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Yavin4

(36,399 posts)
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 05:42 PM Mar 2020

Dear Bernie, your colleagues have to make the tough choices so that you don't have to.

We all know that, try as the Dems might, some sort of cop orate bailout is going to happen with this stimulus package but that's what happens when you are forced to negotiate with Satan. It's either go with some sort of bailout or no stimulus at all which the Republicans are okay with.

It's called making a tough choice, but not for Bernie. He gets to ride above it all on his personal, purity cloud, and his supporters will point to this and say, "see Bernie sticks to his beliefs while the corporate Dems sell out".

It's really hard asking a Dem to vote against money for our beleaguered health care system just so that they can pass Matt Taibi's purity test.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Dear Bernie, your colleagues have to make the tough choices so that you don't have to. (Original Post) Yavin4 Mar 2020 OP
Sing it Sister/Brother! William769 Mar 2020 #1
Damn right Hekate Mar 2020 #2
It's all over except for the whining. This primary is for all in tents and porpoises, over. NurseJackie Mar 2020 #6
Exactly right...Sanders voted against releasing the TARP and Auto rescue money...without which... Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #3
Always the easy way out, eh? George II Mar 2020 #4
Bernie chooses purity over legislating Yavin4 Mar 2020 #5
Interesting thought Hav Mar 2020 #7
That's why he is ineffective. showblue22 Mar 2020 #8
Was Sanders in the Senate today? Walleye Mar 2020 #9
KICK the one UP! Cha Mar 2020 #10
 

William769

(55,830 posts)
1. Sing it Sister/Brother!
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 05:49 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Hekate

(94,702 posts)
2. Damn right
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 05:55 PM
Mar 2020

Someone showing up to bleat about "Bernie hatred" in 3...2...1...

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
6. It's all over except for the whining. This primary is for all in tents and porpoises, over.
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 06:05 PM
Mar 2020

Bernie will NOT be our party's socialist nominee. But the gnashing of teeth, the wringing of hands, and the wailing and accusations of "rigged" and "hatred" will continue well into Biden's second term.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Demsrule86

(71,023 posts)
3. Exactly right...Sanders voted against releasing the TARP and Auto rescue money...without which...
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 05:56 PM
Mar 2020

thousands perhaps millions of jobs would have been lost...and we would have entered a depression.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

George II

(67,782 posts)
4. Always the easy way out, eh?
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 05:57 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Yavin4

(36,399 posts)
5. Bernie chooses purity over legislating
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 06:02 PM
Mar 2020

Legislating means living with things that you hate in order to get some of the things that you love. That's the simple reality of politics.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Hav

(5,969 posts)
7. Interesting thought
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 06:08 PM
Mar 2020

We'll see in the coming days if his absence is calculated so that he isn't involved in any kind with this bailout. He must think that voting for a bailout would enrage a part of his base and he'd be right. If that is the reasoning behind all this, then it's bad news because it means BS isn't dropping out anytime soon.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

showblue22

(1,026 posts)
8. That's why he is ineffective.
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 06:09 PM
Mar 2020

Simple as that.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Walleye

(35,730 posts)
9. Was Sanders in the Senate today?
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 06:33 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Cha

(305,440 posts)
10. KICK the one UP!
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 04:53 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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