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In reply to the discussion: "How the National Rifle Association helped get Bernie Sanders elected" [View all]Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)241. Nope. I will post Thoms debunking.
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"How the National Rifle Association helped get Bernie Sanders elected" [View all]
BainsBane
Oct 2015
OP
This is an excellent article. I am waiting to see how Sanders explains this in a debate.
leftofcool
Oct 2015
#1
You tell me. Start with his last vote re: banning assault weapons and background checks.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#77
LOL-- This HELPS Bernie with those on the right, rural types, Independents.
MindfulOne
Oct 2015
#148
The NRA hated Bernie after he voted to ban assault weapons in 1994.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#161
You didn't answer my question about dead Iraqis and American soldiers.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#80
The answer is right in the OP, he was going to represent the citizens of Vermont,
A Simple Game
Oct 2015
#106
Especially since he voted to ban assault weapons and for background checks in 1994.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#247
He always is prepared, it's Hillary that needs to work on her debating skills.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#19
Of course they will. CNN needs SOMEthing to talk about besides income inequality, TPP & climate change.
99th_Monkey
Oct 2015
#118
He voted against it because he thought background checks should be done by the state.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#74
He was voting in the best interest of Vermonters. Explain Bernie's last vote re: background checks
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#82
You mean the 206 bills Bernie sponsored/cosponsored that were signed into law?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#107
bob said: "please point to the bills he's proposed that actually became law"
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#129
Definition of "propose": put forward (an idea or plan) for consideration or discussion by others
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#166
So his name was on the bills, then? Good! Glad we've got that cleared up, bob!
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#168
Hillary was in favour of letting cities and states determine local gun laws:
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#87
Then explain why he voted for a ban on assault weapons in 1994, justin.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#101
You just said he only voted to ban them in 2013 because he knew he was running in 2013.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#108
hrmjustin: "He knew he was going to run he was considering running in 2013."
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#116
Did you admit you were making shit up about why he voted for a ban?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#145
hrmjustin: "He knew he was going to run he was considering running in 2013."
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#155
What are you on about? Did Hillary repost the op for the third time on DU?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#63
Like people who claim they never heard this story but posted in a thread about it?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#164
That wasn't a shot at Hillary. Hillary wears pantsuits, nice pantsuits, not pants
Autumn
Oct 2015
#195
I'm a strong Bernie supporter, but may I suggest that you remove your post. Needs some
JDPriestly
Oct 2015
#103
if I were talking about Hillary, I would have made it clear I was talking about Hillary.
Autumn
Oct 2015
#180
hrmjustin: "He knew he was going to run he was considering running in 2013."
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#117
You said "Well done!" when bob made the mistake of claiming Bernie flip flopped before the primary.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#133
And you high-fived him and repeated his answer to me. Or did someone else type that?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#139
So you didn't type the words "He knew he was going to run he was considering running in 2013"?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#125
ha!! ya mean you were gonna pick Bernie??? ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wendylaroux
Oct 2015
#50
Why go after the Republicans when you can attack pro-gun control Dem candidates?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#23
You regret posting your link because some anonymous poster on a message board
Cali_Democrat
Oct 2015
#24
Yes? So you regret posting the article because somebody on the interwebz made you angry...
Cali_Democrat
Oct 2015
#53
no it is more like what the fuck is wrong with Clinton supporters here on the DU community.
Warren Stupidity
Oct 2015
#181
What's logical about bringing up his NRA rating and then claiming you don't care about it?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#51
Indeed! Only OP's pointing out the non-perfection of other candidates is permitted!
Fred Sanders
Oct 2015
#31
As the OP merely reports, Sanders does not have an F rating from the NRA for a reason.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2015
#36
Ratings from ISIS and ratings from the NRA are equally nothing I would care about.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2015
#48
Sanders has demonstrably given partial support to NRA positions, when ZERO is the correct amount.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2015
#58
And that is interesting. They can dish it out but can't handle criticism or seeing their candidate
hrmjustin
Oct 2015
#97
So why are you throwing stones at Bernie's supporters from your glass house?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#179
My point still stand and is correct. All of you comments can not changed that.
hrmjustin
Oct 2015
#188
Not at all, one person told me recently that Sanders can throw stones.... really, this was typed and
uponit7771
Oct 2015
#210
No, I don't trust him on the issues of guns seeing his support for corporations that make them
uponit7771
Oct 2015
#214
So you don't care where the candidates stand. Good to know that the issue isn't that important.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#215
As pointed out many times, voting records are open for public to see, even Bernie points out several
Thinkingabout
Oct 2015
#136
If so then good, they helped one of the very finest representitives of our times.
TheKentuckian
Oct 2015
#144
And you could have read the article back in July when it was first published and posted ...
slipslidingaway
Oct 2015
#174
Can you even imagine the hissy fit if a Sanders or O'Malley supporter did the equivalent?!
demmiblue
Oct 2015
#200
I have 10 absentee ballots in the first four states. IA, NH, NV, and SC. Bernie gets all 40 of them.
cherokeeprogressive
Oct 2015
#204
I noticed nobody is actually saying the article is inaccurate. Just a lot of crying!
hrmjustin
Oct 2015
#205
Bernie Sanders Terrifies The NRA With Consensus Plan To Reduce Mass Shootings
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#209
This thread was super fun the first time, with the original cast and full orchestra but at this
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#226
Thom Hartmann debunked the entire premise of the NRA lie about Bernie on his show Monday.
Dont call me Shirley
Oct 2015
#238
So it would appear you have no evidence to counter any of the points in the article
BainsBane
Oct 2015
#240
One of my favorite Moody Blues songs! Have they appeared in California recently?
George II
Oct 2015
#269
Meh. At least he's not being accused of breaking federal digital retention laws.
Fawke Em
Oct 2015
#234
Still haven't seen this debunked here. I don't listen to radio shows so i would like
hrmjustin
Oct 2015
#242
Bernie voted to ban assault weapons and for background checks in 1994 and 2013.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#250
And you could say Hillary let Bush use her in his war of aggression against Iraq ...
slipslidingaway
Oct 2015
#265