Forward Opinion Column: "Bernie Sanders' shocking hypocrisy"

[George II]

....In both the 2016 and in 2020 races, Sanders criticized Democrats Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden for their support of the draconian 1994 crime bill that led to much of America’s mass incarceration. “While @HillaryClinton was campaigning for mass incarceration in the crime bill, Bernie spoke against it,” he tweeted in April 2016.

He voted for the bill and in 1995 pushed to make penalties in it stronger.

When Kamala Harris went on the offensive in the first debate attacking Joe Biden’s former position on busing, many Sanders surrogates began to echo the attacks. Sanders’s campaign heavily criticized Biden on busing, going so far as to say that Biden didn’t want black children around white children.

What the campaign failed to mention was that Bernie held the same position as Biden on busing in the 1970s.....

MUCH more:

https://forward.com/opinion/439211/bernie-sanders-shocking-hypocrisy/

[Perseus]

1. Good article below:

[link:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/31/bernie-sanders-election-trump-democratic-establishment#comment-137836576|

[jalan48]

3. Centrists try and distract from the obvious.

[showblue22]

4. Who is a centrist to you?

Is it anyone who does not believe in Bernie?

[Bananaluver]

6. Establishment. That is not flying any more cause Sanders is as much if not more, Establishment.

[jalan48]

10. From the Guardian Article...

"Trump represents the dark path of racism, nationalism and division; Bernie represents the other path, of socialism, multiculturalism and solidarity. The Democratic establishment, left over from a political era they don’t know has already disappeared, imagines that a Biden or a Bloomberg or a Buttigieg might be able to keep the whole structure from falling apart. But they’re wrong. America has already started down a path away from what got us here. The only question is which path that will be."

[jalan48]

14. Love the sloganeering. It won't change the reality of our current political setup however.

[Bananaluver]

15. It is what it is. The demographics tell the story. His endorser and employee have a history on the

net. AOC said it.

[Scurrilous]

16. 30 years in Congress. 3 homes. Private jet travel. Lobster roll lifestyle. Some pigs are more

[Bananaluver]

17. Right? And so much more. He had to ditch the "establishment" thing, along with millionaires.

[Scurrilous]

18. If someone would hand Bernie a billion dollars the revolution would be over.

[Bananaluver]

21. Ya? No, not worth it. Can be done without that reward, I think.

I was never a fan of rewards for bad behavior. It makes me cringe.

[aikoaiko]

75. Not really.

[jalan48]

7. Politicians that tell us our current system is working.

[Recursion]

87. Public confidence in the economy is the highest it's been in 20 years

The people are the ones saying the system is working. We ignore that at our peril.

[ehrnst]

91. So you're saying that Republicans are the ones you're calling 'centrist?'

[still_one]

51. Exactly

[Hassin Bin Sober]

9. Yep. Sanders spoke out against the bill while someone else was talking about...

... mythical thugs taking on him or his son with a lead pipe.

[ritapria]

13. Don't be mean to Joe

He needs precinct captains all over Iowa ….He needs our help

[mcar]

33. Yep. He spoke out against a bill he voted for

then hypocritically slammed another candidate, who was not in Congress at the time and thus had no vote, for supporting the bill he voted for.

[redqueen]

59. This kills me.

No answer. Crickets.

I was for Bernie last time. And even though I don't support him this time I've tried to be more than fair because he seemed like the underdog.

No more. This does it for me. I hope he flames out early.

[OneMoreCupOfCoffee]

38. Centrist? The (Jewish) Forward is your idea of centrist? LOL.

The Forward is progressive and the oldest publication to arise from of the Jewish/Yiddish socialist left.

Too funny!

[Scurrilous]

71. Regurgitated AOC nonsense. Everything now center.

[Bananaluver]

5. This is what is so challenging with Sanders as he runs on integrity. We knew. We spoke.

[Scurrilous]

8. Pretty much sums up all the crimes.

[melman]

11. Marcus Johnson

fka "Smooth Kobra"

Link to tweet

[George II]

19. What's your point? You have a problem with The Forward?

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-forward/

?w=600&ssl=1

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Factual Reporting: HIGH
Country: USA
World Press Freedom Rank: USA 48/180

Notes: The Forward, formerly known as The Jewish Daily Forward, is an American magazine published monthly in New York City for a Jewish-American audience. The Forward covers international and national news as well as stories of interest to the Jewish-American communities. In reviewing articles, there is minimal use of emotional language and all stories are sourced to credible outlets. In reporting there is a left leaning bias in story selection. They also failed a fact check that was corrected.

Overall, this is a factual source that has a left center bias in reporting. (1/20/2017) Updated (D. Van Zandt 7/26/2019)

[melman]

20. The point is the author of this piece is a bigot

receipts below:

Link to tweet

[George II]

22. Are you sure you have the right Marcus Johnson?

https://www.whitepages.com/name/Marcus-Johnson?fs=1&q=marcus+johnson

16,976 records for Marcus Johnson

[melman]

23. 100%

Thanks for asking.

[George II]

26. No you don't.

[melman]

30. Yes I do

The Marcus Johnson that wrote this piece is 100% the same one fka Smooth Kobra. It's a fact.

[George II]

35. YOUR Marcus Johnson was suspended from twitter a while back, MY Marcus H. Johnson is active.....

....and busy on twitter.

[melman]

36. That's the same guy

I'm not going to keep going around in circles on this. It's 100% the same guy and that's all there it to it. It's a fact.

[George II]

37. No it's not, but I'm not surprised you're backing down on this. Obviously...

...you know little about The Forward (previously known as The Jewish Daily Forward).

[Cha]

43. awww... it wasn't the Marcus Johnson

that it was "100% sure"?

[betsuni]

47. Uh oh. Auto-kill the messenger malfunction.

[Cha]

49. omg lol lol

Auto-kill the messenger failure.

[Cha]

70. NO it is NOT.

[melman]

73. Yes it is

[Cha]

74. No it is NOT

[melman]

76. But here's the thing

It actually is.

[Cha]

82. NO

[George II]

83. Someone obviously has a problem with The Forward, formally the Jewish Daily Forward. Hmmm.

[Cha]

92. Apparently!

[Demsrule86]

54. You think some here all AA people look alike? I posted a pic of Marcus H.

The guy who wrote this piece



https://www.facebook.com/MarcusJohnsonTheWriter/

The twitter guy



https://www.facebook.com/Marcu
sJohnsonTheWriter/

[George II]

57. Sadly some think that. The REAL Marcus H. Johnson is also on twitter:

@marcushjohnson

They are most certainly NOT the same person, but some insist they are.

[Lancero]

79. Both accounts are his.

Search the referred to article in the screenshot, the author page points to @marcushjohnson.

Search for Smooth Kobra, you'll find a number of mentions about how he transitioned over to another account.

Get a archive grab of Smooth Kobras page, and shocker...

http://archive.is/eQQH3

Smooth Kobra looks exactly like the pic of Marcus H. Johnson that 86 provided. They're even wearing the exact same clothes. And the pics were, somehow, taken in the exact same spot. And the college information matches up between accounts.

At some point, things stop becoming a coincidence.

Seriously though. One was the old personal account, the other the professional account. The personal account got trash canned by Twitter once people started reporting a lot of his old posts, and he switched over full time to the professional account. He's not the first one to have multiple twitter accounts, and he's not the first one who'd rather not be haunted by his past comments.

[Demsrule86]

53. Well you are wrong...I posted a picture of the author above...clearly not the same guy.

The guy who wrote this piece



https://www.facebook.com/MarcusJohnsonTheWriter/

The twitter guy

[melman]

55. I'm not wrong

That is absolutely the same guy. Confirmed and verified.


Also you said you were putting me on block. lol

[Demsrule86]

56. I changed my mind after your charming private message. But you are still wrong...rather

embarrassing that you think those two look anything alike.

[melman]

58. The pictures are irrelevant

And I didn't say a thing about them.

Go to twitter and put in "marcus johnson smooth kobra" you'll find plenty on this. There is no question they are one and the same.



btw, my 'charming message' was in response to a direct personal attack in case you are forgetting.

[Demsrule86]

64. There are remedies for attacks in this Forum...I did not attack you though.

[George II]

61. I notice you keep saying that but that's all. How did you "confirm and verify" this?

[melman]

62. Feel free to look it up

Plenty of information on this out there. Go to twitter and do a search.

[George II]

63. I did. And they're not the same person. As George Costanza used to say..........oh forget it.

[melman]

65. They are the same person. It's a fact.

As I'm quite certain you already know. On the off chance you don't already know it there is nothing you could be shown that you would accept as proof. No matter what I posted here you would say it's fake, doesn't prove anything etc etc etc.

This is why I'm not going to bother linking anything. There is zero point in doing so.


Have a lovely rest of your evening.

[George II]

66. And yet you refuse, and fail, to "prove" that it's true. I wonder why? Yes...

....you won't "bother". Indeed, I'm not surprised!

[Lancero]

77. Except they are the same person.

http://archive.is/eQQH3

...Hey, that's funny... The picture of Smooth Kobra looks, well... exactly like the picture of Marcus H. Johnson that YOU provided.

[David__77]

84. Interesting!

...

[Cha]

24. Bernie Sanders

Link to tweet

[pbmus]

40. Wait for it...Bernie supporters scream, 'a person can change their mind...'

[Cha]

41. It's the hypocrisy!

[QualTest]

25. It's interesting.....

I thought, we were all supposed to be against TRUMP?
I thought, "Unity"!
I thought, "No bashing fellow Ds"

Seems that none of this holds true in many cases.
Tulsi was deemed a non D for some reason, so bashing was ok!
Now, I guess Bernie is also a non D, even though he has run in 2 D primaries,
votes with the D caucus, and campaigned for HRC in 2016 after her nomination.
Seems that does not count.

Everyone criticized Bernie supporters for Not voting HRC in 2016, or voting 3rd party.
Seems to me that we have not even reached Iowa yet and a lot of folks would rather
vote Trump, stay home, or whatever... If in the off chance Bernie were to get the nomination!?!

Are folks more afraid of a candidate who is left in the spectrum than they are Donald J. Trump?

I am undecided as to who I will vote for. I admit I do lean more left than most.
But, I am seeing a rather vicious panic that someone who is not part of the "mainstream",
"establishment", "centrist", part of the party getting momentum is causing a lot of hypocrisy.
(Don't try to be cute by half and ask what is meant by the above in quotes. We're all intelligent
folks and understand the common definition of these things.)

Are we against Trump, or loss of internal power/control, status quo?

I'm well aware that in a few seconds I'm going to be bombarded by "He's not a D", and "I'm a troll",
and God knows what other BS.... But, is this still the party of FDR and Johnson who gave us the social
safety net, and care for the working class, or are we something else now?

Is this the party of "we can't do that", "It costs too much", and "let's not be bold"... Why not!?!

[George II]

27. He actually doesn't vote "with" the Democratic caucus. We hear that but it's been shown to be false.

[QualTest]

29. Oh Pulees

There is only 2 ways you can vote in the House and Senate...
With the GOP, or the Ds...

Now ur just pulling it out of ur butt!

LOL

He votes with the D caucus....
If you have a list of times he voted Against the D majority on various bills.
Let's see it....

[George II]

31. He's voted less with Democrats than people would like to believe.

[QualTest]

34. OK

It's public record.
Please give an accounting of the bills, in his history of voting with the D caucus, that he
has voted against the D majority.

Would like to see that vast disparity you are promoting, and on what bills.

Thank You

(of course versus the number where he has voted with them!)

[Cha]

45. Why does BS attack the Dem party since he "votes with them"?

[QualTest]

67. So

In other words, this is a pure fictional attack, and no one has statistics to
prove that in his time in the House and Senate, while caucusing with the Ds
he voted against them....

Folks, Grow Up... If you don't like the guy and what he stands for, just say so.
Don't make up shite!

[Cha]

68. BS attacks the Dem Party so why does he vote with them, then?

he can't have it both ways.

[George II]

72. For one thing, regardless of not voting with Democrats as often as some would like...

...he doesn't even vote MUCH, period.

He's missed 63.3% of votes (271 of 428 votes) in 2019! So that's at least 63.3% of the time he didn't vote with the Democrats.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/bernard_sanders/400357/report-card/2019

[QualTest]

69. I replied to your post

When I should have replied to the wider post, but at any rate...
When, where, and how did Bernie attack the D party?

This is news to me?

I'm not a Bernie supporter, but I do feel obliged to speak for fairness, and truth.

I'm constantly amazed by the tonnage of negativism thrown at Warren and Sanders
by a very frightened Status Quo!

Just curious.

[lapfog_1]

88. I am not frightened

I am disgusted... It's the tactics and the attacks on solid Democrats

You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be
All right, all right, all right
You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We're doing what we can
But if you want money for people with minds that hate
All I can tell is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's gonna be
All right, all right, all right
You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head

[Cha]

44. Oh Please... all you have is a personal attack.

[Cha]

46. I'll ask you, too.. why does BS attack our Dem party

since he "votes with them"?

[Cha]

50. Where did you get the idea we were NOT AGAINST trump?

[Demsrule86]

52. Too bad...Sanders can't attack other candidate and than cry 'what about unity'...what about it

Sen. Bernie Sanders? You signed a pledge too.

[redqueen]

60. Did Sanders attack Biden for voting for this bill?

I think he did. And due to that fact, he has opened the door to this REBUTTAL (NOT attack).

I'm so disappointed and disillusioned. I looked past so much that people have said about him for so long. I got played for a fool.

I won't say what I want to say. But I'm done with Sanders.

[Hortensis]

28. Sanders voted with Dems 95-99% of the time most years.

Thus the large majority of his statements differentiating his history from those of his Democratic colleagues' are documented to be untrue and could be characterized as hypocritical and dishonest, also possibly delusional since he seems to believe them.

Bottom line is, every lie a politician tells is an attempted betrayal. People who lie a lot, knowingly or unknowingly, are always running for office, usually at much lower levels of course, but they fail quickly with honest people who won't tolerate it.

That's usually society's protection because truth goes mainstream, but the internet's enabled end runs around truth and much of what really is a common wisdom. It's also enabled just looking up statements to see if they're true, though. A little personal litmus test so to speak.

[pbmus]

42. I just don't understand why Bernie is allowed to debate with Democratic candidates....

Bernie is not a Democrat ...

[Hortensis]

48. He often says so, but anyone can be a Democrat

just by registering. Or by self identifying. And that's mostly good.

I recognize that he is running on the Democratic Party list of candidates but pay him the courtesy of not calling him a Democrat since I'm well aware of I-Sanders' decades-long proud insistence that he is not "a Democrat," you know one of us corrupt Tweedledums to the Republicans' Tweedledees.

Perverse dissonance, perhaps, but imo respect for the man's wishes is best paid by considering him a paper Democrat but never insulting him by regarding him as the real thing, even if he does vote with the Democrats over 95% of the time. If he wanted to change his pronoun to "her" to pick up more women's votes, I'd respect that wish also.

[mcar]

32. This makes me angry

It is shocking hypocrisy.

[OneMoreCupOfCoffee]

39. When Sanders loses the Forward, it's over.

[NYMinute]

78. Bernie's entire campaign is disinformation, hypocrisy, unattainable promises

and dirty tricks against life-long and/or loyal Democrats.

There is not a single redeemable attribute in there.

Take your blinders off and see the raw truth with your own eyes.

Since Bernie will not be able to deliver on anything, what is the real agenda there?

[Scurrilous]

85. Exactly.

It's crazy.

Bernie's attacking Biden over Green New Deal, which was killed in the Senate in March. It's dead. Killed by the GOP. And his beef is with Biden.

I could go on...

[betsuni]

86. +1

[Scurrilous]

80. Bernie the hypocrite? Oh, my.

Link to tweet

[ehrnst]

89. ....

[Scurrilous]

90. Didn't change her much though.

[emmaverybo]

81. I am shocked. And saddened.

[highplainsdem]

93. K&R

[Peacetrain]

94. Ahh jeeez.. the hypocrisy

it just astounding to me