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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: So Bernie, what was your 2007 vote against the immigration reform bill really about? [View all]UglyGreed
(7,661 posts)37. We all should be proud to let
people live like this...... by the way they pay their bosses for the honor to do so......
Some people say a man is made outta' mud
A poor man's made outta' muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number 9 coal
And the store boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
If you see me comin', better step aside
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't a-get you, then the left one will
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store.
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So Bernie, what was your 2007 vote against the immigration reform bill really about? [View all]
bigtree
Feb 2016
OP
of course, the latter was their opinion which Sanders leveraged for his later explanation
bigtree
Feb 2016
#10
That's funny, O'Malley disagreed with your take on Hillary and immigration:
beam me up scottie
Feb 2016
#15
Pathetic. Obviously he could have had more than one reason for voting against it.
Vattel
Feb 2016
#11
Then if you think his vote was WRONG, then I conclude that you LOVE slave labor for foreign workers!
cascadiance
Feb 2016
#33
Well, you and SOME of them may accusations of Bernie against immigration reform based on that vote!
cascadiance
Feb 2016
#35
The article tried to posit that Bernie CHANGED his story about guest worker programs...
cascadiance
Feb 2016
#38
Look, I do believe that we ALL want immigration reform. Hillary folk, stop trying to divide us!
cascadiance
Feb 2016
#40
Tell me what you think it's about. Do you really believe Sanders is a racist?
DisgustipatedinCA
Feb 2016
#24
No, I'm not alerting on anything, and of course you don't have to answer. But...
DisgustipatedinCA
Feb 2016
#29
It was probably about what some republican attached to what was an otherwise good bill.
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2016
#31