Bernie Sanders on Donald Trump in 1990

[StrictlyRockers]

Here's Bernie in 1990, 26 years ago, talking about the disparity between the coverage in the mainstream media of Donald Trump vs starvation in the third world.

[Lucinda]

1. What has he done about the issue in the past quarter century? n/t

[merrily]

2. As much as any other U.S. Senator, if not more.

For one thing, he wrote an amendment to Obamacare and got it passed, which provided millions of dollars of health care for poor people who would otherwise have "fallen between the cracks."of

And what do you suppose he was trying to accomplish making that speech? If Warren had made that speech, most of DU would be cheering it.

It's funny that some DUers fault one Senator for not doing more than the other 99, plus the House and the Oval Office, instead of wondering if the system is really working for anyone but plutocrats.

BTW, we're not supposed to keep fighting the primary. I doubt if, three years ago, anyone would have carped about Sanders making that speech.

[Lucinda]

4. I have no problem with his speech or his ideas

I do have issues with his lack of results after 25 years in congress.
My comment has nothing to do with the primaries....and everything to do with long term congress members and results.

[merrily]

6. My prior post already addressed both those comments.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

3. Please lay off Bernie... thank you.

[Lucinda]

5. My taxes help pay his salary and perks. I have every right to question the

results of every congress member.

[merrily]

8. Sheer coincidence that a speech with which you have no problem made you pick Bernie, out of 535,

to "question." Come on, now.

BTW, didn't you sign the new DU pledge?

[Lucinda]

9. It showed up on my feed when I logged in to the site.

I happen to know a bit about his record so I responded. Sometimes a post is just a post.

[merrily]

10. "It" being a speech with which you say you have no problem showed up on your feed

and that prompted you to bash Bernie? ok

[Lucinda]

16. Is discussing his record, bashing? Interesting... n/t

[merrily]

18. Sure, because there is nothing pejorative in claiming he did nothing for 25 years. Jeebus, just

own it. The intent of your replies 1 and 4 could not be more obvious. You'd be better off if you either own it or just quietly "slink" on the issue.

Disingenuousness tends not to do anyone any favors, but can make someone look worse.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

13. My Federal taxes helped pay for Hillary's salary and perks... so you're sayin we're free to question the results of her stint as Sec of State? Nonsense!

[Lucinda]

15. Of course you are. n/t

[merrily]

7. I guess only one side gets to re-litigate the primary, though I am not sure

why it wants to.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

12. Yup yup... the blatant double standard is ridiculous.

[Scootaloo]

11. Assuredly more than you ever have or will.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

14. LMAO... good one!

[Lucinda]

17. And you know this, how? n/t

[merrily]

20. You're free to refute Scootaloo.

[StrictlyRockers]

21. Seven posts in my thread in 15 min? Do you really care this much, or do you get paid by the post?

Just wondering.

[Scootaloo]

22. Deduction

Bernie Sanders was mayor of Burlington for eight years, a Vermont Congressman for sixteen, has been a Senator for nine. He's done enough for the people who put him in those offices that they keep re-electing him.

You on the other hand, are some rando off the internet who is complaining about that same guy for no actual reason.

One of you has certainly accomplished much more, for more people, than the other has. And I'm going to put my money on the person who isn't currently engaged in some keyboard-assisted self-gratification on an internet messageboard.

[Old Crow]

23. LOL! ~mic drop~ (N/T)

[StrictlyRockers]

29. BOOM goes the dynamite!

And someone got so blowed up that she stopped posting.

gg troll

[PoliticalMalcontent]

24. I think sometimes all you can do is bring attention to an issue and hope people pay attention.

Whether people pay attention or not is entirely up to them. Some people have a habit of taking facts and actively discarding them. Not much to be done in those circumstances.

Just keep shining a light where it needs to be shined, even if it rankles people.

[thesquanderer]

32. So unless one can single-handedly end world hunger, one shouldn't speak about it?

World hunger is not exactly a congressional priority. It's more the purview of charitable organizations. Taking advantage of opportune moments to raise awareness is still doing something.

[StrictlyRockers]

19. This post was made in an effort to highlight just how prescient and consistent Bernie has been

He has made a huuge effort over the years to call attention to very serious national and worldwide issues of inequality and even starvation.

How interesting that Sanders has been calling out the media for decades for its obsession with giving Trump a free platform to promote himself. Here's an article from MarketWatch that says Trump has gotten almost $3 BILLION in free advertising from the mainstream media in the past year.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-has-gotten-nearly-3-billion-in-free-advertising-2016-05-06

This post is meant to be a celebration of Bernie. I celebrate all he has done to bring attention to the plight of poor people. I celebrate that he has consistently and clearly called out the American press for focusing on trivialities.

For the record, I like Hillary, and I think it's really ugly when we engage here in internecine warfare to try to make some point.

[pkdu]

25. What has Hillary/Bernie said/done to change your mind from "going back to Green after the Primary"

which was your stated intent.

[Betty Karlson]

26. There are more explanations possible, you know?

Something Trump said?

Some exchange on this forum or other?

You should know by now that especially for the Berners, this has never been about just Bernie, but about issues and policies. About expectations, about calculations and considerations, and records, and probabilities. So now that we are supposedly uniting, perhaps we can focus on those for a bit? Not rehash things that were said during the primaries? (Especially when that is a flagrant violation of the site's TOS?)

Fair enough?

[pkdu]

27. ..and ..just what as ANY of that to do with a decades old video of Bernie?

Please enlighten me.

[Betty Karlson]

28. I was referring to the way you brought up something the other poster had said during the primaries

and how your question seemed to limit the scope and field of possible answers.

[StrictlyRockers]

30. Thom Hartman convinced me to take over the Democratic Party from the inside and make it progressive.

I'm going to local meetings. What action have you taken to improve the Democratic Party?

[Wednesdays]

31. K&R

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