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msongs

(67,395 posts)
10. in 73 years Bernie has NEVER been a democrat NEVER not once EVER. oh wait now
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 02:52 PM
Apr 2016

after 73 years of NOT being a democrat he has $uddenly become one .

 

GeorgiaPeanuts

(2,353 posts)
5. Getting any better at what?
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 02:39 PM
Apr 2016

If she wants to claim Bernie isn't really a Democrat, then she should explain why she was ever a republican. Seems like she has kept all her views from her republican days except a little evolution on social issues though not much.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
8. C'mon, that was decades ago ...
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 02:47 PM
Apr 2016

She's a Bush girl now! She cheered him on when he lied the country into war.

TheDormouse

(1,168 posts)
12. Hillary clings to Republican-lite policies even NOW
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 03:05 PM
Apr 2016

so no need to go back to the 60s.

- against national $15/hr minimum wage
- against reinstating Glass-Steagall Act
- refuses to even sign pledge not to take oil & gas money

progressoid

(49,983 posts)
13. Meh, this isn't really a thing.
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 03:13 PM
Apr 2016

Of the reasons to oppose Clinton, this is at the bottom of the list.

Heck, Elizabeth Warren was a Republican once too.

 

timlot

(456 posts)
17. Exactly. She is right at the end.
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 03:34 PM
Apr 2016

I've been a democrat my whole life (34) yet I'm not lock step in agreement with the party on every issue. Some things on the Republican and Independent side of things make sense to me.

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