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karynnj

(59,466 posts)
8. He also as mayor gave health care benefits to all kinds of families
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 11:04 AM
Mar 2016

No, I do not have a link for this, but was told this by several Burlingtonians. That proclamation, which he did not write, was not controversial in 1982. Unlike, DOMA, which Sanders was among the few to vote against.

This strikes me similar to HRC raising the House vote on the commodities future modernization vote that only FOUR Congressmen, led by Ron Paul voted against to argue he was not really pro regulation.

I really do not get why her team is trying to attack the core of who Bernie Sanders is. Including attacking his real civil rights record, his real inclusiveness and his real record of holding Wall Street accountable. This when an underlying message is that he is too extreme in the other direction.

At this point, she is very likely to win, that she and her campaign is pushing meme aimed to destroy Sanders is something that appalls me. Obama did not do this in the far closer 2008 race and there was no hint of this in 2004 or 2000.

"Sanders, the better candidate by a mile" Laughing Mirror Mar 2016 #1
HRC admitted she was the worse candidate, but endorsed her anyway! MisterP Mar 2016 #9
Confirmation bias Laughing Mirror Mar 2016 #17
and it's well-known that Clinton has enemies lists and keeps grudges for decades MisterP Mar 2016 #19
Didnt Mayor Bernie Sanders sign an... JaneyVee Mar 2016 #2
He did. He also believed marriage was a states rights issue. He has since evolved. nt LexVegas Mar 2016 #4
Look up WHY he did that Armstead Mar 2016 #6
It's called politics. vintx Mar 2016 #16
That is a distortion, he supported states' rights to PASS marriage equality. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #13
It was a silly ordinance to honor the family and marriage at a totally different time Armstead Mar 2016 #5
He also as mayor gave health care benefits to all kinds of families karynnj Mar 2016 #8
No that's a lie, it says nothing about marriage between "a man and a woman". beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #11
He has evolved to his current position as has many politicians. nt LexVegas Mar 2016 #3
He didn't need to evolve because he never opposed marriage equality. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #12
Team Hillary is still trying to erase Hillary's revision of history to favor Ron and Nancy Reagan Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #7
*cough cough* pinebox Mar 2016 #10
Yep. I suppose there is a "dollar bin" containing "poutrage" and "pony" tshirts now that .... Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2016 #14
lol "Pony tshirts" pinebox Mar 2016 #15
Seems to be a paid echo chamber. Octafish Mar 2016 #18
Everyone has evolved on marriage equality, including Obama, Hillary and Bernie. Nye Bevan Mar 2016 #20
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