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debunction.junction

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6. Thank you for posting this video.

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Wed Feb 10, 2016, 07:51 PM

Feb 2016

When the right would tout Obama's low approval ratings as if he was too liberal, it was that many of us disapproved because Obama abandoned the voters who got him there and was not liberal enough.

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2011 video of Sanders calling for President Obama to face a primary challenger [View all] bigdarryl Feb 2016 OP

Good EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #1

President Obama has 90% approval rating among African Americans you might think it's good bigdarryl Feb 2016 #2

They are not mindless drones basselope Feb 2016 #4

There's nothing to lose EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #13

Here is a link to HRC defending her 675,000 fees for speaking to Goldman Sachs guillaumeb Feb 2016 #3

OH MY GOD!! Sanders thinks Americans have the right to primary someone who is taking mikehiggins Feb 2016 #5

Thank you for posting this video. debunction.junction Feb 2016 #6

There are a LOT of people who stayed home in 2012 because Obama wasn't as liberal as they thought. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #12

This was at a time when it looked like Obama might cut SS azurnoir Feb 2016 #7

Looked like it to his critics maybe, not anyone who trusted him. He was also going to support Hoyt Feb 2016 #10

Sanders wasn't running for POTUS in 2011 azurnoir Feb 2016 #16

Obama offered up cuts to Social Security in negotiations with the Republicans. AtomicKitten Feb 2016 #11

that is exactly the case what we're seeing is an attempt at memory hole politics azurnoir Feb 2016 #17

No cut occurred. In fact, seniors got a boost in drug coverage from Obamacare legislation. Hoyt Feb 2016 #19

Exactly! Thanks for pointing that out. Duval Feb 2016 #20

And your point? LS_Editor Feb 2016 #8

Thank you. betsuni Feb 2016 #9

I know. This makes Sanders look like a MEGA TeaLeftist. VERY disappointed he would say such SHIT! RBInMaine Feb 2016 #15

If this shows up in ads, Bernie is SCREWED with African American voters, and MANY Dems in general. RBInMaine Feb 2016 #14

Be sure to keep your fingers crossed and pray the real context doesn't come out azurnoir Feb 2016 #18