Bernie Sanders Continues White House Bid

[Bernie93]

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[GoneFishin]

1. Go Bernie! I already donated again to his campaign today. nt

[LexVegas]

2. ...

[NurseJackie]

31. My thoughts exactly.

[Ash_F]

3. I wonder what was said in that meeting with Obama.

[brooklynite]

4. According to the Washington Post, Bernie knew the axe was falling on Sunday.

[Ash_F]

7. Maybe today Obama told him to hold on the for the FBI?

[brooklynite]

8. ...and then issued a full endorsement and signed up to campaign with her?

If dreams make you happy...

[Ash_F]

9. What else can he do? She is not going to drop out.

And Obama would not know when the investigation will finish or what the result will be.

It is compartmentalized from him. At least it should be.

[Ash_F]

11. Also your dreams comment was juvenile

This is a potential disaster for the whole party. Not just Clinton.

[democrattotheend]

47. I would have loved to be a fly on that wall

Nothing has leaked out at all. Probably because it was just the two of them and no staff.

[immoderate]

5. To the sea!...

--imm

[Ash_F]

6. He said his main argument in D.C. is that they should have statehood

He pointed out that it has a similar population as Vermont, yet has little representation in congress.

It is great that he is doing this. I don't know if Clinton has the same position, but there is no way she would even give this a word if not for him.

[FSogol]

10. Actually HRC has long been a proponent of voting rights for DC

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

"Giving the 600,000 residents of the District of Columbia their fair representation in Congress is long overdue. It is why I applaud the House of Representatives for finally passing the DC Voting Rights Act today. Our nation was born out of a struggle against taxation without representation. And yet, even as we endeavor to promote democracy around the world, it is shameful that we deny our own American citizens who live in the District the right to voting representation in Congress. This injustice tarnishes our democracy as a whole. The right to be represented in the national legislature is fundamental to our core American values. I hope the Senate will act swiftly to pass the DC Voting Rights Act and that the President will not delay in signing this long overdue legislation into law." –Then Senator Clinton’s Statement about the 2007 DC Voting Rights Act (2007)

In 2015, when asked about her support of DC by Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, Clinton told her, “I have always been with you, Eleanor. Of course I support D.C. statehood.”

Sanders first mentioned it in 2015

http://www.dcvote.org/blog/where-do-current-presidential-candidates-stand-dc-equality

[Ash_F]

15. Not the same thing

The District of Columbia Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act of 2007 (H.R. 328) was the first to propose granting the District of Columbia voting representation in the House of Representatives while also temporarily adding an extra seat to Republican-leaning Utah to increase the membership of the House by two. The addition of an extra seat for Utah was meant to entice conservative lawmakers into voting for the bill by balancing the addition of a likely-Democratic representative from the District. The bill still did not make it out of committee.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_voting_rights

[FSogol]

19. It was a support of restoring voting rights. n/t

[Ash_F]

20. It's something. Credit is due. But Sanders is asking for much more.

[FSogol]

21. When asked by Eleanor Holmes Norton, HRC clarified that she was for Statehood.

They both have the same position.

[Blue_Tires]

12. The statehood issue has come up regularly

And the answer remains the same: D.C. needs to get their house in order and show that they're worthy of having it...

[Ash_F]

16. What do you mean by this?

[FSogol]

17. And NJ and Mississippi don't have to get their houses in order?

Did you forget the sarcasm smilie because you essentially saying that DC residents aren't "worthy" of having the right to vote?

[Blue_Tires]

24. I'm referring to D.C. city government

Which has been a dumpster fire of corruption, graft, embezzlement and mismanagement for 40+ years now...

As a "state" there are some criteria they'd have to meet. I'm not making this up or just pissing on D.C. residents, this is just how the discussion goes...

[FSogol]

25. You are tragically uninformed. The current DC govt is doing a nice job.

DC has a better track record than the State of Illinois.

[Blue_Tires]

49. Oh, am I??

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/as-cloud-of-corruption-passes-in-dc-regular-dysfunction-back-in-spotlight/2015/08/02/c1006fb2-37ad-11e5-9739-170df8af8eb9_story.html

I've lived there, and my dad's entire family is from there... Please keep telling me how misinformed I am....

I guess Metro and the school system magically fixed themselves too without anybody noticing?

[FSogol]

50. The Metro is also the responsibility of VA/MD who like the Federal Govt never

seem to put enough funds into the system to keep it running, but nice try trying to justify keeping a group of African Americans from having the right to vote.

[Blue_Tires]

54. Nice Strawman, considering I am African American

Black folks in D.C. can't vote? I guess the mayor, city council and president appoint themselves?? As for congress, it's no secret and everyone knows what they're giving up when moving to the District, and believe me, nobody is holding a gun to their heads, preventing them from moving a few miles across the border...

Instead of statehood, the most logical solution would be to return them to Maryland, but Annapolis has repeatedly said they want no part of that headache...

[FSogol]

56. It's really amazing that someone with 45k posts on DU is against Americans having

Congressional representation.

[brooklynite]

14. "Clinton touts support for DC statehood in op-ed"

Hillary Clinton backed the push to grant statehood to Washington, D.C., and lambasted “right-wing ideologues in Congress” for meddling in its affairs in a new op-ed written just a month before the district’s Democratic primary.

The Democratic front-runner promised to be a “vocal champion for D.C. statehood” in a Wednesday piece published in The Washington Informer, an African-American newspaper that serves the metro area.

“Lacking representatives with voting power, the District of Columbia is often neglected when it comes to federal appropriations,” she wrote.

“Washingtonians are Americans, too, and it’s time they had a say in their own status.”

The Hill, May 11

[Ash_F]

18. Thought so. Good thing she ran against someone like Sanders.

[leftofcool]

32. DC Statehood is impossible with half in one State and half in another.

Bernie is smart enough to know this.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. ...

[bravenak]

22. Hiroo!!! Come home! The war is long over!!!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

29. Somebody alerted on Hiroo.

SMH

[bravenak]

30. Somebody needs a history lesson...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

35. ...

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/onoda.html

[bravenak]

37. That MF was bout it

[DemocratSinceBirth]

38. We ain't about that life.

[bravenak]

40. We too soft!!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

41. He spent thirty years on the lam. He could have given Whitey Bulger tips

Hiroo Onoda is awesome because he's also completely fucking insane. This guy fought World War II for 30 fucking years, which is a claim that not even some of the most hardcore fucking WWII re-enactors can make. He survived in the jungle for three decades with no supplies, no reinforcements, and no official orders, he refused to give up even when pretty much everybody from the Emperor to his own mother were telling him to come home, and he basically represents the physical embodiment of the mantra "refuse to lose". As far as I'm concerned, that's pretty badass.



http://www.badassoftheweek.com/onoda.html

[bravenak]

42. Like harder than John Rambo, yo

I wonder if they made a movie of it? I wanna see it.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

43. I bet the Eight Tray Gangster Crips would have made him an honorary member.

[bravenak]

44. OG. He put in work, son. He could run them streets

[grossproffit]

26. Results of Jury

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[DemocratSinceBirth]

27. SMH

[Maru Kitteh]

34. well somebody lost their alert privledges! lol.

[Quayblue]

39. Lol

[bigwillq]

23. He should through DC

And then concede and endorse Hillary Clinton.

[moth33]

28. Interesting...

I don't know...I mean, maybe he'll be a good push. Or he'll hurt the Dems...

I took this poll that showed that people think he would use his power best in office. But when I looked at the questions, I realized I really do have faith in Hillary: http://powerinthepubliceye.org/

[kadaholo]

33. Go Bernie!

[senz]

36. Bernie knows that Hill has not won.

He also knows how precarious her position is.

And he knows that his millions of supporters want him to stay in the primary until a nominee has been officially decided.

Anybody who doesn't like that can take a nice vacation until July 25th.

[Tarc]

48. 5 days

[Demsrule86]

53. Stay in the primary and do what?

He has lost by all measures...all he does now is help Trump and as each day goes by, he looks worse and worse to all but the most passionate groupies.

[Barack_America]

45. Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.

I agree with this strategy.

[jcgoldie]

46. In other news...

The Carolina Panthers are still game-planning for the super bowl.

[stonecutter357]

51. second is the first loser.

[Live and Learn]

58. I think America is the loser. nt

[Orsino]

52. Establishment continues marginalizing his message. n/t

[senz]

55. I know. He is up against incredible evil. Coarse money and power

that smashes the weak and powerless.

But he represents millions and the movement will grow. Eventually we will take them down.

[Live and Learn]

57. +10,000 nt