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19. Obligatory "If Hillary did this she'd be fake" post

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Bernie won't go to the Capitol gym. [View all] Cleita Aug 2015 OP

This doesn't sound all that flattering to Sanders. NCTraveler Aug 2015 #1

Sorry it wasn't TH but Stephanie Miller. Cleita Aug 2015 #3

Because, he is suppose to be working on their behalf. NCTraveler Aug 2015 #4

You're going to pull a muscle with that kind of extreme stretching. arcane1 Aug 2015 #5

I one hundred percent agree about who is making the deals. NCTraveler Aug 2015 #7

I think it's about he he spends free time...I'm sure he talks to his collegues regularly Armstead Aug 2015 #32

I agree. NCTraveler Aug 2015 #36

Neh, to be honest, I dont care about it one way or the other Armstead Aug 2015 #46

He spends his time eating with the best Washington has to offer. nt. NCTraveler Aug 2015 #51

'Deals are made'. Why would you think he should participate in that? It shows he lives by sabrina 1 Aug 2015 #167

Many of us find that admirable. He does make deals in Cleita Aug 2015 #6

While they are making those deals, Sanders won't even represent. NCTraveler Aug 2015 #8

Really? This is why he's so popular among his supporters. Cleita Aug 2015 #10

"This is why he's so popular among his supporters." NCTraveler Aug 2015 #12

It's why he will win. His deal is with the majority of citizens who will Cleita Aug 2015 #14

I would be beyond happy to vote for Sanders in the general if he makes it out of the primary. NCTraveler Aug 2015 #21

One minute he's a "fighter who will use the bully pulpit!" SonderWoman Aug 2015 #17

He's not allowed to get a cup of coffee on a break? Cleita Aug 2015 #20

Your op itself made it about a lot more than coffee. nt. NCTraveler Aug 2015 #22

No my OP was very simple and to the point. Cleita Aug 2015 #24

I agree. And it was about a lot more than coffee. NCTraveler Aug 2015 #29

Sure beats Bohner (and others) reaching under their desks for their flasks. erronis Aug 2015 #81

Oh was this op about coffee? SonderWoman Aug 2015 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author frylock Aug 2015 #132

Just put it on ignore. frylock Aug 2015 #133

Jeeze you're obnoxious... Armstead Aug 2015 #38

Yet you're the one calling people names. SonderWoman Aug 2015 #48

"I'm rubber and you're glue....etc." Armstead Aug 2015 #50

I don't play those games. Have fun playing with yourself. SonderWoman Aug 2015 #54

aw shucks Armstead Aug 2015 #65

blechhh..... nt wendylaroux Aug 2015 #90

I'm not celebrating. tazkcmo Aug 2015 #155

We like Bernie precisely because he is not part of the corrupt in-crowd. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #70

The legislative process couldn't exist unless 'back room deals' were made. procon Aug 2015 #44

Uh, transparency? erronis Aug 2015 #85

This metaphor about sausage-making holds true; procon Aug 2015 #115

I may be idealistic but I also understand the realities of sausage making erronis Aug 2015 #123

Actually that was said about movies. Cleita Aug 2015 #125

Well, he had lunch --or something--with those guys from Lockheed Martin..... MADem Aug 2015 #13

No putting words into my OP that aren't there. Cleita Aug 2015 #16

I am not putting words into your mouth--aren't you just repeating what you heard on the radio? MADem Aug 2015 #27

So time-wasting and indolent now? Cleita Aug 2015 #35

We have a new meme! "Sanders is lazy and indolent!" Armstead Aug 2015 #39

You're laughing at your own communication skills, you know. MADem Aug 2015 #63

Frankly, my communications skills do need work. I'm neither a college graduate nor an English Cleita Aug 2015 #66

Now you're just expressing pique. Your OP isn't getting universal acclaim, because it sounds, MADem Aug 2015 #82

This is getting too silly for me. eom Cleita Aug 2015 #87

You object that he eats with the people who work for him? KoKo Aug 2015 #57

Where does the OP say that? It says he drinks coffee in the basement with generic "interns" and MADem Aug 2015 #69

He doesn't sell out AgingAmerican Aug 2015 #23

Lobbyists are not allowed in the Congressional gym. Not even STAFFERS can get in there. nt MADem Aug 2015 #28

Another mindless non issue AgingAmerican Aug 2015 #55

If you are referencing the premise of this OP, you're correct. MADem Aug 2015 #74

The cafeteria is certainly cheaper than Cups and Company Action_Patrol Aug 2015 #83

That's like the "Whole Foods" of delis! nt MADem Aug 2015 #88

No kidding. The owner must be second only to maybe Action_Patrol Aug 2015 #92

+1! nt MADem Aug 2015 #96

We are discussing his colleagues making deals. Not lobbyists. nt. NCTraveler Aug 2015 #31

You mean like the Caucus Room deal? Cleita Aug 2015 #64

What does that have to do with him refusing to negotiate with congressman in the gym? NCTraveler Aug 2015 #67

Everything. I said gym, but there are all those other places he won't make deals at either Cleita Aug 2015 #71

You're reading it wrong. Try it this way >>> Roland99 Aug 2015 #61

The "deals" that are made behind the scenes in the lunchrooms and in the backrooms are JDPriestly Aug 2015 #68

Do you work for someone's behalf by spending all of your time within A Simple Game Aug 2015 #102

It cost two hundred and fifty bucks or so a YEAR to join that lousy gym--and it is a LOUSY gym. MADem Aug 2015 #30

I really don't get it. NCTraveler Aug 2015 #33

I don't get it either. The idea that he hangs around smoking and joking with interns and low-level MADem Aug 2015 #49

Who said he was smoking and joking? Now you are just making stuff up. Cleita Aug 2015 #58

You did--you said he was "with" them and "prefers their company." MADem Aug 2015 #76

Maybe he'd rather spend the $250 on charities. eom Cleita Aug 2015 #37

I think everyone pays for a membership anyway. MADem Aug 2015 #43

Which proves my point. Why exercise in a shit hole unless there is another reason to go there. Cleita Aug 2015 #47

And the reason to go there is to talk, like humans do, about differences in legislative priorities MADem Aug 2015 #62

Different gym Action_Patrol Aug 2015 #75

There are two gyms. Bernie is eligible for membership in both, having served MADem Aug 2015 #77

I know. Action_Patrol Aug 2015 #79

This message was self-deleted by its author azmom Aug 2015 #59

This isn't a bad thing kenfrequed Aug 2015 #73

No, that's wrong. No one but legislators are allowed past those gym doors--not even staffers can MADem Aug 2015 #80

I prefer him meeting with his staff kenfrequed Aug 2015 #86

That's not what the OP says. It IMPLIES that, but that's not what is happening, I will bet. MADem Aug 2015 #94

uh-huh kenfrequed Aug 2015 #99

I am just going to suggest that you re-read the OP--because that's what we are talking about. MADem Aug 2015 #109

I don't care where he is taking coffee kenfrequed Aug 2015 #110

If you have a problem with this story about where he takes his coffee, take it up with the OP, not MADem Aug 2015 #113

Two different spins kenfrequed Aug 2015 #119

Nope. You're the one whining about his "office," not me. MADem Aug 2015 #121

Should I list your spins again? kenfrequed Aug 2015 #126

Yeah, go ahead. List 'em. MADem Aug 2015 #131

Soo... kenfrequed Aug 2015 #135

Sorry--not seeing any "spins" there. Those are opinions based on material provided. MADem Aug 2015 #142

Hah kenfrequed Aug 2015 #143

You seem a bit upset. nt MADem Aug 2015 #144

I'm really not kenfrequed Aug 2015 #146

I don't think it's terribly amusing for someone on the radio to misrepresent a weeks-old story MADem Aug 2015 #147

I only posted what you wrote kenfrequed Aug 2015 #157

Don't be sorry, I don't feel bad--and you're right--everyone CAN read the thread MADem Aug 2015 #158

Yawn kenfrequed Aug 2015 #159

Golly--ain't that something? MADem Aug 2015 #160

What color is the sky in your world? kenfrequed Aug 2015 #162

The only one who is concerned about "win/winz" in this exchange is not me. nt MADem Aug 2015 #163

I am just curious how long you'll do this kenfrequed Aug 2015 #164

No workout? I think he can and should go to the gym yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #128

He does workout but not there. I've seen photos on the intertubes Cleita Aug 2015 #134

As I continued reading the comments others mentioned that too yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #136

Sounds right. He's been working for the non-privileged his whole life. valerief Aug 2015 #2

I love this. It keeps him out of the azmom Aug 2015 #9

The very fact that he feels comfortable with real people, and shuns places Zorra Aug 2015 #11

Has Bernie had a doctor exam? SonderWoman Aug 2015 #15

I'm sure it will be out there if not already. Cleita Aug 2015 #18

Obligatory "If Hillary did this she'd be fake" post Blue_Adept Aug 2015 #19

Not sure how good this is Prism Aug 2015 #26

Congress has always had lobbyists, but Bernie won't have anything to do with them either. Cleita Aug 2015 #40

If I have a concern, it's the Obama trap Prism Aug 2015 #45

Unlike Obama, Sanders has spent more than 25 years in Congress in Washington. He has consistently Cleita Aug 2015 #52

Hopefully he will be fine Prism Aug 2015 #56

That's what Rahm was for--and they did fear him. nt MADem Aug 2015 #97

All the obstruction says no, they did not Prism Aug 2015 #104

Well, unless we're flies on the wall (and I'm not, anymore, anyway) MADem Aug 2015 #107

What a sad state of things when we might choose a manipulator over an honest person. rhett o rick Aug 2015 #152

I'm not a Clinton supporter Prism Aug 2015 #153

27 replies, and I can only see 5 of them. Zorra Aug 2015 #34

it's working! haikugal Aug 2015 #41

You have that many on ignore? It seems your choices have been wise ones. eom Cleita Aug 2015 #42

Yeah. Seriously, what are they going to say that I didn't already know they were going to say Zorra Aug 2015 #60

Bet mine's FlatBaroque Aug 2015 #53

We must many of the same ppl on ignore. Bryce Butler Aug 2015 #72

You didn't miss anything Mnpaul Aug 2015 #145

I'm not sure I get the point of this. Why does it matter where he makes deals with Senators? seaglass Aug 2015 #78

Except when he becomes President, they will have to come to the Oval Office to meet Cleita Aug 2015 #84

In the job he has now, to be effective he needs to be able to work with others in both parties. seaglass Aug 2015 #91

No, they won't. That happens infrequently, when there are difficult gaps between where both MADem Aug 2015 #105

Sometimes you have to laugh at the melodrama people try to create around their candidate. stevenleser Aug 2015 #101

Wonder how many are wheeling and dealing in the locker room. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2015 #89

A migthty effective way to accomplish things with one's fellow legislators. George II Aug 2015 #93

Since everyone's off about how weak and JackInGreen Aug 2015 #95

Many legislators fly coach. MADem Aug 2015 #112

He flies coach and walks to work... retrowire Aug 2015 #98

This is hilarious. stevenleser Aug 2015 #100

+1. nt MADem Aug 2015 #116

How dare he lunch with the working class!! He must be a (Gasp!) SOCIALIST!! Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2015 #103

The pretzel logic being presented by the anti-Bernie folks Cleita Aug 2015 #106

Yep. If he was a real representive of the people he'd be scratchin' his jock strap and Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2015 #108

No one is trying to "discredit" him--but that story you heard on the radio? MADem Aug 2015 #120

I never said otherwise. It's something said on the radio but it's so Cleita Aug 2015 #122

The only tale spun was the radio one. He buys his coffee in the basement MADem Aug 2015 #129

Stephanie Miller, who is a Hillary supporter, but also reports Cleita Aug 2015 #130

Where does it say he "lunches" with the working class? MADem Aug 2015 #114

Lesser breed? Lower class? 99%? Ordinary folks? Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2015 #117

You didn't answer the question. Where did it say he LUNCHES? MADem Aug 2015 #140

Good for him. I wouldn't associate with them either. Autumn Aug 2015 #111

They have mirrors in there and the others could see he has no reflection. (n/t) klook Aug 2015 #118

No wonder none of his bills get passed treestar Aug 2015 #124

He wouldn't get them passed in this present toxic congress anyway. Cleita Aug 2015 #127

I'm a Sanders supporter, but HFRN Aug 2015 #137

The man is freaking 74 years old! How many people go to gyms at that age? George II Aug 2015 #138

I'm seventy five and I'm going to the gym right now to work out with a group Cleita Aug 2015 #139

Do you have any facts regarding the "deals" that are made in the Capitol gym? George II Aug 2015 #141

Unless Interns and Clerical Staff have a vote on the floor... brooklynite Aug 2015 #148

He knows that interns and clerical staff don't have that vote, but he wants to know Cleita Aug 2015 #149

Oy ! olddots Aug 2015 #150

Ya know, I'm so glad that Bernis supporters ... NanceGreggs Aug 2015 #151

Thanks for the snark. I would think that a writer would know what this is about. Cleita Aug 2015 #154

Play what? NanceGreggs Aug 2015 #156

I started seeing him as a sketch of a great Senator Babel_17 Aug 2015 #161

He doesnt want to shame his Republican colleagues in the locker room. Frank Cannon Aug 2015 #165

Okay-let's say Bernie has an issue... brooklynite Aug 2015 #166