman Sep 2015 #10

Let's get this man in the White House where azmom Sep 2015 #32

Gotta love Bernie. tabasco Sep 2015 #7

Yeah and I'll bet he didn't wait for any 'comfortable shoes' navarth Sep 2015 #8

Wow...in tribute to the Bernie Walk with the Union, I went to the Bernie Store Hepburn Sep 2015 #11

Next time please use the DU for Bernie Act Blue link Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #12

Thanks and will do...did not know about the DU link. n/t Hepburn Sep 2015 #14

Went to Act Blue and made another donation and... Hepburn Sep 2015 #15

Thanks! merrily Sep 2015 #29

Thanks, Steve, for that information. mountain grammy Sep 2015 #22

I Spent $250 On Bernie Signs Yallow Sep 2015 #23

Nice, thanks! merrily Sep 2015 #30

Good going azmom Sep 2015 #34

This is what "putting on a comfortable pair of shoes and walking" looks like, Mr. President. Brickbat Sep 2015 #16

EXCELLENT! Thanks, Omaha Steve! K&R antigop Sep 2015 #20

That's my President Jack Rabbit Sep 2015 #21

"This is what I do." And that is why I support him because he's neverforget Sep 2015 #24

omg plz plz plz retrowire Sep 2015 #25

I lived in Cedar Rapids when my family was young. jwirr Sep 2015 #26

What a guy! Duval Sep 2015 #27

Speaking truth to the grill HassleCat Sep 2015 #33

Sounds good but it wasn't a "picket line" - the union isn't on strike. George II Sep 2015 #35

You missed info pickett language in the OP! Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #41

It was a picket line. ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2015 #42

Seriously? It's right there in the OP, George Scootaloo Sep 2015 #46