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Hekate

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120. Someone is finally being vetted, isn't he?

Reply to KitSileya (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2019, 02:56 PM

May 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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"Inside Bernie Sanders's 1988 10-day 'honeymoon' in the Soviet Union" [View all] KitSileya May 2019 OP

Gah! NurseJackie May 2019 #1

Can you explian your post? eom thewhollytoast May 2019 #26

What exactly is unclear? It's just the word "Gah!" and the "wow" emoji. NurseJackie May 2019 #31

You are a helper. thewhollytoast May 2019 #55

Insinuating that I'm an "out-patient" and "mad"? That's not very nice. NurseJackie May 2019 #110

Yes, interesting response isn't it? (nt) ehrnst May 2019 #122

Oh look, the word "you" spelled with the single letter "u" lapucelle May 2019 #144

Oh look "Outpatient"with a capital "o". lapucelle May 2019 #146

That's an interesting choice of candidate. ehrnst May 2019 #121

All you have are insults.. Can you explain that?! Cha May 2019 #129

Have a donut, dear. lapucelle May 2019 #145

Can you explain your post? eom MrsCoffee May 2019 #156

... lapucelle May 2019 #158

The "wholly toast"...oh hahaha lapucelle May 2019 #157

Don't let it go to your head lillypaddle May 2019 #63

Thanks! NurseJackie May 2019 #100

Oh, the ungrateful rats! NYT just threw Bernie under the bus. Hortensis May 2019 #41

Has Bernie ever explained Nuggets May 2019 #81

Don't know anything related to numbers. :) As the NYT Hortensis May 2019 #96

Senator Sanders asked for extensions several times KitSileya May 2019 #102

It'd be interesting to follow that money Nuggets May 2019 #105

Hi.. Cha May 2019 #133

Criticizing America on Russian soil .. oh my NYMinute May 2019 #2

Not just Russian soil, but SOVIET soil! George II May 2019 #9

Didn't the Dixie Chicks murielm99 May 2019 #33

No, they criticized Bush so the Country Music folks blacklisted them groundloop May 2019 #43

I respectfully disagree, groundloop. I do not begrudge Bernie as a natural leftist/socialist at... Anon-C May 2019 #62

I disagree...we were essentially at war with Russia...this is not good and the right will have a Demsrule86 May 2019 #159

Thanks. murielm99 May 2019 #161

I imagine this will fly well with the white working class KitSileya May 2019 #46

They only support him to hurt Democrats NYMinute May 2019 #83

That's what the republican claims. GAH. Another take down piece. Taking down onit2day May 2019 #66

It is called vetting and scrutiny NYMinute May 2019 #69

Hmmm, I thought that was Friday from Dragnet. Colombo has one more question still_one May 2019 #80

You are right. I stand corrected. NYMinute May 2019 #82

me too still_one May 2019 #84

If its not this, its going to be his wife's handling of the Burlington College debacle. oldsoftie May 2019 #98

Sorry, it's the reallity of BS' Cha May 2019 #140

Post removed Post removed May 2019 #92

Somebody really doesn't know geopolitical history past and present, do they? Hekate May 2019 #130

I think it was the ideological congruence NYMinute May 2019 #131

I grew up on a street full of Central and East European immigrants RandySF May 2019 #3

EeK Me. May 2019 #4

It's kind of interesting - the article is quite neutral KitSileya May 2019 #6

Not Quite Neutral Me. May 2019 #10

Yeah, I meant from the journalist. KitSileya May 2019 #15

Yes, Me peggysue2 May 2019 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author redgreenandblue May 2019 #5

I don't know. I think that Florida might be a problem for him, though KitSileya May 2019 #8

Florida will definitely be a problem. This state is a refuge for people fleeing communist regimes MaryMagdaline May 2019 #123

Vladimir Putin was a KGB officer in 1988. George II May 2019 #13

:) The visiting mayor of Burlington VT would warrant a KGB file, Hortensis May 2019 #85

Your comment isn't anywhere near as funny as you think it is; it's actually pretty sad LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #18

It was a very big deal for the West murielm99 May 2019 #36

One of my earliest memories was the Cuban Missile Crisis susanr516 May 2019 #42

I remember Kruschev saying he was going to bury us. greatauntoftriplets May 2019 #68

Your ignorance of the subject means that it wasn't important? TwilightZone May 2019 #44

I feel the same way about Anita Hill BannonsLiver May 2019 #50

Same guy who voted against Russia sanctions dalton99a May 2019 #7

That is a good point. KitSileya May 2019 #12

Several times, and was the only Senator to skip the vote to sanction a Russian oligarch in January. George II May 2019 #14

+1, isn't it interesting that his votes favored Russia... R B Garr May 2019 #25

The Senate had a vote to sanction a Russian oligarch back in January. 99 Senators voted, 1 didn't. George II May 2019 #88

That is very telling. Protecting Russian oligarchs sounds R B Garr May 2019 #155

He voted against the Magnitsky Act as well. charlyvi May 2019 #56

... Scurrilous May 2019 #86

Well, Maybe Bernie Was Confused and Naive... MineralMan May 2019 #16

He was 47 years old in 1988 Jose Garcia May 2019 #45

I'm being facetious, of course. MineralMan May 2019 #48

"Confused and naive." sprinkleeninow May 2019 #151

Maybe some people will begin to see what the opposition research against Bernie looks like. redstatebluegirl May 2019 #17

Bernie is not so hard on his Dem opponents. He went easy on Hillary. thesquanderer May 2019 #30

I will NEVER forgive him for what his supporters did at the convention. redstatebluegirl May 2019 #37

I was there and saw this conduct close up Gothmog May 2019 #134

Wow, we must live in alternate realities KitSileya May 2019 #38

Examples of where he went easy on her... thesquanderer May 2019 #67

You are joking, right? How was Obama disrespected in the convantion like Hillary was? lunamagica May 2019 #104

Maybe you've forgotten how brutal the 2008 campaign was, including racist overtones. thesquanderer May 2019 #111

perhaps it didn't affect the nomination, but you can't say it had zero impact lunamagica May 2019 #119

BULLFEATHERS! you're NOT re-writing Cha May 2019 #138

Who is this "we"? Anyway, the 2008 campaign is well documented. It was not a love fest. (n/t) thesquanderer May 2019 #147

"We" are those who lived through it. Cha May 2019 #148

Well, then, "we" includes me. (nt) thesquanderer May 2019 #149

Yeah.. so you say. We know what happened. Cha May 2019 #150

yes we do! (nt) thesquanderer May 2019 #153

uh huh Cha May 2019 #154

Here are some funny videos out there. aikoaiko May 2019 #19

I remember when the Bush tried this against Bill Clinton when he went to the USSR as a student. progressoid May 2019 #20

Oh for heaven's sake. His "Honeymoon" was part of a sister-city visit to Yaroslavl when he was Nanjeanne May 2019 #21

Still no excuse for bashing America NYMinute May 2019 #23

lol shanny May 2019 #47

Cost of housing has several factors NYMinute May 2019 #61

A close family friend who worked in a hospital in Norway KitSileya May 2019 #95

I wasn't defending Russia, or more accurately the Soviet Union. um, "duh" shanny May 2019 #107

You can't defend Bernie without defending Russia in this thread NYMinute May 2019 #117

And I don't believe it was bashing just because some Republican said he walked out. According to Nanjeanne May 2019 #76

Yes, the article quotes Senator Sanders' rationale for the visits. KitSileya May 2019 #32

This is a republican's opinion and republican hearsay hit piece. You're doing onit2day May 2019 #97

Well, saying reluctant is a bit mild, I guess. KitSileya May 2019 #108

Thank you for the clarification. democrank May 2019 #39

What kind of good has it done? BannonsLiver May 2019 #53

Doing Trump and Russia's work for them this cycle. Liberalhammer May 2019 #22

No it's not. Ignoring what the GOP *will* most definitely do helps nobody. NurseJackie May 2019 #34

This is not about policy or principles. Liberalhammer May 2019 #124

No it's not. These are things that must be discussed out in the open. NurseJackie May 2019 #136

Some people think criticizing the Reagan-Bush foreign policy was wrong. David__77 May 2019 #72

it's the opposite AlexSFCA May 2019 #73

Agree! Thekaspervote May 2019 #152

Yes, the More We Fight.... McKim May 2019 #93

Seriously? NurseJackie May 2019 #114

Because what ever Bernie did Liberalhammer May 2019 #24

Strawman much? (nt) ehrnst May 2019 #27

Yes. Much! NurseJackie May 2019 #115

Sanders isn't running against trump. George II May 2019 #49

Never did in this universe.(nt) ehrnst May 2019 #116

The republican snowflake cut his feel feels hurt yaesu May 2019 #28

RUH ROH Peacetrain May 2019 #29

People must really fear Bernie because they can't stop smearing him. pdsimdars May 2019 #35

We fear his nomination. murielm99 May 2019 #40

No need. He will not be the nominee. MineralMan May 2019 #54

If that's your concern, you should be backing Beto. He's the current frontrunner against Trump progressoid May 2019 #91

I like Beto. murielm99 May 2019 #101

I think that you may not be familiar with Vetting, and how ehrnst May 2019 #57

Funny how you can "vet" some candidates and not others. . . . pdsimdars May 2019 #60

All the candidates are being vetted. Some feel like they are exempt. ehrnst May 2019 #65

Bernie's used to it, MSM did the same to him in '16. He just brushes it off as politics as usual. yaesu May 2019 #59

So it's not true? Good prodigitalson May 2019 #106

Sanders is smearing Biden...and...calling it vetting. Demsrule86 May 2019 #160

Yikes. nt sheshe2 May 2019 #51

Back in '83 I learned about living under Soviet rule from a girl I met while hiking across yaesu May 2019 #52

I know somebody that went to Russia in 1978 HopeAgain May 2019 #58

Some of us feel that it is wrong to badmouth the US while traveling abroad as an elected official LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #64

So... HopeAgain May 2019 #79

Yeah, I don't like that either. I didn't like it when Palin did it, and I don't like our people LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #87

Yeah, Obama too. progressoid May 2019 #94

Okay, doesn't bother me so much. HopeAgain May 2019 #113

The implication is that criticizing the Reagan-Bush foreign policy was wrong or immoral. David__77 May 2019 #71

I'm glad he spoke out against the Reagan-Bush foreign policy. David__77 May 2019 #70

If Trump runs against Lucifer himself in 2020, I'll vote for the Devil sop May 2019 #74

I can't wait for all the articles about Democratic candidates who pooped in their diapers as babies. CaptainTruth May 2019 #75

I think it's good to have it all out there bloom May 2019 #77

Ah yes, the Sanders Daily Dogpile mac56 May 2019 #78

Ah yes, the daily supporter victim alarm LongtimeAZDem May 2019 #89

Where does it say Bernie was "used"? That seems like an unfair characterization of a complex history Politicub May 2019 #90

And now the republican meme is: "Russia is our friend". keithbvadu2 May 2019 #99

This has to be satire, right? prodigitalson May 2019 #103

No, it is not. KitSileya May 2019 #109

Then he is absolutely unelectable prodigitalson May 2019 #112

His diehard fans will tell you otherwise... Hekate May 2019 #125

I have some relatives who were B or Brs last time prodigitalson May 2019 #128

DU math melman May 2019 #118

Actually, I think everything needs Cha May 2019 #141

Someone is finally being vetted, isn't he? Hekate May 2019 #120

Yes. Took long enough, but it is finally happening lunamagica May 2019 #127

Loooooool! aidbo May 2019 #126

From the transcript of his most recent town hall on CNN... tishaLA May 2019 #132

No one took sanders seriously in 2016 and so sanders was not vetted Gothmog May 2019 #135

Clinton failed to appreciate the recalcitrance of many Bernie supporters sop May 2019 #137

You're Wrong.. Hillary didn't "assume" anything. Cha May 2019 #142

Sounds like he was being a polite tourist floppyboo May 2019 #139

The GOP had a large oppo file on sanders and there are more stories like this Gothmog May 2019 #143