Democratic Primaries

thesquanderer

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91. No, Sanders NRA rating was low...

Thu Mar 28, 2019, 01:24 PM

Mar 2019

from https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jan/20/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-nra-report-card-d-minus-most-recent/ and https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/27110/bernie-sanders/37#.XJ0KNOtKjOa

1992 - D
1994 - F (25%)
1996 - F
1998 - F
2000 - F (8%)
2002 - F (8%)
2004 - D+ (31%)
2006 - C- (38%)
2012 - D- (14%) - this was the most current rating available in 2016
2018 - (18%)

I guess their curves are different in different years (maybe due to how many gun-oriented votes there were, or his votes relative to others in congress?), since 25% got him an F in 1994 while just 14% got him all the way up to a D- in 2012.

Which isn't to say that Bernie might not have things that beg for explanation (tax returns!), but a high NRA rating isn't among them.

But one thing differentiating Sanders from many other candidates is--for better or worse--his positions have pretty much been the same forever.

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

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Beto advocates raising retirement age and means testing for SS [View all] VoicesAcrossAmerica Mar 2019 OP

Well that isn't a selling point CentralMass Mar 2019 #1

I'll be interested to hear Lefta Dissenter Mar 2019 #2

heres updated, and actual history. Amimnoch Mar 2019 #66

Thanks! Lefta Dissenter Mar 2019 #88

No problem :) you deserve more Amimnoch Mar 2019 #94

You can't update history. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #93

too little, too complicated. ILLIMINATE the cap(including investment income). pansypoo53219 Mar 2019 #105

Thank you! True Blue American Mar 2019 #115

Trip and stumble over your shoelaces. keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #3

The worse attacks Lazy Daisy Mar 2019 #4

+1 myohmy2 Mar 2019 #37

Perfect! True Blue American Mar 2019 #52

Every time snowybirdie Mar 2019 #5

Old, and outdated speech that has no actions backing it. Amimnoch Mar 2019 #67

I see there is no date for that video in the OP, other than the date of the tweet. George II Mar 2019 #86

There's at least 4 of these threads now. Amimnoch Mar 2019 #90

The pinned tweet on the account references a conspiracy theory lapucelle Mar 2019 #103

Doesn't sound like his kids shanny Mar 2019 #6

That's the most annoying part. Bringing up kids as if the heirs to a $500 million dollar fortune... Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #10

Indeed. shanny Mar 2019 #16

That's not going to help. Kurt V. Mar 2019 #7

It's old. he never did action it, and actually has record contrary to those early comments: Amimnoch Mar 2019 #68

This is a 6-8 year old video from his first run for Congress inserted into a new tweet. hedda_foil Mar 2019 #8

Time is a very flexible thing on DU melman Mar 2019 #11

Obama tried for the grand bargain VoicesAcrossAmerica Mar 2019 #14

Doesn't matter how old it is. This is the 3rd rail of politics and the 1st Commandment: mobeau69 Mar 2019 #17

His actions have done the opposite since then, Amimnoch Mar 2019 #69

Was it a good idea 6-8 years ago? No. It was a terrible idea. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #21

Absolutely awful. hedda_foil Mar 2019 #23

There are people customerserviceguy Mar 2019 #33

Bernie as recently as 2016 had a high rating from the NRA. Blue_true Mar 2019 #49

No, Sanders NRA rating was low... thesquanderer Mar 2019 #91

Thanks. It's a gross misrepresentation of his position on this issue. George II Mar 2019 #87

What's his position? melman Mar 2019 #92

This again? I believe someone has posted his position several times in this thread. George II Mar 2019 #95

He primaried an 8 term Democratic incumbent Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #9

I didn't know that he replaced Silvestre Reyes, I thought it was a Republican. Autumn Mar 2019 #20

I call it a "reverse AOC" Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #22

Beto does not even sit behind a desk. He is not currently working at all. Tipperary Mar 2019 #12

Agreed VoicesAcrossAmerica Mar 2019 #13

He has his own money too. He was gifted/inherited a piece of a multi million dollar shopping mall. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #15

The whole waitress and construction worker idea a right wing anti-education cannard Renew Deal Mar 2019 #18

The more I read about him, the less I like him. Luciferous Mar 2019 #19

Yes this is a seven year old video dsc Mar 2019 #24

Boy it is wrong to insert a clip from 7 years ago into a current speech-dishonest Demsrule86 Mar 2019 #26

7 years is not long ago. Obama was president. brush Mar 2019 #38

You don't lie by making it seem it was in a speech that was just given. Demsrule86 Mar 2019 #43

I agree that it is wrong to post the clip in a way that makes one think dsc Mar 2019 #42

He was running in TEXAS. For the first time...ask him. But my gues is they wouldn't Demsrule86 Mar 2019 #44

I'm sure @clarknt67 will be disappointed you won't be voting for him.. aidbo Mar 2019 #45

This person is a surrogate. It won't be hard to figure it out. Demsrule86 Mar 2019 #46

A surrogate, lol! Do you consider yourself a Biden surrogate? aidbo Mar 2019 #48

The twittering dissembler/conspiracy theorist is a surrogate. lapucelle Mar 2019 #104

This is a ridiculous attack. His words AND actions are contrary to this old speech. Amimnoch Mar 2019 #71

That's disappointing. Still I want to hear more from all. aikoaiko Mar 2019 #25

His most recent positions, and actual actions are contrary to his early campaigning: Amimnoch Mar 2019 #72

There is a much better approach flyingfysh Mar 2019 #27

And at the same time customerserviceguy Mar 2019 #30

You can still have a limit on benefits TexasBushwhacker Mar 2019 #35

Right now, under current formulas customerserviceguy Mar 2019 #36

That does not negate True Blue American Mar 2019 #53

It would be more than enoigh if we did not have so much income inequality TexasBushwhacker Mar 2019 #55

Solution True Blue American Mar 2019 #57

But without better income distribution TexasBushwhacker Mar 2019 #58

Feel the Desperation itsrobert Mar 2019 #28

7 years ago isn't ancient history. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #34

Spin it the way you wish. itsrobert Mar 2019 #39

The only reason we're even talking about Beto is because he beat.. aidbo Mar 2019 #47

here. More recent, and his actual actions since being seated are contrary to that early speech. Amimnoch Mar 2019 #73

Glad he has come around. aidbo Mar 2019 #97

Roflmao. Alright. Amimnoch Mar 2019 #99

We already have means testing for Social Security customerserviceguy Mar 2019 #29

Good point exboyfil Mar 2019 #61

Thanks for amplifying my analysis customerserviceguy Mar 2019 #117

At least we need to start the discussion exboyfil Mar 2019 #118

That discussion customerserviceguy Mar 2019 #119

Yes I was one of the first federal workers to start exboyfil Mar 2019 #120

I doubt the surpluses will last customerserviceguy Mar 2019 #123

Fuck that, I paid SS for 40 years, and saved a lot of money... USALiberal Mar 2019 #31

It shouldn't. True Blue American Mar 2019 #54

If we are bringing up old history, what about the SS Act of 1983? madville Mar 2019 #32

That's not good. n/t demmiblue Mar 2019 #40

Not this bullshit again from BS ers OBrien Mar 2019 #41

Beto's own words............... workinclasszero Mar 2019 #50

Paying a greater % means the employers do too n/t TexasBushwhacker Mar 2019 #56

So $15/hr, higher mandated healthcare withholding, and higher SS withholding exboyfil Mar 2019 #63

The robots are coming no matter what TexasBushwhacker Mar 2019 #70

No sick days, no maternity leave, no vacations... LuvNewcastle Mar 2019 #100

Yup TexasBushwhacker Mar 2019 #106

Well employers will just raise prices to cover it workinclasszero Mar 2019 #98

Do you know what his positions are TODAY? That's 7 years ago when he was running for Congress.... George II Mar 2019 #110

I put the man's own videos that he made using his own words... workinclasszero Mar 2019 #111

It's from seven years ago, why not give us his positions TODAY? Not going to fit the narrative? George II Mar 2019 #113

"Do you know what his positions are TODAY?" melman Mar 2019 #112

They've been posted no less than ELEVEN times in this very thread! Didn't you see them? George II Mar 2019 #114

Seven years ago. This is almost as bad as saying he voted "against" bills.... George II Mar 2019 #89

More disinformation from a twitter conspiracy theorist. lapucelle Mar 2019 #107

Yep. exactly. His actions and more recent speechs are in contrast: Amimnoch Mar 2019 #74

That one will go down True Blue American Mar 2019 #51

Even office workers exboyfil Mar 2019 #64

I was that office worker. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2019 #122

Being from Texas and serving in the the House of Rep. from Texas, INdemo Mar 2019 #59

As of 2012? Buzz Lightyear Mar 2019 #60

More recent discussions, and actual history don't fit the BS narrative. Amimnoch Mar 2019 #75

Needs based behavior exboyfil Mar 2019 #62

Before he was even a Rep. There was no bill, and he's supported bills since then. Amimnoch Mar 2019 #65

In my entire adult life I've never thought this SHRED Mar 2019 #76

He just lost my vote in the primaries kimbutgar Mar 2019 #77

OK, listening to this just now, Beto just eliminated himself from contention. lark Mar 2019 #78

Posted by "Clark feels the Bern" tinrobot Mar 2019 #79

Umm...No LovingA2andMI Mar 2019 #80

I'll still give him time to explain... Locrian Mar 2019 #81

He's already updated, and his actual record since this early, preelected campaign speech speeks for Amimnoch Mar 2019 #84

+1 dalton99a Mar 2019 #109

I suspect Beto will not survive to the second round. secondwind Mar 2019 #82

Bye bye, Beto. I'm the first in my family to ever collect their social security... PeeJ52 Mar 2019 #83

When did he say that? George II Mar 2019 #85

The disinformation you're pushing could advertise you in many ways. LanternWaste Mar 2019 #96

Not the first time this strategy (or is it tactic?) has been employed. See my post #110 here.... George II Mar 2019 #116

Oh come on... not this again... QUIT! Thekaspervote Mar 2019 #101

Somebody already tried this disinformative talking point. lapucelle Mar 2019 #102

+1. Such bullshit dalton99a Mar 2019 #108

Not against means testing for the wealthy JCMach1 Mar 2019 #121