Bernie was the only Senator to skip the ACA vote yesterday.

[Cali_Democrat]

Apparently Bernie wanted to catch a plane so he could campaign in New Hampshire. He ended up skipping the ACA vote so he could campaign.

The bill repealing the ACA passed 52 to 47. That means Sanders was the only Senator to skip the vote.

Keep in mind there are other Senators running for President, yet they were able to stop campaigning and cast a vote.

The ACA is an extremely important piece of legislation. Just look at how determined conservatives are to take health coverage away from millions of Americans. Skipping this vote is not the same as skipping other votes.

Sanders needed to be there.

[AtomicKitten]

1. Be careful wagging your finger. Hillary missed 83.5% of Senate votes campaigning in 2007/08.

Plus his vote would have made NO difference in the outcome, and Pres Obama will veto the bill anyway.

You really don't have a leg to stand on with your complaint.

[Scootaloo]

17. Clinton's held to a different standard

Specifically, absolutely no standard at all.

One of the perks of WASP privilege.

[AtomicKitten]

20. Clearly. And no amount of truth and reason will convince them otherwise.

[2pooped2pop]

2. change the title and repost the exact same thing?

digging digging digging. coming up empty. Can't find shit on Bernie but the baggage Hillary has fills a warehouse. Keep trying.

[kath]

8. How many threads on this in the past day?

and how many dozen more to come?

[beam me up scottie]

13. Desperate supporters can't be choosy, plus recycling is good for the planet.

Not so much for DU but what can you do?

I expect they'll be posting this again and again for the next month or so.

[2pooped2pop]

15. I don't know but as long as Kath keeps posting the comparison to Hillary

It's all good.

[kath]

3. Hmmmm....

[tularetom]

16. Wow, that graph ought to shut them up!

Of course we all know it won't.

[NurseJackie]

18. Looks to me like Sanders isn't taking this campaigning thing seriously.

Does he even want to win?

[bvf]

32. Perfect. n/t

[djean111]

4. I'll take Bernie skipping the 497nth ACA vote, knowing it will be vetoed, over Hillary's shilling

for and voting for the Iraq War any old day.

BTW, when Hillary was in Congress, she missed around 80% of the votes when campaigning. Of course, maybe that was a good thing, now that I think about it!
Again, I will stick with Bernie! And it is not like you were going to support him, except for this happening.

[lumberjack_jeff]

5. Campaigning in NH was more important

To the future of the country.

[Wilms]

6. Do you mean to tell me you're not better than this?

[immoderate]

7. Don't look now, but your fly swatter is showing.

--imm

[tularetom]

9. Your point being...?

[beam me up scottie]

10. Another thread, another chance to compare Bernie's missed votes to Hillary's!

[randys1]

11. His vote was meaningless and unless we are willing to hold HIllary to the same

back when she was in the Senate, then this is just tit for tat and we are better than that.

Both sides here at DU are better than that and if we arent, we need to look at ourselves.

Granted, the criticizing of HIllary is endless here, rightwing sources are used as well, so I understand your frustration.

[bvf]

12. "Sanders needed to be there."

Obviously, he didn't.

[PoliticalMalcontent]

21. Exactly.

If his vote would have made a tangible difference I'm sure he would have been there. As it stands any vote he made would have been largely symbolic and changed precisely zero.

Dragging a good candidate through the mud over something so inane is not a winning strategy.

[leftofcool]

23. Obviously he didn't care. Might be why is only polling at 30%

[beam me up scottie]

25. Link to proof he "obviously" didn't care? Tia!

[leftofcool]

34. Did he show up? Nope!

But he did go to a budget committee meeting then hop a plane. You can excuse him all you want but all the Dems showed up to vote.

[beam me up scottie]

38. So, no proof that he "obviously" didn't care, then? If it's so obvious why can't you find some?

And using your barometer doesn't that mean your candidate "obviously" didn't care 83.5% of 2008?

My goodness, when Hillary doesn't care, she really doesn't care.

[NorthCarolina]

14. This talking point is pathetic.

Talk about grasping at straws.

[TIME TO PANIC]

19. Get real!

This just looks desperate and it will not help Hillary.

[ibegurpard]

22. Obviously he didn't need to be there.

Oh yeah... the ACA provides healthcare to NO ONE. It mandates them to purchase increasingly expensive private insurance with decreasing payouts and increasing deductibles and out of pockets and subsidizes these payoffs to insurance companies with public funds. Honestly I'd have even more respect for Sanders if he'd voted against it originally.

[leftofcool]

24. Bernie couldn't be bothered. All the Democrats showed up and voted though.

[beam me up scottie]

26. What does that say about your candidate Hillary in 2008?

Looks like she "couldn't be bothered" to show up 83.5% of the time.

[Hiraeth]

27. The Trash thread option is such a wonderful feature.

[Jester Messiah]

28. Fuck but you're desperate.

Why even legitimize the proceedings? Do you think Obama's going to sign it? Do you think they have a veto-proof majority? Because if not, you're just pissing in the wind.

[sadoldgirl]

29. Wash,Rinse, lather repeat!

Yes, I forgot "it's the optics","he should have made a stand!"etc,etc

This is silly beyond belief!

[mindem]

30. Bullshit

This kind of crap makes DU a total waste of time. It has been posted time and time and time again and you act like your dog eared post will make a difference? Jezus

[merrily]

31. You have to wonder why confident people are so desperate to smear.

[bvf]

33. It's called "whistling in the dark." n/t

[merrily]

37. I'd call this kind of OP something else entirely, but I get where you're

coming from.

[Autumn]

36. I think they are afraid Obama won't veto it.

Which is just silly. Of course he will veto that bill. Even had Sanders been there to vote it still would have passed, what is wonderful is this just shows the level of desperation the feel.

[merrily]

41. Exactly. His vote would not have mattered, so why the pretense that his absence was

evil--and why no honest mention of how many votes Senators Clinton and Obama missed during the 2008 primary season?

On issue after issue, Hillary's supporters on DU spend a lot of time and energy proving that Bernie is better than Hillary. At some point, they may want to stop doing that.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1280&pid=74854

[OakCliffDem]

35. After Bernie Sanders is sworn in as President, he will make up for it.

[Eric J in MN]

39. Obama will veto a repeal of Obamacare. NT

NT

[rhett o rick]

40. What good would his vote have done? Besides, as he told the Senate yesterday, Obama isn't going to

sign a bill killing Obamacare.

[Cha]

42. That's his damn problem. Thank you to all the Dem Senators who did show up for the close vote.

[Bryan]

43. No, I think this is a nothingburger

Senators running for president have scheduling conflicts and miss votes, and the leadership works with them. It's a normal occurrence. To assail Sanders on this, I would have to assume that a) Reid and Durbin told Sanders to get his ass back to Washington and b) Sanders blew them off, neither of which appear to be the case.

[workinclasszero]

44. WTG Bernie

[99Forever]

45. "Need to be there" for what?

Is Obama going to sign it into law?



The only assholes this bit of Kabuki Theater was "important" to, is Teabaggers, RWNJs, and DINOs.

[Armstead]

46. Bernie just doesn't give a shit about healthcare. He thinks it's a non-issue

What a bunch of bullshit.

Healthcare is a centerpiece of his campaign. If there were any chance his vote would make a difference, you know damn well he would have been there.