2016 Postmortem

Drunken Irishman

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7. What rubbish.

Thu Feb 11, 2016, 09:11 PM

Feb 2016

1) Bernie voted against closing Gitmo. Yet you blame Obama. That's absurd. Absolutely, positively absurd.

2) Bernie voted for the ACA. He didn't have to vote for it. No one forced him to vote for it. Yet he did.

3) Bernie has supported the President's proposals at a clip of over 90%. But those votes don't matter, right?

Okay. Whatever. What complete rubbish.

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Sanders is critical of Obama and not a peep. Someone critical of Sanders, though? [View all] Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 OP

Obama said "Make me do it". Bernie asks "Help me do it". Blue State Bandit Feb 2016 #1

How do you... MrWendel Feb 2016 #3

They do it all the freaking time. nt Hekate Feb 2016 #33

I was always for Obama. Fawke Em Feb 2016 #59

Was that... MrWendel Feb 2016 #72

When you look at it that way, it does achieve a certain umami-ness. Awesome observation... Hekate Feb 2016 #74

Not a contradiction. Blue State Bandit Feb 2016 #75

So... MrWendel Feb 2016 #86

Yes. Am I not allowed to admire the man, and still have my differences of opinion? Blue State Bandit Feb 2016 #87

Crazy bravenak Feb 2016 #2

Obama had his chance and turns out he wasn't what he implied that he would be. bowens43 Feb 2016 #4

What rubbish. Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #7

See July 19th please pinebox Feb 2016 #60

See 2009 when he voted against Obama's plan to release the prisoners. Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #80

So who is better on the issue? pinebox Feb 2016 #82

Bernie walks to a different tune than the majority of establishmentites Respect 88 Feb 2016 #90

will do pinebox Feb 2016 #91

He campaigned as a centrist, wildeyed Feb 2016 #13

Obama couldn't close Gitmo due to guys like Sanders... Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #14

See, I didn't even know that. wildeyed Feb 2016 #16

Yeah... Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #17

Sanders and Feingold, the two biggest civil libertarians in the Senate at the time voted against it Autumn Feb 2016 #34

Sanders opposed the closing. Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #35

Yes. He and Feingold both voted against it, that was what I said in my post Autumn Feb 2016 #39

Glad you agree. So tell his supporters to stop blaming Obama for it not closing. Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #41

I'm guessing you didn't read the article then Autumn Feb 2016 #42

I'm guessing you didn't read Bernie's reason for voting no. Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #43

I did, no link included so I have no idea where you got that from, but I agree with his and Autumn Feb 2016 #45

What good is blaming Obama for not closing it when Bernie voted no to do so? Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #50

What good is blaming Sanders for not voting to close it when Obama made clear that he was going to Autumn Feb 2016 #51

I was not disappointed, either. Blue_In_AK Feb 2016 #49

I don't even think of it as low expectations. wildeyed Feb 2016 #79

I voted for him even though I knew I would be disappointed tech3149 Feb 2016 #30

Not a peep? Are you on Uranus or something? tularetom Feb 2016 #5

lol Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #8

looks like "bow down Bernie" will be trotted out again, LOL! bettyellen Feb 2016 #10

A couple of weeks ago it was the rage to claim that Bernie hated Obama because he suggested tk2kewl Feb 2016 #29

Several posters were certainly getting their knickers in a knot over that one Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #46

and it was pushed by Clinton again tonight tk2kewl Feb 2016 #47

Primary an incumbent President? What a concept brush Feb 2016 #52

Do you even know what a primary is? frylock Feb 2016 #53

Do you even know how big an advantage an incumbent has in the GE? brush Feb 2016 #61

There was never any chance Obama was going to be primaried ffs! frylock Feb 2016 #63

Uh-huh. Sure. Right. brush Feb 2016 #65

So you believe Obama would have lost in a primary election? frylock Feb 2016 #66

Sorry, I thought the sarcasm in my "Uh-huh. Sure. Right." response was obvious. brush Feb 2016 #68

O-kayyyyyyyyy...... frylock Feb 2016 #70

We might not be on the same page on this but I do like the "O-kayyyyyyyyy". brush Feb 2016 #84

must mean he hates obama from what i've heard tk2kewl Feb 2016 #55

The point is, who the hell primaries an incumbent who already has the office? brush Feb 2016 #58

Ed Kennedy? frylock Feb 2016 #64

And did it work? Of course not. brush Feb 2016 #67

Well there you go! frylock Feb 2016 #69

No, it didn't work. Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #71

I guess you were not around in 1980 when Ted Kennedy ran against the incumbent, Jimmy Carter Bohunk68 Feb 2016 #76

It didn't work. It was a bad idea then and it was a bad idea in 2012. brush Feb 2016 #83

FYI. Neither Hillary nor Bernie is an incumbent President. Bohunk68 Feb 2016 #88

Peep BlueJazz Feb 2016 #6

I saw lots of peeps. Mostly silly stuff, by peeps. morningfog Feb 2016 #9

I've seen more outrage over Lewis' comment today... Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #11

You are in a liberal site, so there is that. morningfog Feb 2016 #15

It's been constant...even before the primary. Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #21

Obama isn't running, but this is a change election. morningfog Feb 2016 #22

He's attacking the President. Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #36

If Obama had been better with race relations, Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #57

Not this again.. mobyz Feb 2016 #77

LOL that's like suggesting Kennedy-LBJ were worse at race relations than Nixon... Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #81

Bernies and a lot of others Old Codger Feb 2016 #20

I posted in GD about Sanders attacking Obama and it was immediately locked as being about the Justice Feb 2016 #24

the "birthday cake" ones are so good! Easter is a round the corner! bettyellen Feb 2016 #12

I noticed that, I think it's because Bernie if a poetry honest guy and its hard to hear anything YCHDT Feb 2016 #18

Its all starting to come out now. nt LexVegas Feb 2016 #19

Its really ugly because when you make that point, Sanders' supporters turn on Obama Justice Feb 2016 #23

Yep! Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #32

You sound like Drunken Irishman SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #25

Rude. n/t JTFrog Feb 2016 #73

Are you kidding? Do you know how many times I've come to the defense of Obama and, in particular, Ed Suspicious Feb 2016 #26

Bernie supporters - do not take the bait. They spent the entire day trying to get us to jillan Feb 2016 #27

This whole place has spent all day questioning John Lewis. Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #37

"Obama is a Christian AS FAR AS I KNOW" "C'mon not long ago he would have been carrying our bags" jillan Feb 2016 #40

I raked Clinton over the coals for 'em when they were made. Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #44

There is a difference between lies and honest criticism. Vattel Feb 2016 #28

I agree. Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #38

As usual, the voice of reason. Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #31

What? Blue_In_AK Feb 2016 #48

None shall be critical of Obama. frylock Feb 2016 #54

To be expected. Beacool Feb 2016 #56

Depends on the type of criticism. Some things are fair game in a political campaign. merrily Feb 2016 #62

Sanders is jealous of President Obama mobyz Feb 2016 #78

Well, I was told The Polack MSgt Feb 2016 #85

Hey remember when Bernie call Obama's policies a failure and stupid krawhitham Feb 2016 #89