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In reply to the discussion: Silence from Sanders as Planned Parenthood comes under attack. [View all]beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)149. They did the same thing to Obama in 2008.
It's nothing personal, they just don't know how to promote their candidate any other way.
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"...he said the 'tone' of the staffer in the first video 'was terribly wrong.'"
Petrushka
Jul 2015
#4
If that's the case, what prompted you to BOLD that particular sentence in the article?
Petrushka
Jul 2015
#12
You might do better to question the FIGHTER concerning HER extended silence on the matter. I mean:
Petrushka
Jul 2015
#20
Clinton's have supported PP fully for a lifetime....but you already knew that. Inexplicable comment.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#59
Well, she has been kind of busy fending off all the fake attacks on her lately, left and right, if one would kindly notice.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#66
Agreed, and that is the problem, because the focus should be on ending the GOP and media insanity.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#184
If Sen. Sanders walked on water, there are some people who would say he can't swim.
ColesCountyDem
Jul 2015
#148
There must be many progressives who do not favour or even like to go along with
Joe Chi Minh
Jul 2015
#33
You have many very nasty things to say about other people's sex lives, very Republican of you....
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2015
#70
EXACT same plot as ACORN, this time folks have to grow a pair and call a lie a lie! Everyone!
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#26
FYI Fred, only 7 Senators voted against the attack on ACORN, one of whom was Bernie Sanders
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2015
#75
Didn't the President and the Attorney General have a hand in the demise of ACORN?
Enthusiast
Jul 2015
#168
The President did not ask Van Jones to resign...the problem with people is amnesia a lot of the time.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#169
That is why a women's right to choose is on its last legs because Democrats haven't been forceful
still_one
Jul 2015
#18
But you won't see customized headlines complaining about Obama's "silence" on the issue.
arcane1
Jul 2015
#109
Now, now, Bernie supporters are the only ones that do attack posts. I know,
A Simple Game
Jul 2015
#58
They know good and we'll his record is excellent, consistent, and even ahead of the curve
TheKentuckian
Jul 2015
#29
Clinton has spoken out forcibly against the criminal propagandists who did the video.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#25
You know that is not correct, you know it was not about "tone" and PP said much, much more.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#27
PP has implied that the distorted videos from GOP political operatives are a mendacious abortion of truth.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#41
So PP staff have to be aware that GOP operatives might have a hidden camera on them at all times??
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#44
Unfortunately, yes. They're a lightning rod for this kind of thing, so they need to be mindful.
bobbobbins01
Jul 2015
#45
Nonsense. Besides, the issue is the massive fraudulent attack on PP, and intelligence, being committed by the GOP, am I right?
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#47
Got it. So, agreed, OK?.....So shall we move on to the full frontal attack on PP instead of avoid the issue, shall we?
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#57
There's a difference between "for 40 years" and "40 years ago", and you know that.
arcane1
Jul 2015
#116
"Hillary Clinton - Everything is Priority #1" great campaign slogan. Completely void of meaning.
Ed Suspicious
Jul 2015
#111
Exactly. I'm a big girl, I don't need someone to hold my hand and make reassuring noises.
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#97
I heard it. Bernie did not. Which is what he actually says, which is that he agreed with Planned
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2015
#72
I think saying 'I have not seen the video but I agree with the leaders involved' is the only right
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2015
#80
They're desperate. There is no depth of dishonesty too low for them to plumb now.
arcane1
Jul 2015
#107
Somehow I don't think a woman's right to chose is the top issue for women of the 1%.
jalan48
Jul 2015
#67
Why is Hillary Clinton so quiet on her pro-fracking, pro-TPP, pro-Keystone, pro-CCA stands?????
marble falls
Jul 2015
#51
If she gets the nod she'll have to come clean. What we really need is Dem in the White House.....
marble falls
Jul 2015
#93
Illustrating how a massive Psyc-op operation well funded and co-ordinated can overwhelm logic.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#81
He mentions women's right to control their own bodies in damn near every speech.
arcane1
Jul 2015
#104
Seriously, the sheer effort devoted to this fruitless smear campaign has been quite eye-opening!
arcane1
Jul 2015
#126
Ever since DLC redefined Democrats as Republicans who are good on social issues--
eridani
Jul 2015
#166
Only a liar would imply Sanders doesn't have a stellar record on women's issues
arcane1
Jul 2015
#102
Sanders and Clinton are both strong on reproductive choice, and Bernie was one of just 7 Senators
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2015
#71
It's starting to become an embarrassment. Nothing is too sacred not to be shamelessly exploited.
arcane1
Jul 2015
#114
LOL keep stretching like that and you'll pull a muscle. Esp with your "creative" headline
arcane1
Jul 2015
#101
Bullshit. Any honest HC supporter would admit that his record is stellar.
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#172
Voting records do not tell the whole story of how someone would act as president.
geek tragedy
Jul 2015
#173
No, but a lifetime of passionate support of my reproductive rights tell me all I need to know.
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#174
I can only answer for myself: I don't support manufacturing memes to tear down other candidates
beam me up scottie
Jul 2015
#178
We all know that Bernie is 100% pro-choice. I don't think it's villifying
geek tragedy
Jul 2015
#179
those women are amongst the most fervent advocates of feminism and women's rights
geek tragedy
Jul 2015
#181