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2016 Postmortem

BeyondGeography

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21. Right now, Sanders is on the pointless bitch-and-moan side of the issue

Reply to ProfessorPlum (Reply #18)

Mon May 23, 2016, 11:48 AM

May 2016

Unless you think he has the ability to convince Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell to let Puerto Rico declare bankruptcy while the Fed forks over fresh money.

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Bernie Sanders breaks with White House on Puerto Rican rescue plan [View all] cali May 2016 OP

Sanders is correct yourpaljoey May 2016 #1

It didn't work in Flint MI, it won't work in Puerto Rico tularetom May 2016 #2

He's a republican. JRLeft May 2016 #3

Exactly. Else You Are Mad May 2016 #31

Classic Bernie BeyondGeography May 2016 #4

It's an austerity plan that gives congressional rethugs way too much authority cali May 2016 #6

He wants what amounts to a bailout, which is a nightmare politically BeyondGeography May 2016 #8

He's been proposing granting P.R. chapter 9 protection for a while now brentspeak May 2016 #9

"Hillary fan,"...spare me BeyondGeography May 2016 #11

Chapter 9 won't help Demsrule86 May 2016 #16

With Hillary, we would have a RW president brentspeak May 2016 #33

He wants chapter 9. Come on, we all know this. pinebox May 2016 #10

So what's Bernie's solution, and how would he get it past this congress Yavin4 May 2016 #15

Another example of pie in the sky Bernie Demsrule86 May 2016 #14

You haven't learned a thing in the last thirty years, have you? snowy owl May 2016 #25

Pointless post BeyondGeography May 2016 #30

The consumate backseat driver CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #29

I don't remember Bernie doing anything about this in the Senate Blue_Tires May 2016 #5

Our Congress 'controls' PR. Sunlei May 2016 #13

Cheap answer to a real problem. What's anybody done? Bernie is trying. snowy owl May 2016 #26

GOOD. nt. polly7 May 2016 #7

Congress won't even let PR 'American citizens' vote in General Elections. WTF!,Fed. $ to 'Massas' Sunlei May 2016 #12

US Taxpayer forced to pay the BANKSTERS billion in bonuses. Octafish May 2016 #17

this is more of the same SHOCK DOCTRINE inhumanity that gets done to every country, eventually ProfessorPlum May 2016 #18

I find it frightening. And revealing. cali May 2016 #20

Right now, Sanders is on the pointless bitch-and-moan side of the issue BeyondGeography May 2016 #21

fuck that ProfessorPlum May 2016 #37

I stand with Sanders surrogate and theft enabler Raul Grijalva BeyondGeography May 2016 #38

so your plan is to let it happen despite having _reservations_ about ProfessorPlum May 2016 #41

Exactly. Thanks. That people don't get that yet? What will it take? snowy owl May 2016 #27

Are you truly a democrat? catnhatnh May 2016 #19

austerity = class war. Just another excuse to rob the poor. Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #22

If you side with austerity, you are not progressive and no friend of ordinary Americans. ThePhilosopher04 May 2016 #23

No shit. cali May 2016 #24

and not a true Democrat - at least as they used to stand snowy owl May 2016 #28

Right wingers now occupy both sides of the political coin, especially if Hillary is the nominee. ThePhilosopher04 May 2016 #32

Sounds like Grijalva is supporting it. DCBob May 2016 #34

It won't work ymetca May 2016 #35

I am sure Grijalva knows more about this than you do. DCBob May 2016 #36

What's HRC's position on this? EndElectoral May 2016 #39

K & R imagine2015 May 2016 #40

"Sanders has been virtually absent from Senate proceedings during his lengthy primary campaign..." Tarc May 2016 #42