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ehrnst

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65. POTUS doesn't "pass bills." Congress and the Senate do.

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 05:12 PM

Feb 2020

So why wasn't Obama able to do it, if it was so simple?

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2010/07/26/president-obama-citizens-united-imagine-power-will-give-special-interests-over-polit

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

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The Escalating Class War Against Bernie Sanders [View all] Uncle Joe Feb 2020 OP

The millionaire? RandySF Feb 2020 #1

beat me to it. wyldwolf Feb 2020 #3

Bernie's weath is only a drop in the bucket compared to how much it takes to run a national totodeinhere Feb 2020 #18

I don't care how candidates finance their campaigns as long as they campaign for the right causes. RandySF Feb 2020 #20

Then why say "The millionaire"? brutus smith Feb 2020 #31

Well I certainly do. One of Bernie's first priorities will be to find a way to overturn totodeinhere Feb 2020 #34

Pass a bill that says Buzz cook Feb 2020 #43

POTUS doesn't "pass bills." Congress and the Senate do. ehrnst Feb 2020 #65

The president can propose bills Buzz cook Feb 2020 #68

Please stop flogging that poor straw man... ehrnst Feb 2020 #69

So if a POTUS can overturn Citizen's United, why wasn't Obama able to do it? ehrnst Feb 2020 #64

President Obama ran out of time. totodeinhere Feb 2020 #74

Did you read the link? It went to the Senate in in July 2010... ehrnst Feb 2020 #75

I didn't say that no other Democratic nominee would try to do the same. totodeinhere Feb 2020 #78

Any Democratic POTUS will nominate SCOTUS justices that will try to balance the court... ehrnst Feb 2020 #79

+1 betsuni Feb 2020 #87

Crickets..... ehrnst Feb 2020 #70

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #72

Well, there's always Our Revolution.... ehrnst Feb 2020 #77

About that... ehrnst Feb 2020 #82

Haaaaaa! NurseJackie Feb 2020 #2

+100000 Pachamama Feb 2020 #30

Bernie's rich HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #4

I'm old. I own a house. That pretty much makes you a millionaire these days. floppyboo Feb 2020 #19

No. Owning a house doesn't make you a millionaire these days, except MineralMan Feb 2020 #21

It makes me a millionaire. I stand corrected. Shouldn't have generalized. floppyboo Feb 2020 #24

That's very nice for you. You are not typical of homeowners, though. MineralMan Feb 2020 #27

I should think its even less typical for people who didn't/couldn't get into the mrkt 35 years ago. floppyboo Feb 2020 #37

It's still feasible to buy a house today, as long as you are in a real estate market MineralMan Feb 2020 #39

I'm going to get really tangental here, but I really interested and you might know floppyboo Feb 2020 #48

The Ford plant was just one of the employers here. MineralMan Feb 2020 #62

I only know a handful of people from Minnesota, so am grateful for the hands on stories floppyboo Feb 2020 #66

Well, we moved here in 2004. MineralMan Feb 2020 #71

He's an old guy who has had 6 figure jobs for a long time Cal Carpenter Feb 2020 #35

Three homes. nt sheshe2 Feb 2020 #60

Bernie has shown throughout his entire career whose side he is on. totodeinhere Feb 2020 #76

attack the media just like Donald Trump straight out of Populism 101 nt Fresh_Start Feb 2020 #5

Election methodology notwithstanding, Democrats used to win the populist vote. progressoid Feb 2020 #55

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #73

Oh, please... The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #6

Thanks a million for posting. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2020 #7

Excellent post Uncle Joe, thx! As Ive been sayin forever & a day they're playin into Bernie's hands! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #8

Bloomberg was made for Bernie NJCher Feb 2020 #53

I'm a Democrat and not a Democratic Socialist evertonfc Feb 2020 #9

I'm both! Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #10

Is America ready for a 'Socialist revolution"? left-of-center2012 Feb 2020 #11

We already had it, "Socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor" it's just a matter Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #13

"Privatizing Profits And Socializing Losses" ehrnst Feb 2020 #80

More importantly, Is America ready to give up on all the gains made by 'socialism'? floppyboo Feb 2020 #22

oh look the multi millionaire is being persecuted yet again. oh when will it end nt msongs Feb 2020 #12

Some folks here seem to "miss" the obvious distinction between policy priorities and net worth. JudyM Feb 2020 #14

You nailed it Judy. Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #16

Engels was pretty rich. So was Sidhartha. FDR was doing ok too. False conflation for sure. floppyboo Feb 2020 #23

Clearly we can't talk about more than one thing!! ehrnst Feb 2020 #81

OFFS! Zolorp Feb 2020 #15

Please let us know precisely which facts you are challenging, if it's not just a vacuous smear. JudyM Feb 2020 #32

Y'all are the ones that wanted front runner status Zolorp Feb 2020 #38

Another non-response blanket smear. JudyM Feb 2020 #83

Only because you cannot answer it. Zolorp Feb 2020 #84

You haven't responded. Reflecting back the same smear is not a substantive response. JudyM Feb 2020 #85

And once aain, you ignore the elephant in the room Zolorp Feb 2020 #86

So why is my support for a Medicare option is class warfare RandySF Feb 2020 #17

It's not class warfare, just flawed politics and policy. Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #33

WTF?? Goin after Comcast instead of fox news? Scotch-Irish Feb 2020 #25

You know what's crazy? Youtube warnings that RT is an arm of Russian govn't and no warning for MSNBC floppyboo Feb 2020 #29

talking bout arms dealers, doncha love bernies support of the lockheed F35 nt msongs Feb 2020 #46

Yup. I think his constituents liked that. Working in the system is a bitch. floppyboo Feb 2020 #50

Comcast sucks and they like fox and Verizon are a monopoly. I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2020 #41

Oh, please. nt jrthin Feb 2020 #26

I think the real question is LeftTurn3623 Feb 2020 #28

The media most certainly wants to maintain the current resident of the White House. LonePirate Feb 2020 #45

Obama is a millionaire. brutus smith Feb 2020 #36

Millionaires are all over the place in politics,it's the billionaires taking over. virgogal Feb 2020 #47

Going after MSNBC now as an "enemy" of Bernie? ehrnst Feb 2020 #40

Here's an article about that. Buzz cook Feb 2020 #51

Ah yes, Fair and Commondreams.... ehrnst Feb 2020 #52

Either read the article Buzz cook Feb 2020 #58

I did. I'll say the same thing I say to RW relatives who share FoxNews articles on Trump. ehrnst Feb 2020 #59

FAIR calls out more other biases and errors as well. progressoid Feb 2020 #61

That doesn't make them unbiased. They are clearly in it for Sanders. ehrnst Feb 2020 #63

This makes no sense. Everyone I know for Bernie is upper middle class, unitedwethrive Feb 2020 #42

That may say more about who you are talking politics with Cal Carpenter Feb 2020 #49

Low income voters....except for older low income voters. ehrnst Feb 2020 #54

Yep. Commondreams is known for their fandom of Sanders, and their lack of such for the ehrnst Feb 2020 #57

Rich people do not want to pay for goods, services and health care for anyone but themselves. LonePirate Feb 2020 #44

Neither does a large swath of the poor and working class. ehrnst Feb 2020 #56

Recommended. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #67