2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Even if Bernie Sanders doesn't win the primary, he has given every indication that he will [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)His ideas are at odds with those of this website. He shouldn't be used as "proof" of anything, save I before E except after C.
He had a facility with language, and he wrote a scholarly column on the topic.
If you want to put a fine point on all this, Bernie Sanders "supported the Iraq War" too. He voted against the resolution when he knew his vote would not make a difference, but he voted to FUND the effort when he knew a NO vote would be noticed adversely. So....whatever. I wouldn't be so rude as to call him a LIAR, though, even though his approach to war issues has not been truthful.
It's quite astounding how "poor little Safire" somehow "got sucked in" to endorsing war, but the woman representing the state where 3K were killed, who only gave the POTUS authority to use as a stick to shake, is somehow mendacious in her reasoning. I think you're saying more than you realize with your comments. But keep defending the guy!
Your last sentence is a real doozy--a "conservative libertarian" was "driven away" from a Democratic President because of the .... FIRST LADY?
That's my response to that...assertion.
Any old port in a storm, I guess, but that logic just doesn't fly with me.