2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The attacks I'm seeing here against Bernie and his message are positively Republican in nature. [View all]green917
(442 posts)His health plan is not underfunded and by every metric, according to a number of economists (i believe the number was 47), will save average working class families thousands of dollars while providing health care for EVERY American.
i don't know the veracity of your story about his wife but his wife isn't running, he is.
Because he has a long standing history of actually supporting progressive policies and politicians. If he's questioned the ideological sincerity of members of the party at times, well, i agree with him...congressional democrats voting for conservative policies (ie- fisa court expansion, signing off on extraordinary rendition and water boarding, the vote for the aumf,etc) have done we, their supporters, no favors.
So, i answered your questions...how about you answer the one posited in the op (with specifics mind you): why do you support secretary clinton?
and, i for one, appreciate the opportunity to answer that question in regards to my support for senator sanders. The fact that you think it being asked of you makes the original poster a "jerk" is telling in its own right.