2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What specific POLICY POSITIONS show Sec. Clinton to be "Not Liberal" or "Not a Democrat?" [View all]snowy owl
(2,145 posts)MERKLEY: Well, actually, I think that`s way off the mark. Bernie`scomments are deeply listened to and widely respected and he has this recordof effectiveness that many people are aware of, particularly those whoserved in the House. When he was mayor of Burlington, he preceded toreshape the waterfront. He had a baseball team. He set them up as a
lovable city, as a kind of a model for the nation.
When he was in the House, out of 435 members of the House, he was known asthe king of amendments, the single House member most effective in getting amendments past, and these were things relevant to working Americans.
And in the Senate, he has proceeded to be the leader on expanding ourfederally qualified health centers, which are the front door for millions of Americans to our health care system. And he put together a bipartisanveterans bill that is the most important veterans bill we`ve had in years,and he`s taken the lead and taken on chained CPI to make sure that ourseniors didn`t get shortchanged. And the list goes on. So As Merkley said to Hayes, "I'm not a good politician." I waited to see how my state would vote.
I don't think you read threads that provide evidence for Bernie's candidacy and support from colleagues and mainstream supporters. All over DU are posts that show reasons why Hillary captured SD early just like she did in 2008. Your posts are always short and very black and white and negative to him. Rarely do you talk about issues. Why is that?