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sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:15 AM Apr 2016

VP Joe Biden is Feeling The Bern!

Vice President Biden Praises Sanders Campaign: "I Like The Idea Of Saying We Can Do Much More

Vice President Joe Biden might be officially neutral between the Clinton and Sanders campaigns. But he certainly isn’t neutral about the contrast between their campaign styles.

From The New York Times...

“I like the idea of saying, ‘We can do much more,’ because we can,” Mr. Biden said in an interview on the Washington-to-Wilmington, Del., Amtrak train he has ridden throughout four decades in national politics.

“I don’t think any Democrat’s ever won saying, ‘We can’t think that big — we ought to really downsize here because it’s not realistic,’ ” he said in a mocking tone. “C’mon man, this is the Democratic Party! I’m not part of the party that says, ‘Well, we can’t do it.’ ”

...

he likes the idea that Mr. Sanders is aiming high, regardless of whether the large steps he envisions to narrow income inequality and broaden economic opportunity become realized in the next presidential term. The philosophy Mr. Biden has advocated within the Obama White House: Push for a lot, and persevere over the long run.

...

“Presidents have always been told by really smart people: ‘Don’t push something that you can’t succeed in — it diminishes your power,’ ” he said. “I completely disagree with that proposition.”


Now, now Joe, people might call you a dreamer or an idealist or one of those nasty, 'socialist' people who think we should have what other countries have, or something! Lol!

It's hard not to when Bernie makes so much sense. Thanks Joe, this is not the first time Biden has done this. A few months ago he told a bunch of young people to 'vote for Bernie, he's a good man'. Wrote an OP about here airc. And on another occasion told another group of young people that Bernie is right about the money in politics and they needed to make that their #1 issue.

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VP Joe Biden is Feeling The Bern! (Original Post) sabrina 1 Apr 2016 OP
That one just has to hurt. notadmblnd Apr 2016 #1
Well, he knows the score. He told a group of young people a few months ago, and he sounded almost sabrina 1 Apr 2016 #4
Rare that a politician doesn't sell his soul notadmblnd Apr 2016 #9
Yes, that is more or less what he said. It sounded as if he was telling them 'don't even trust me' sabrina 1 Apr 2016 #21
MSHRC this morning reporting that Joe praising Sander's campaign notadmblnd Apr 2016 #37
What took you so long, Joe? BillZBubb Apr 2016 #2
Joe seems like he REALLY can't stand the Clintons UMTerp01 Apr 2016 #3
Wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall in the Oval Office? senz Apr 2016 #7
I think the party apparatchiks shoved him aside to make way for Hillary Art_from_Ark Apr 2016 #12
Surely they know her baggage. Huge, bulky, ugly baggage. senz Apr 2016 #13
I just read that Counterpunch article Art_from_Ark Apr 2016 #17
That's a heck of a read, senz, good catch. Uncle Joe Apr 2016 #28
Yes, it's information that should be more widely known. senz Apr 2016 #33
It's weird. He's been a big proponent of the drug war, so you'd think Debbie Schultz would like him Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #30
“I don’t think any Democrat’s ever won saying, ‘We can’t think that big.. it’s not realistic" DJ13 Apr 2016 #5
Why didn't he talk like that all along? tularetom Apr 2016 #6
Actually he has, I posted about his other remarks, telling young people to 'vote for Bernie he's a sabrina 1 Apr 2016 #8
Maybe something has happened to embolden him. senz Apr 2016 #10
I think the DNC brought out the big guns to start unifying the party. If we can like and trust Biden eastwestdem Apr 2016 #11
If that's what they think, that we would do something against what we believe because someone sabrina 1 Apr 2016 #15
Or he is pandering, trying to endear himself to Bernie's supporters, in case Hillary gets djean111 Apr 2016 #14
Could be, but he would be wrong to assume we are that easily manipulated. As I said before in this sabrina 1 Apr 2016 #16
I hope you are right, that does make sense. djean111 Apr 2016 #35
I posted another version of this story nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #18
He's been saying things like this for months about Bernie. I've posted other comments in OPs he made sabrina 1 Apr 2016 #19
I know nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #20
I watched the video about all of her history. libdem4life Apr 2016 #22
WE have to fight hard against the corruption. They are planning to do in RI eg, what they did here sabrina 1 Apr 2016 #23
The long primary has helped expose so much as it should. In 2008 I had no idea of all that sabrina 1 Apr 2016 #25
I just felt the sleaze. Now I can't unsee and unhear that damming research. libdem4life Apr 2016 #27
So, how's that Bernie Sanders winning all fifty states working out for you, sabrina? NuclearDem Apr 2016 #24
Polls, polls. I'm thrilled though with all the states he is winning and by double digit numbers sabrina 1 Apr 2016 #26
He is waiting in the wings..... Land of Enchantment Apr 2016 #29
It could be, but what does he expect to gain by praising Sanders? There is no way I would sabrina 1 Apr 2016 #31
None of them think we are very serious, you know. djean111 Apr 2016 #36
Rec the post. appalachiablue May 2016 #40
"Hello Joe, what do you know?" Kalidurga Apr 2016 #32
K & R AzDar Apr 2016 #34
well . . . who's running around whining "we can't possibly win the GE with Hillary" DrDan Apr 2016 #38
Preach it Joe. Love it. nt. NCTraveler Apr 2016 #39

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
4. Well, he knows the score. He told a group of young people a few months ago, and he sounded almost
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:23 AM
Apr 2016

desperate for them to 'get it' that Money in Politics has to be the #1 issue for them because, he said, 'if we don't deal with that nothing else can be done'. He also said that even the best intentioned people, like himself, told them even if you like me, trust me, the money in politics has a bad effect on everyone'.

Bernie has made that his #1 issue because it IS in most polls, the #1 issue for a majority of Americans. I'm sure Joe could tell tales about votes he has cast, many of them disappointing, which is how I took what he was telling those young people.

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
9. Rare that a politician doesn't sell his soul
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:30 AM
Apr 2016

the pressure to has go to be nearly impossible to give into. I believe that is why Bernie is so popular. People appreciate his frankness and integrity.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
21. Yes, that is more or less what he said. It sounded as if he was telling them 'don't even trust me'
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 01:24 AM
Apr 2016

Well we know he has voted against the interests of the people several times. But I got the feeling he admired Bernie for not being compromised 'like everyone who takes corporate money' is. Bernie is a very rare politician.

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
2. What took you so long, Joe?
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:19 AM
Apr 2016

Of course Bernie is right and Hillary is wrong. That's so obvious to all but the Hillbots.

We aren't the party of "no we can't". Or at least we never were until now when half the party has accepted such loser talk as an asset.

 

UMTerp01

(1,048 posts)
3. Joe seems like he REALLY can't stand the Clintons
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:22 AM
Apr 2016

What is the history there? It was obvious in his Rose Garden announcement when he said he wasn't going to run that he fired some shots at Hillary. He's had President Obama's in everything. Is it the bitterness of the '08 campaign or does it run deeper?

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
7. Wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall in the Oval Office?
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:29 AM
Apr 2016

For ages, I've sensed that Hill is not beloved around there.

We know things that make us sick.

I'll bet they know more.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
12. I think the party apparatchiks shoved him aside to make way for Hillary
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:39 AM
Apr 2016

The last time a Democratic Vice President didn't eventually get a shot at the presidency on the Democratic Party ticket was when Henry Wallace was dumped in favor of Harry Truman in 1944. So that's gotta hurt.

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
13. Surely they know her baggage. Huge, bulky, ugly baggage.
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:57 AM
Apr 2016

What she and Bill have going for them, imo, is corporate funding and a resulting fortune, a reputation for dirty politicking, a hit list with enough vindictiveness to strike fear in the hearts of establishment Democrats, and some powerful "friends" all over the world as a result of things they do with the "Clinton Foundation."

Plus, did you see this? http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/01/how-hillary-clinton-bought-the-loyalty-of-33-state-democratic-parties/

If the party apparatchiks shoved Biden aside, it was because she intimidated them.

Given all that, there has to be some serious resentment against the Clintons. They suck all the air out of the room. A lot of people would breathe easier if that family got out of the picture.

That's how it looks to me.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
17. I just read that Counterpunch article
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 01:17 AM
Apr 2016

And it sounds like those states are getting sucker-punched in the deal.

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
33. Yes, it's information that should be more widely known.
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 03:39 AM
Apr 2016

And Margot Kidder is a good writer. She and Susan Sarandon are pretty amazing, both beautiful older actresses, both politically aware and outspoken.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
30. It's weird. He's been a big proponent of the drug war, so you'd think Debbie Schultz would like him
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 02:48 AM
Apr 2016

I mean, his record on voting to send pot smokers to prison is almost as good as hers.

DJ13

(23,671 posts)
5. “I don’t think any Democrat’s ever won saying, ‘We can’t think that big.. it’s not realistic"
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:23 AM
Apr 2016

...........until now.

This is the "timid" generation, afraid of their own shadow.

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
6. Why didn't he talk like that all along?
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:26 AM
Apr 2016

I'd be willing to forget about Clarence Thomas and the bankruptcy bill and support him.

Somehow I get the impression he doesn't like the Clintons very much. And he doesn't appear intimidated like his boss.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
8. Actually he has, I posted about his other remarks, telling young people to 'vote for Bernie he's a
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:30 AM
Apr 2016

good man' eg, a few months ago. They are in my journal. Not sure why he has made so many such remarks, but it could be that he just doesn't like the Clintons, who knows.

 

eastwestdem

(1,220 posts)
11. I think the DNC brought out the big guns to start unifying the party. If we can like and trust Biden
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:33 AM
Apr 2016

as one of us, we will be more likely to follow him when he leads us back to the party during the General Election.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
15. If that's what they think, that we would do something against what we believe because someone
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 01:12 AM
Apr 2016

we respect asked us to, they are way out of touch with people who actually have principles. Well, actually most of them are.

Biden has been saying good things about Bernie, like telling some young people to 'vote for Bernie he's a good man' for months now. This is just the latest.

For the record, even if Bernie asked me to vote against my conscience, it would have no affect on my decision. I support him because of his long record on the issues. I don't support right wing policies and never will, no matter who asks me to do so. They better change those tactics, most people know feel the same way.

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
14. Or he is pandering, trying to endear himself to Bernie's supporters, in case Hillary gets
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 01:01 AM
Apr 2016

indicted or something like that. And he gets a shot at the nomination.

Biden is, ya know, a corporate tool.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
16. Could be, but he would be wrong to assume we are that easily manipulated. As I said before in this
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 01:15 AM
Apr 2016

thread he has been saying very complimentary things about Bernie for months now. Told some people to 'vote for Bernie' because 'he's a good man' several months ago. Maybe he doesn't like Clinton and is afraid she will undo some of the work he and Obama have done, eg, on Iran. He knows Bernie will not go the neocon route of more war.

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
35. I hope you are right, that does make sense.
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 07:48 AM
Apr 2016

But I do think that it is still assumed in the White House, in Hillary's campaign, in the DNC, that we are just momentarily infatuated with a "fringe" candidate, and that we will happily be herded into the HRC chute, eventually. Because we love war and fracking and the TPP, etc., we were just having a moment.

After all, Hillary's going to spend a rather large sum of money answering all those meanies, one by one, on teh internets. That'll work. Yup.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
18. I posted another version of this story
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 01:18 AM
Apr 2016

and it is humorous. Some folks actually believe he will run as a last chance if HRC did step down for whatever reason.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
19. He's been saying things like this for months about Bernie. I've posted other comments in OPs he made
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 01:21 AM
Apr 2016

to young Bernie supporters several months ago, telling them to 'vote for Bernie' and to another group, 'Bernie is right about the money in politics' telling they must make it the #1 Issue in this campaign etc. So my guess is he doesn't trust Hillary and her neocon backers to not undo Obama's work with Iran eg.

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
22. I watched the video about all of her history.
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 01:26 AM
Apr 2016

I had no idea how deep, nefarious and totally disgusting her past. In fact, I didn't even finish it.

We're totally screwed. It's not like this is a secret...the Republicans will have a field day. The Independents won't buy her candidacy either. All because this was pre arranged. Then along came Bernie.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
23. WE have to fight hard against the corruption. They are planning to do in RI eg, what they did here
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 01:34 AM
Apr 2016

NY and we have to start flooding the NY State AG demanding that the hundreds of thousands of voters here who were deprived of their rights MUST be allowed to vote. Their feeble response to what they KNOW was election fraud, are not good enough.

This is happening all over, and the more Bernie wins, as he has been doing, the more desperate they are.

They just suspended the woman they are claiming is responsible for what happened in Brooklyn, but the NY Post is calling it an attempt to let the main culprit, the Dem, off the hook.

We in NY never thought they would let Bernie win here. It's interesting that the worse voter purging took place in his home town.

People here are livid and not just Bernie supporters.

He will win this IF the people fight back against their dirty tricks and election fraud.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
25. The long primary has helped expose so much as it should. In 2008 I had no idea of all that
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 01:41 AM
Apr 2016

know now. I was an Obama supporter but would have been okay with either one. That is not the case anymore. I thought I was informed, it's embarrassing to learn how little I did know about the Clintons, mainly due to the awful right wing attacks, a lot of people didn't look closely at them.

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
27. I just felt the sleaze. Now I can't unsee and unhear that damming research.
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 01:47 AM
Apr 2016

Makes some of the more nefarious issues even more so. Shocking.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
26. Polls, polls. I'm thrilled though with all the states he is winning and by double digit numbers
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 01:47 AM
Apr 2016

in so many of them, and without any of the election fraud we're seeing in states like Az, Iowa and NY. He won eight states in a row over the past few weeks, and flipped two more. Amazing for the guy I believe YOU said wouldn't last past last summer.

He's won 19 states so far, and Hillary is far from clinching the nomination. Very exciting to see democracy in action don't you think?

Just goes to show you, Bernie all the way to the Convention and beyond. My district in NY overwhelmingly voted for him so did all the surrounding dists here.

Now we have to get the hundreds of thousands of NYers who were purged from the rolls, to be provided with a date so that they can exercise their right to vote here in NY.

Just saw they suspended one woman from Brooklyn, though apparently NY papers are saying she should not be the only one. Lots of corruption apparently going on in NY, but then we expected it in the densely populated areas where it's easier to do.

Thanks for asking, I'm so thrilled with this primary, it's been a blast so far, and going to get better.

Land of Enchantment

(1,217 posts)
29. He is waiting in the wings.....
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 02:22 AM
Apr 2016

No, I have not read the comments because I am replying to the host. I don't trust him as far as I can throw my house. We are saddled with student debt.

And if my spouse who acquired the debt (tripled since the origination) for a PhD in physics (and no jobs available) cannot pay it off (age is 60) we lose our house. If I survive my spouse I am saddled with the student debt and I lose my house.) No, I did not co-sign.

Thanks, Joe Biden for fucking over everyone who took out a student loan with the promise and reward (carrot and stick) of working their asses off to get a higher education for a better future and getting screwed by your banker friends.

He is as insincere as it gets. He is waiting for the fallout of the 'email gate' to happen. He is no friend of mine.



http://www.ibtimes.com/joe-biden-backed-bills-make-it-harder-americans-reduce-their-student-debt-2094664

Jennifer Ryan did not love the idea of taking on debt, but she figured she was investing in her future. Eager to further her teaching career, she took out loans to gain certification and later pursued an advanced degree. But her studies came at a massive cost, leaving her confronting $192,000 in student loan debt.




“It’s overwhelming,” Ryan told International Business Times of her debts. “I can’t pay it back on the schedule the lenders have demanded."

In the past, debtors in her position could have used bankruptcy court to shield them from some of their creditors. But a provision slipped into federal law in 2005 effectively bars most Americans from accessing bankruptcy protections for their private student loans.

In recent months, Democrats have touted legislation to roll back that law, as Americans now face more than $1.2 trillion in total outstanding debt from their government and private student loans. The bill is a crucial component of the party’s pro-middle-class economic message heading into 2016. Yet one of the lawmakers most responsible for limiting the legal options of Ryan and students like her is the man who some Democrats hope will be their party's standard-bearer in 2016: Vice President Joe Biden.

As a senator from Delaware -- a corporate tax haven where the financial industry is one of the state’s largest employers -- Biden was one of the key proponents of the 2005 legislation that is now bearing down on students like Ryan. That bill effectively prevents the $150 billion worth of private student debt from being discharged, rescheduled or renegotiated as other debt can be in bankruptcy court.

Biden's efforts in 2005 were no anomaly. Though the vice president has long portrayed himself as a champion of the struggling middle class -- a man who famously commutes on Amtrak and mixes enthusiastically with blue-collar workers -- the Delaware lawmaker has played a consistent and pivotal role in the financial industry's four-decade campaign to make it harder for students to shield themselves and their families from creditors, according to an IBT review of bankruptcy legislation going back to the 1970s.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
31. It could be, but what does he expect to gain by praising Sanders? There is no way I would
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 03:03 AM
Apr 2016

support him mainly because of some of the bills he has voted for. Not to mention the many times throughout the Bush era where he would appear on TV before a critical vote, talk like he was going to vote against it, give people hope that the Dems were actually going to FIGHT, then go in and vote FOR it. I got so used to him doing that sort of thing, I ignored him after a while.

However, my feeling is he is proud of the work eg, Iran, the Peace Deal, he and Obama have done. And he knows that if she were to win the WH, her neocon friends will change all that.

But who knows, however if he thinks he will win over Bernie supporters, we are way too aware of all of them and as he himself admitted, how the money they took influenced how they voted.

I am really sorry for what happened to your spouse. They have really hurt people with their neo-liberal policies, why Bernie Sanders must win this election. He is the only one we can trust to at least FIGHT for the people.

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
36. None of them think we are very serious, you know.
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 07:53 AM
Apr 2016

And I think Biden just wants to appear to be the good guy, the guy who likes Bernie, and sees how much Hillary is disliked. So - saying nice little things all along is, IMO, supposed to be the spoonful of sugar that helps the medicine go down. I doubt he thinks we all really understand his role in student debt, for instance. He thinks we think he is just Joe, the fun guy to perhaps have a beer with.

My cynicism, at this point, has no boundaries.

DrDan

(20,411 posts)
38. well . . . who's running around whining "we can't possibly win the GE with Hillary"
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 10:32 AM
Apr 2016

who has no confidence in winning down-ticket contests with Hillary at the top.

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