Bernie Sanders great answer at Liberty U when asked about abortion.

[Eko]

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Searched for it and could not find it here. If its a dupe let me know.

[beam me up scottie]

1. Bernie Sanders on Women's rights / Abortion

[Eko]

2. Another good one.

Thanks.

[tblue37]

3. We deafies would be grateful for a brief summary. nt

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

5. And us who get "you have exceeded your bandwidth" messages when we watch videos. nt

[Eko]

7. I dont type very well

and am even worse at dictation. I could not find a summary anywhere and it would probably take me an hour to do it. I think it went like, To Sanders: you talk about defending the rights of people against corps, what about unborn babies? Sanders: I respect your opinion, but what about the rights of women to deal with their bodies without govt telling them what they have to do with their bodies. Lots of applause. sanders: also, republicans cut snap and assistance to mothers with babies via snap.

[tblue37]

27. Thanks. That is enough to give me the point, and that was all I was asking for. I would not expect

you to spend a lot of time summarizing--just enough so I could gett an idea of his main point. I appreciate it.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

31. Thank you, nt

[Eko]

6. Sorry.

Here is one with cc, took me a minute to figure out how to enable it, let me know if you cant get it to work. http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4551524/bernie-sanders-abortion-liberty-university

[artislife]

9. I found this FB page

https://www.facebook.com/deafpeopleforberniesanders

If you click on the cc, it will give you closed captioning for the video on their page. They have lots of videos.

[tblue37]

28. Unfortunately, captioning on online videos is usually just gibberish. The brief

main point summary the OP gave me is sufficient.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

12. Raw Story has a transcript...

It's not long.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/bernie-sanders-drops-truth-bomb-on-liberty-university-crowd-gop-cares-about-fetuses-but-not-children/

[Eko]

19. Thanks for finding that.

I searched and couldn't find anything. Props.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. Sometimes if you google a portion of what's said in quotes and the word 'transcript' you get lucky.

[tblue37]

29. Thanks. nt

[Uncle Joe]

4. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Eko.

[Live and Learn]

8. K&R nt

[progree]

10. "Bernie Sanders doesn't care whether he wins or not"

(meme from some threads I've seen around DU)

No passion, just carefully choosing his words so as not to offend anyone, telling each gathering what they want to hear, just going through the motions, weather-vaning it, doesn't really want to be president, just wants to see his name in the headlines, ...

[Eko]

11. If you are going to accuse

people here on DU, at least have the common courtesy and decency to offer proof. Otherwise, you are spouting words in the wind.

[progree]

13. You haven't seen that phrase anywhere? Like in Greatest Threads to take one example?

I have.

"Bernie Sanders doesn't care whether he wins or not"

[Eko]

16. Just did a search for that

and couldn't find it. Regardless, what does that have to do with this at all?

[progree]

25. I don't mean to reignite this, but in case you or anyone else wonders what I was referring to

here is one example -- the one that made the home page's Greatest Threads for awhile with, currently, 162 recs

Sanders doesn't seem to care if he loses..., 9/20/15
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251609286

Actually, it is very positive about Bernie Sanders, for example, "you get the sense that it would never occur to him to tell anything but the truth. ... While the rest of the field prioritizes victory, he’ll stay loyal to his favorite theme, even at the cost of defeat."

But it still bothers me, the assertion that he doesn't seem to care. I agree that he is unlikely to compromise his principles in order to win. But I vehemently disagree that he doesn't care, or seem to care, if he loses. My take on Sanders is that he thinks his best chance on winning (and I agree), is by sticking to his principles. If he starts weather-vaning it and triangulating it, he's going to lose half or more of his support.

And in the above, just to be clear, I don't think Sanders sticking to his principles is some cynical political calculation. Sticking to his principles is fundamentally who he is. That he probably sees it as more helpful than hurtful to his chances of becoming president is secondary at most, but I have no doubt that he (and I) see it that way too.

Anyway, I hope this explains somewhat my passion in bringing up the topic, though I agree with you that it is and was off topic. I really am sorry I brought it up in a back-handed, negative, disparaging to DU members, and douche-bag way in #10.

[progree]

18. Perhaps in slightly different words. Anyway, its really not worth arguing about

You don't like my post, I'm sorry. We had an exchange of views, and it didn't go well. That happens sometimes.

[Eko]

20. It does.

Not letting it get in the way is the thing to do. Peace.

[progree]

21. Great OP, by the way. I really liked it. n/t

[progree]

23. And ...

I have a female friend who doesn't vote, thinks all politicians are the same and the little people don't matter and they all do Wall Street's bidding and all that so what's the use in voting?

I've been working on her to get to know Bernie Sanders and that he's not like that. So as not to overdo it, I've sent her only one video clip so far ... Bernie chastising Alan Greenspan for saying how great the economy is. Please forgive if this is Off Topic (but in case you or someone reading this thread is curious about the one I'm referring to ) :

Anyway, like I say, I don't want to overdo it and submerge her (or you ) in Bernie video clips and annoy her, so I've only sent one so far. But your OP will be my 2nd Bernie video clip that I send her. Probably a lot more relevant to her and her 13 yo daughter than one on macroeconomics, like my first one. Peace and Thanks!

[Eko]

24. Sounds great.

Sanders is very cool. Some people here might tell you I think differently, but whatever. I just get upset when we attack our own especially with smears and such. There is no reason to break down any democrat to build up Sanders. I know I am pretty safe in saying that is what he believes also. You don't need to fear submerging me, I have been following Sanders for a long time, decades even.

[Eko]

14. This is not a op

to bash Sanders, Clinton or any of their supporters. Try to refrain from doing so please. It is simply a post about Sanders great answer to a difficult question.

[progree]

15. Sorry to offend. Bernie is very passionate and really cares was my point. n/t

[delrem]

17. Well worth listening to again.

[Human101948]

26. The Liberty University crowd were sitting on their hands when he spoke about the immorality...

of the Republican budget. Those were Bernie supporters bussed in who cheered most of the time during his comments.

They just don't get it that they have a moral failing when they demand that every fetus be carried to term and then abandon the babies once they are born. They can get all worked up and indignant about a blastocyst but suddenly become cold hearted when it comes to helping an actual infant.

[LWolf]

30. Some people keep asking

how he will get anything passed in Congress.

He just demonstrated the way he works with others across the board. Acknowledges disagreements up front, does not back down, but moves on to find common ground.