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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Joe Biden's long evolution on abortion rights still holds surprises [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)42. .....1994....Goodness me...
One gets to go back 25 years for problematic abortion commentary in a Candidate?
May, 2019
Todd asked the senator from Vermont if he was concerned about this idea that people may try to worry about the sex of a child, or essentially, are those types of restrictions on abortions something youre open to? Instead of swatting away the unfounded concern that people may be terminating pregnancies after finding out the sex of the fetus or at the very least pleading ignorance on the matter Sanders doubled down on Todds assertion, saying, That, I mean, thats a concern
thats an issue that society has got to deal with, and it is of concern.
Todd followed up by asking Sanders how he would deal with that in the law? Sanders replied, I dont know how, at this particular point. I would deal with it, but that is an issue we really have got to deal with.
Todd followed up by asking Sanders how he would deal with that in the law? Sanders replied, I dont know how, at this particular point. I would deal with it, but that is an issue we really have got to deal with.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/bernie-sanders-chuck-todd-terrible-takes-on-abortion-837317/
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...One would hope that a truly pro-choice candidate would be concerned enough to be informed what right wing myths are being pushed in an effort to attack abortion by demonizing women who have abortions. Or at least one wouls hope the candidate ave the wherewithal and guts to say, "I hadn't heard that's happening," rather than try to act like they are informed on something when they aren't...
...As my dear grandmother used to say, "You gotta admit when you've stepped in it, so you don't go tracking it all over the floor."....
2012...
SANDERS: You got a lot of great people. I`ve been meeting with trade unionist, independents, progressive democrats, and they are tired of being abandoned by the National Democratic Party. They want some help and they believe that was somehow they can start winning in these conservative states. And what they are saying very clearly is that in Mississippi, in Alabama, in Georgia, South Carolina people are hurting. These are low income states.
And, what concerns me is that you have many white working class people who are voting against their own best interest. These are guys getting hang up (ph), on gay marriage issues, they`re getting hang up on abortion issues and it is time we started focusing on the economic issues that bringus together, defending Social Security, defending Medicare, making sure that Medicaid is not cut, the veterans programs are not cut.
And, what concerns me is that you have many white working class people who are voting against their own best interest. These are guys getting hang up (ph), on gay marriage issues, they`re getting hang up on abortion issues and it is time we started focusing on the economic issues that bringus together, defending Social Security, defending Medicare, making sure that Medicaid is not cut, the veterans programs are not cut.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/53334307/ns/msnbc-the_ed_show/
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....Bernie wanted Democratic leadership to back off issues concerning health care access specific to women health and basic human rights for LGBTQ parents and partners, in order to make Southern white bigoted conservatives in the South a less nervous about Democrats...as if they will suddenly then vote for the Democrat who only talks about how they will have more money if you vote for them, and ignore the whole social justice part of what Democrats are.....
...Not so much a 'ram-it-down-their-throats' strategy, as you have stated Bernie will lead, yes?...
....The thing is, Trump got the votes of people with cultural anxiety as their first priorty (you know, those who are hung up on abortion, gay marriage and immigration of brown people) and Clinton - the unabashed socially liberal candidate, got the votes of people with economic anxiety, so Bernie's predictions weren't really accurate....
...Throwing women's reproductive health and LGBTQ rights under the bus in an attempt to distract those bigoted white working class voters with economic promises doesn't really work in practice....
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Did Joe Biden or any other Democratic candidate endorse and campaign for him...no.
Demsrule86
Jan 2020
#50
Kelly Robinson, Planned Parenthood Action Fund's executive director seems to see it differently
melman
Jan 2020
#13
And I would argue that he has changed his position on the compromise because...
Salviati
Jan 2020
#28
It was a compromise...and the pure among us should consider...the GOP would have won on
Demsrule86
Jan 2020
#15
This all or nothing mentality is quite corrosive. People forget we are supposed to be compromsing
UniteFightBack
Jan 2020
#45
18 to 33 percent of Medicaid-eligible women who want abortions are now forced to give birth
progressoid
Jan 2020
#18
Candidates who have been in politics for a significant length of time
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jan 2020
#54