chuckles-the-machinist
Chuckles the Machinist
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Barney Frank once said that Bernie alienates his natural allies, and every action since March or so when the writing was on the wall has illustrated that. There’s a reason why so few of his fellow congressmen supported his campaign - he was not particularly well-liked by his coworkers, and that’s putting it mildly.

Wow great, he finally came around to Ossoff after the first election, and after he decided to publicly endorse a pro choice candidate for a race that nobody cares about nationally. Truly the leadership we need.

The rights that I have to do with my body is not a bargaining chip.

This is an issue on which there can be no compromise. Up here in Canada, when Trudeau took over the Liberals he made it clear that anyone who was anti-choice should leave the party. There were a few grouchy op-eds about it, a few dissenters, however in the end it was accepted.

Ugh and when he went after Dolores Huerta and Jon Lewis. And the blacks in ghettos comment. And during the debates he was so condescending and dismissive to Hillary it was painful to watch. What sucks is I agree with about 99% of what he says but somehow he is able to preach economic justice while alienating

And yet he jumped down Hillary’s throat because she endorsed a $12 vs $15 minimum wage based on actual progressive economists research.

The older I get the more utilitarian I get and the less ideological purity I can get behind but basic bodily rights I just can’t bend on. To do so as easily as this waves a big red flag to me.

All started when he called Planned Parenthood part of the “establishment.” He doesn’t give a fuck about women’s healthcare.

It is the height of male privilege to decide that women’s issues aren’t a deal breaker.

The older I get the less patience I have for word games. A person either believes that everyone should have bodily autonomy or they don’t. You can personally never want to have an abortion, because you are then exercising autonomy over your own body. The moment it extends to others, it ceases to be a personal belief.

It’s the more of sponsoring 20 week abortion bans kind of anti-choice asshole.

But I think you just can’t exclude people who disagree with us on one issue.

As for Ossoff, Flores said, the candidate “has not taken a definitive stance on some progressive issues” including advocating a single-payer universal health care system, or raising the minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour, and believes that “may be part of the problem for Senator Sanders.”

“...there will be candidates that are popular candidates who may not agree with me on every issue. I understand it. That’s what politics is about,” Sanders told NPR.

Preach. I genuinely agree with 99.99% of his positions but more and more I am realizing there is something really nasty about him. The primary shit once his candidacy was no longer viable really did hurt Hillary in the general and I think he’s more obsessed with his brand than actual legislative success

But I think you just can’t exclude people who disagree with us on one issue.

For someone who is not a Democrat, Sanders spends a lot of time dictating how the party should run. He has been harmful not helpful to the party and the DNC needs to stop acting like making overtures to him accomplishes anything. All of this is just about Sanders’ ego.

I understand Bernie’s perspective, but women’s healthcare and reproductive rights is not a small issue. And treating it like it’s just it’s just “one thing” we don’t agree on, like they’re different flavors of ice cream and we can just “agree to disagree” as some say, is pretty bullshit reasoning. No bueno, Bernie.

He endorses a guy for mayor who’s had a history of being against women’s rights, but doesn’t endorse another guy because he has different ways of getting the income gap down. Both are in red districts, and so both are not going to be ideologically pure. The fuck do you want Bernie? You’re not even a Democrat so you

Great, your article I am sure describes a cure for racism and misogyny! Otherwise fuck you and fuck trump voters. White supremacy still exists sorry they can’t get ahead in a world created for their success. Seriously fuck you HamNo.