Wed Apr 29, 2015, 02:15 PM
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 Matt Taibbi: Give 'Em Hell, Bernie: Bernie Sanders is more serious than you think (Original post) |
cali | Apr 2015 | OP |
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Response to cali (Original post)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 02:25 PM
underpants (154,071 posts)
1. Marking for later read
Response to ChisolmTrailDem (Reply #8)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 02:50 PM
9. I am happy he is going as a democrat
Response to cali (Original post)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 02:53 PM
11. A bit more of the article which is a great read!
Response to cali (Original post)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 02:57 PM
13. As usual, Matt says it like it is - just like Bernie! k&r
Response to polichick (Reply #20)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 03:29 PM
27. Take it from where it's coming, polichick.
Response to smokey nj (Reply #27)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 03:38 PM
29. It really is hilarious - and we're just getting started. We're in for a fun ride!
Response to PatriceKelly (Reply #35)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 04:27 PM
appalachiablue (27,311 posts)
48. +200 Bernie Sanders IS a Real Democrat, a Roosevelt one, not a Wall Street one.
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That I'd like to have for a Tote Bag and a Bumper Sticker-
-Appa  |
Response to lewebley3 (Reply #33)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 09:19 PM
Dragonfli (10,622 posts)
93. It's all about her, no one else matters!!!!
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Response to polichick (Reply #20)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 04:34 PM
tiredtoo (2,010 posts)
52. Good one Polichick
Response to lewebley3 (Reply #15)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 03:22 PM
22. Really? THAT is your take away from this article?
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Response to truebrit71 (Reply #22)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 03:25 PM
24. Based on the response, I suspect that person didn't bother to read the article.
Response to smokey nj (Reply #24)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 03:28 PM
26. Oh, based on that response I think that person lives under a bridge...
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...and has a severe aversion to sunlight....
But I thought I'd be nice about it....  |
Response to truebrit71 (Reply #26)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 03:33 PM
28. You were much nicer than I was going to be. I started responding but deleted before posting.
Response to lewebley3 (Reply #15)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 04:18 PM
43. That statement is literally too stupid to insult. n/t
Response to lewebley3 (Reply #15)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 04:25 PM
47. LOL You're going to have to try much harder than THAT!
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Response to lewebley3 (Reply #15)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 06:23 PM
Buns_of_Fire (13,520 posts)
82. You're playing to a tough audience, kid.
Response to lewebley3 (Reply #15)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 09:14 PM
91. WOW, Kind Of Living In La-La Land...
Response to lewebley3 (Reply #15)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 09:17 PM
Dragonfli (10,622 posts)
92. How adorable! I just want to pinch yo widdle cheecks!
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Response to lewebley3 (Reply #15)
Thu Apr 30, 2015, 12:49 AM
100. I'm Ready For Oligarchy - Are You? - Vote HRC - Yeah Right - "Won't Get Fooled Again"
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Response to lewebley3 (Reply #15)
Thu Apr 30, 2015, 10:45 AM
marmar (71,042 posts)
111. You have no actual criticism, so you just fabricate some baseless accusation.
Response to cali (Original post)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 03:09 PM
16. ''Sanders genuinely, sincerely, does not care about optics.''
Response to Octafish (Reply #16)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 04:30 PM
49. I think people will notice that, too.
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While everyone else speaks in pre-approved platitudes, he'll be calling out the Koch brothers and giving hell to the corporations.
It will be a dramatic and noticeable difference between him and the other candidates. Talk about "optics"!  |
Response to cali (Original post)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 03:11 PM
17. "But Sanders genuinely, sincerely, does not care about optics."
Response to arcane1 (Reply #51)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 04:40 PM
55. Jimmy Carter had no $ when he started. He slept on people's couches in Iowa.
Response to arcane1 (Reply #56)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 05:13 PM
61. Indeed and that frustration transcends ideology.
Response to hifiguy (Reply #66)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 09:51 PM
LuckyLib (6,211 posts)
95. Bernie is the closest to Paul Wellstone we have. Those values are few and far between in today's
Response to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #107)
Thu Apr 30, 2015, 11:16 AM
115. Yeah. We definitely need campaign finance reform. nt
Response to cali (Original post)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 03:27 PM
PufPuf23 (6,995 posts)
25. Go Bernie -- hopefully honesty is contagious but
Response to cali (Original post)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 03:51 PM
32. That sums up why I am 100%
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behind Bernie.
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Response to cali (Original post)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 03:59 PM
marlakay (7,849 posts)
36. I have ticket to see Matt locally Friday
Response to cali (Original post)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 04:08 PM
37. K & R, for Taibbi & Bernie! Give 'em hell, Bernie!
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Response to cali (Original post)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 04:09 PM
38. This is an especially great read when placed alongside
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Taibbi's recent assessment of Bill and Hillary
The Clintons have always been cynics. They invented a brilliant formula for competing with the Republicans in the big-money era of politics. They brought people like Goldman chief Bob Rubin into the tent to implement enough deregulation to score vital fundraising dollars, while electorally, they used welfare reform and remarks about Sister Souljah to triangulate back just enough of those Southern "silent majority" votes (the ones seemingly lost forever in the Nixon days) to rework the electoral map in the Democrats' favor.
It worked. It was ingenious. But over two decades into our relationship with the Clintons, it's still really hard to know what motivates them, beyond getting off on being smart politicians. They're not idealists. In fact, they were pioneers of a sneering attitude you find everywhere in Washington these days, one that rolls its eyes at "purists" who don't have the stones to do what it takes to win (like voting for the Iraq war so as not to look "soft on defense" .
They clearly love the game and they love winning. They're both masters of it, Hillary maybe even more than Bill. But that's not the same as having a belief system. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/hillary-clinton-is-turning-into-richard-nixon-and-bill-belichick-20150314#ixzz3YjMoSdPR Go Bernie go! |
Response to Proud Public Servant (Reply #38)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 09:12 PM
90. +1000000 The contrast exposes Third way frauds and predators for what they are.
Response to cali (Original post)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 04:10 PM
39. Check out this line... Priceless!
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It's a little-known fact, but we reporters could successfully sell Sanders or Elizabeth Warren or any other populist candidate as a serious contender for the White House if we wanted to. Hell, we told Americans it was okay to vote for George Bush, a man who moves his lips when he reads.
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Response to Flying Squirrel (Reply #39)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 04:18 PM
45. I love that last line "moves his lips when he reads"..
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Response to Flying Squirrel (Reply #39)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 04:46 PM
mountain grammy (21,957 posts)
57. Isn't it though? I had just copied that to post..
Response to Flying Squirrel (Reply #39)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 05:38 PM
67. That is one of the pithiest and funniest takedowns of the Chimperor
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ever.
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Response to cali (Original post)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 04:14 PM
red dog 1 (18,979 posts)
40. K&R...Thanks for posting, cali
Response to cali (Original post)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 04:34 PM
53. With Rolling Stone beating the drum, here comes the youth vote
Response to cali (Original post)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 04:52 PM
mountain grammy (21,957 posts)
58. A great article, sorry about re posting the first paragraph but it's needed for the second.
Response to cali (Original post)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 05:09 PM
turbinetree (17,781 posts)
59. Double YEAH................
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we have a progressive liberal candidate who knows what the hell is going on in this country.
He really gets it and I remember Taibbi's article on this man---great reporting. How the middle class, working poor, and the just poor and homeless are just getting screwed, and every time I hear him say what the issues are and what is causing these issues---yes. Go for it Bernie run. I want you (Bernie) to appoint the U.S. Supreme court nominees-------yes I do. Because this election is about the U.S. Supreme court------always has been, and always will be-------we need a progressive court, just like the FDR court and the Johnson Court-------it made the middle class I will do whatever I can to make you win, volunteer, phone bank, whatever it takes. He has tried to filibuster the criminality of what Wall Street, Banks, hedge funds and the absolute corruption in the voting campaign system (Citizens United) from day one, and how the greed is turning this country into a oligarchy---from day one Like Thom Hartmann says every Friday on his radio show "Welcome Senator Sanders ", would it not be nice to hear him say "Welcome Mr. President" to your town hall meeting   |
Response to Maedhros (Reply #64)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 08:00 PM
88. That quote needs to be pinned, large and up front,
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somewhere.
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Response to cali (Original post)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 05:56 PM
76. It's been many years since we've had an honest person running for office,
Response to cali (Original post)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 06:14 PM
81. cali, here's the link to the Bernie Sanders group
Response to cali (Original post)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 06:27 PM
84. K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations!
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I love Bernie and Matt Taibbi.
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Response to cali (Original post)
Thu Apr 30, 2015, 12:52 AM
101. I don't think Sanders knows how to lie
Response to cali (Original post)
Thu Apr 30, 2015, 01:08 AM
102. George Bush moves his lips when he reads?
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Great article! K&R |
Response to cali (Original post)
Thu Apr 30, 2015, 10:49 AM
112. "Completely honest"? In the US Senate? No.
Response to cali (Original post)
Thu Apr 30, 2015, 10:50 AM
113. Thanks Matt Taibbi, it is Bernie's honesty that might just win this race for all of us.
Response to cali (Original post)
Thu Apr 30, 2015, 10:53 AM
114. K&R Don't have the time left to play footsie with oligarchs anymore.
