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gcomeau

(5,764 posts)
34. Yeah like Bernie's are..... oh wait.
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 01:38 PM
Mar 2016

He seems to be able to bring in the money without putting himself up for sale to the highest bidder.

So you have an alternative who BOTH doesn't have their hands tied behind their back AND isn't beholden to Wall St bankrollers. AND is far more progressive on the issues AND polls better in the General Election if we're going to start talking SCOTUS picks.


So how was that excuse you were just reeling off going?

... dana_b Mar 2016 #1
Do you think Hillary supported the Citizens United decision? Cali_Democrat Mar 2016 #14
Ha! earthside Mar 2016 #29
Pretty Damn Easy-We Don't want Our Candidate's Hands Tied Behind HER Back Stallion Mar 2016 #2
Exactly. Unilaterial disarmament is a losing strategy. CalvinballPro Mar 2016 #9
The thing is, there will always be another election artislife Mar 2016 #15
Wonderful point. PatrickforO Mar 2016 #27
Yeah like Bernie's are..... oh wait. gcomeau Mar 2016 #34
He Has Already Lost this Election Stallion Mar 2016 #35
So... NO excuse then? gcomeau Mar 2016 #36
Well, I support repealing the 2A and I still support Bernie even though he is NRA friendly. LonePirate Mar 2016 #3
Bernie has a D- rating from the NRA, seriously, spare me. onecaliberal Mar 2016 #5
History doesn't lie. Sanders won his first election through the influence of the NRA. CalvinballPro Mar 2016 #10
Are you going to tell us Hillary is a real liberal? BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #16
We like links on this site...but surely you know this. nt artislife Mar 2016 #17
REAL liberals??? PatrickforO Mar 2016 #32
He's to the right of Hillary on guns. It's a fair comparison given the OP. LonePirate Mar 2016 #21
Probably for the same reason that someone could vote for President Obama Nye Bevan Mar 2016 #4
Can you explain the history of Citisens United? ismnotwasm Mar 2016 #6
You know Citizen United was about her...against her? They wanted to run a crappy all american girl Mar 2016 #7
That is so far beside the point of the OP. Orsino Mar 2016 #22
You have to turn off your conscience... kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #8
Because Clinton opposes CU... brooklynite Mar 2016 #11
Hillary gives politicians a bad name. earthside Mar 2016 #31
People can rationalize anything and this election they have a viable alternative but still Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #12
+1,000 at least farleftlib Mar 2016 #24
I think right now its hard to know definitively why he does not have the majority support. Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #33
Her platform includes making SCOTUS appointments BainsBane Mar 2016 #13
Not logically mmonk Mar 2016 #18
You'd have to ask a Hillary supporter ibegurpard Mar 2016 #19
Kinda like a drunk ordering another drink while decrying hangovers. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #20
I can see this gollygee Mar 2016 #23
CU said MONEY = SPEECH and WEALTH = POLITICAL POWER. senz Mar 2016 #25
Wait a minute! gwheezie Mar 2016 #26
Pro-Bernie, Against Citizens United. Also against bringing a butter knife to a gunfight emulatorloo Mar 2016 #28
Holy crap ... salinsky Mar 2016 #30
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