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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Unlike Some People, Bernie Hasn't "Evolved" [View all]still_one
(94,925 posts)16. If so, his nydailynews interview from 2016 does not demonstrate he can acheive much
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When anyone works so tirelessly to demean, diminish, tarnish and divide the Democratic party...
NurseJackie
Mar 2019
#108
He just hired someone who tweeted support for Jill Stein a day before the 2016 election.
Beakybird
Mar 2019
#3
These are the people who want to sabotage and destroy the Democratic party.
NurseJackie
Mar 2019
#14
The old "evolved" argument...it's an asset, dontcha know, when prior positions no longer look good.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Mar 2019
#207
You mean like when a Senator who now states that they support Gay Marriage voted for DOMA
ehrnst
Mar 2019
#240
What did Bernie; have to gain from endorsing Jesse, he's from a "small white state?"
Uncle Joe
Mar 2019
#7
Which item is that? What part of Joe's resume you're referring to? Be specific, please.
NurseJackie
Mar 2019
#37
Where do you get that he was against desegregation in schools? I don't think that's true.
George II
Mar 2019
#38
That's like supporting universal health care but allowing the for profit "health" insurance
Uncle Joe
Mar 2019
#53
No it's not. Again, look into the history of school busing and the overall lack of success it had.
George II
Mar 2019
#57
That's not historically true. In many cities forced busing actually expanded segregation....
George II
Mar 2019
#64
Sounds like you lived it whereas the OP did not and is just repeating Sirota's TPs
BannonsLiver
Mar 2019
#94
Yes I did live through it, I was in high school in NYC at the time. Here's part of the historical...
George II
Mar 2019
#100
Actually, it's not like that at all. UHC is not defined by lack of participation by
ehrnst
Mar 2019
#66
Exactly. Although "well meaning", it was an artificial way of desegregating and proved...
George II
Mar 2019
#74
He didn't even register to vote until 11 years after Biden was elected to the Senate.
George II
Mar 2019
#40
He's had many years to get them together. If they were complete enough for the IRS...
NurseJackie
Mar 2019
#41
Show where he promised to keep releasing tax returns after he lost the 2016 primary
Mr Tibbs
Mar 2019
#171
Are you going to confront every poster on DU that won't vote for Bernie with a digression?
TexasTowelie
Mar 2019
#35
Saying that opposing forced busing is being "against school desegregation" is like saying that
LongtimeAZDem
Mar 2019
#78
He wasn't; he opposed an ill-conceived forced busing plan that tore a city apart and left scars
LongtimeAZDem
Mar 2019
#77
If so, his nydailynews interview from 2016 does not demonstrate he can acheive much
still_one
Mar 2019
#16
He hasn't? Does that mean that the things he said a number of years ago still apply?
George II
Mar 2019
#25
He's always been where he's at,on the side of right. You will never hear Bernie saying raise the
Autumn
Mar 2019
#34
I totally agree Autumn, Bernie would expand and strengthen social security and
Uncle Joe
Mar 2019
#39
Exactly so Uncle Joe. If you believe in the right thing, if it's a core principle you don't need to
Autumn
Mar 2019
#42
Again, the support of one's peers is a hallmark of one's ability to work with them as POTUS.
ehrnst
Mar 2019
#61
I agree for the most part but if you're trying to bring about dramatic change
Uncle Joe
Mar 2019
#67
Beto only mentions "some type of action" as being raising social security taxes on workers
Uncle Joe
Mar 2019
#47
Bernie talks about issues that benefit people. If that appeals to the right I don't
Autumn
Mar 2019
#81
Hmmm, he voted for the 1994 Crime Bill, and now he's against it. What's up with that?
George II
Mar 2019
#82
Hah, Clinton whataboutism. Pssst....Bill Clinton isn't running for President in 2020.....
George II
Mar 2019
#90
You're the one who brought up the crime bill not me. It was wrong then and it's wrong
Autumn
Mar 2019
#96
Yes, I brought up the Crime Bill, which Sanders voted for, I never mentioned Bill Clinton...
George II
Mar 2019
#97
I don't comment on articles unless I read them, I read the article and I agreed with
Autumn
Mar 2019
#177
No, he hasn't. Not on immigration, not on gun control, not on the Amber Alert
lunamagica
Mar 2019
#142
That's unfortunate. Evolution in politics tends to be a good thing.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2019
#76
i think if we go back into any of the candidates back grounds we will find an impressive history..
samnsara
Mar 2019
#153
How does he imagine that the U.S. government can and will finance his "impossible dream"
mia
Mar 2019
#217
If BS hasn't evolved, that would mean that he's still the same guy who wrote that essay.
lapucelle
Mar 2019
#218
So how is that 'attempting to build an independent political party' coming along? nt
UniteFightBack
Mar 2019
#231