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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 09:09 AM Original message |
Morning Jokesters loved Bernie Sanders straight talk on the health care bill which Sanders supports. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. More and more, I'm beginning to understand why I hear people say they can't |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Bernie Sanders says he cannot vote against providing healthcare to another 31 million people. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. He was paid off. That's how politics works, unfortunately. So he's not credible. |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Sanders used his leverage to help people all over the country, not just his state--unlike Nelson, |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. He was paid off with multi-million dollar building in Vermont. nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 09:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. are you utterly dim? |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. Apparently. Some 25 million more Americans would be served by these community health centers. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. bzzzt. if by paid off you mean extending primary health care and dental care to millions |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Bernie Sanders doesn't GET paid off. You obviously don't know who you are talking about. |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. Ah! Another hit-and-run 'Unrecommender.' Coward! |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. I appreciated it - refreshing honesty versus partisan spin |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Bernie Sanders is my favorite senator. He's smart, liberal, and tough as nails. |
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golddigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. The comments section to this... |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
8. I posted an OP on this in GD. He was refreshingly honest. Perhaps that will be the good that comes |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan is looking to open eyes. He just designated '09 'Year of the lobbyist.' |
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suzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. You sound exactly like a right-winger. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Because Obama is black he can;t be criticized? |
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suzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I didn't say that. |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. You sound exactly like an asshole. |
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suzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Guess I was right about you at least. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Look who's calling someone else "an asshole". |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. You may have "scales" but my family and friends had their |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
10. The Hill has a write-up on Sanders' comments, if you're interested. |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Thanks, jefferson_dem! It's below for those who did not see Bernie on MSNBC. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
12. I agree with them, "Thank you Bernie for speaking the truth!" |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
17. Bernie's words and his actions don't really add up. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. He did not get big breaks for Vermont |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. That is the charitable interpretation. And in this case, I'd like to be charitable. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I agree with you overall -- But I do think Bernie did the best anyone could do |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I am disappointed in him, myself. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
18. I like Bernie Sanders he isn't a grandstander like DK. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. Or russ GRANDSTANDER feingold. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
23. Bernie does not want to be a left-wing Lieberman -- But he hates this crappy bill |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I agree. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. Catch hardball today |
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