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2016 Postmortem

merrily

(45,251 posts)

1. Sanders has always had a 100% rating from NARAL. Suddenly, it's NOT GOOD ENOUGH, BERNIE!

Reply to KittyWampus (Original post)

Tue Jan 26, 2016, 06:17 PM

Jan 2016

Seriously?

Her question made it about endorsements:

How are you going to fight for women’s rights more effectively than a female candidate with endorsements from organizations like these…

In reality, endorsements don't make anyone a fighter for anyone. At most, they express a hope that you will be a fighter.

Ratings of a politician's performance, on the other hand, are based on what he or she actually did.

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NARAL Spokeswoman Faults Sanders For Not Addressing Question At Town Hall [View all] KittyWampus Jan 2016 OP

Sanders has always had a 100% rating from NARAL. Suddenly, it's NOT GOOD ENOUGH, BERNIE! merrily Jan 2016 #1

100% is obviously not good enough. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #5

Nice find. There you go again, providing links. merrily Jan 2016 #7

I've had it on standby. beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #9

Coincidentally, I just posted about the meme of the day and how nothing about that looks merrily Jan 2016 #14

! beam me up scottie Jan 2016 #15

It explains a lot about why so many groups have also "passed" at endorsing him. NurseJackie Jan 2016 #2

Yup ismnotwasm Jan 2016 #3

More like the typical bs "gotcha" over nothing that actually matters. merrily Jan 2016 #6

they were planning to go after him before the event even started. that is obvious m-lekktor Jan 2016 #10

Thanks. Deja vu all over again. merrily Jan 2016 #11

Bernie has been a strong advocate for NARAL as long as I can remember him being on the public stage. Vinca Jan 2016 #4

Exactly right. cali Jan 2016 #12

K&R. Guess they endorsed the right candidate. MeNMyVolt Jan 2016 #8

Not according to Reply 5! merrily Jan 2016 #13

It's not a huge deal but this is so NOT a good look. And I don't blame NARAL for pointing Number23 Jan 2016 #16