Bernie Sanders Delivers A Gut Punch To the Republican Agenda To Screw Ordinary Americans
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http://www.politicususa.com/2014/11/08/bernie-sanders-delivers-gut-punch-republican-agenda-screw-ordinary-americans.htmlSen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) went there. While the media is basking in the glow of Republican victory, Sanders predicted that the Republican agenda will focus on doing the exact opposite of what they American people want in order to make the wealthiest Americans more wealthy.
Sanders said,
Here’s the interesting point. You talk about Republican principles. The Republicans forgot to tell the American people what their principles are, so let me make a prediction. Let me make a prediction, and a year from now invite me back and we’ll see if I am right or wrong. This is exactly what they will do. The American people want to expand Social Security. What the Republicans will do is attempt to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid and give huge tax breaks to the wealthy and large corporation. They will do exactly what the American people don’t want them to do. You talked about raising the minimum wage. They don’t believe in that. They want to do away with the concept of the minimum wage, so people will work for five bucks or four bucks an hour.
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They will make the effort, and you talk about the Republican principles are to make the very richest people in this country richer at the expense of working families.
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Let me ask you are a veteran.
What do you think he should talk about the: weather, fishing, how about drag racing
Why is it that only a handful of politicians speak up for core Democratic values and that the best defender of those values isn't even a Democrat?
As Democrats, we should be angry and embarrassed by the fact that Bernie is one of the few who dares to speak the truth but at the same time we should be very grateful that he does.
Thank you for your service, Senator Sanders!!
sadly, too many of our democratic leaders are not traditional democrats, like harry truman, or hubert humphrey. why don't democrats talk like truman...or sanders...or 
i am so very frustrated with the democratic leadership.
On 13 October 1948, President Harry Truman made an appearance in St. Paul, Minnesota, stumping on behalf of both his own re-election campaign and a bid by the mayor of Minneapolis, fellow Democrat Hubert Humphrey, to land a seat in the U.S. Senate. During that appearance in St. Paul, President Truman delivered an address at the city's Municipal Auditorium which was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast.
Today the forces of liberalism face a crisis. The people of the United States must make a choice between two ways of living — a decision which will affect us the rest of our lives and our children and our grandchildren after us.
On the other side, there is the Wall Street way of life and politics. Trust the leader! Let big business take care of prices and profits! Measure all things by money! That is the philosophy of the masters of the Republican Party.
Well, I have been studying the Republican Party for over 12 years at close hand in the Capital of the United States. And by this time, I have discovered where the Republicans stand on most of the major issues.
Since they won't tell you themselves, I am going to tell you.
They approve of the American farmer — but they are willing to help him go broke.
They stand four-square for the American home — but not for
housing.
They are strong for labor — but they are stronger for restricting labor's rights.
They favor a minimum wage — the smaller the minimum the better.
They indorse educational opportunity for all — but they won't spend money for teachers or for schools.
They think modern medical care and hospitals are fine — for people who can afford them.
They approve of Social Security benefits — so much so that they took them away from almost a million people.
They believe in international trade — so much so that they crippled our reciprocal trade program, and killed our International Wheat Agreement.
They favor the admission of displaced persons — but only within shameful racial and religious limitations.
They consider electric power a great blessing — but only when the private power companies get their rake-off.
They say TVA is wonderful — but we ought never to try it again.
They condemn "cruelly high prices" — but fight to the death every effort to bring them down.
They think the American standard of living is a fine thing — so long as it doesn't spread to all the people.
And they admire the Government of the United States so much that they would like to buy it.
Now, my friends, that is the Wall Street Republican way of life. But there is another way — there is another way — the Democratic way, the way of the Democratic Party.
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where they have a month/year PAID vacations... by law...
Of course, not ONE media will ever publish anyone's pointed finger. 
