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JackInGreen

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64. When has the big fan there

Reply to m-lekktor (Reply #17)

Thu Sep 24, 2015, 09:38 AM

Sep 2015

Ever stopped that campaign from flinging shit?

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Why did Bernie cosponsor a bill and vote to dump Vermont’s nuclear waste in a poor Latino community? [View all] wyldwolf Sep 2015 OP

He hates Latinos too? arcane1 Sep 2015 #1

K&R! stonecutter357 Sep 2015 #2

because he hates latinos even more than he hates poor people.... mike_c Sep 2015 #3

And Uruguayans too. He hates the everliving shit out of them. No one knows why. DisgustipatedinCA Sep 2015 #34

Where does his hatred of Latinos and poor rank with his hatred of blacks and gays? LondonReign2 Sep 2015 #69

No candidate is perfect geek75 Sep 2015 #4

He voted for a compact. It was never built there. But later on New York sent its toxic sludge Skwmom Sep 2015 #11

Sanders is the best we have geek75 Sep 2015 #90

Aw, is this the best you got? jkbRN Sep 2015 #5

Had nothing to do with a poor Latino community. djean111 Sep 2015 #6

He's done nothing in Congress except single-handedly forced through every bit of legislation.... villager Sep 2015 #27

I know - you would think there would be more story coordination, right? djean111 Sep 2015 #49

They think each issue drop exists in a vacuum. It's hilarious watching the Hillionaires flail. Ed Suspicious Sep 2015 #102

Because he hates minorities, obviously. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #7

why did hillary vote for a destructive, costly, and divisive war of choice? restorefreedom Sep 2015 #8

A war that slaughtered the fuck out of hundreds of thousands of souls. DisgustipatedinCA Sep 2015 #36

it is amazing restorefreedom Sep 2015 #43

Bernie voted for a nuclear compact. Skwmom Sep 2015 #9

In the bill I read there was no site designated and it NEVER built at that site. Skwmom Sep 2015 #13

Paul Wellstone disagreed Chitown Kev Sep 2015 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author Skwmom Sep 2015 #59

I'm going to guess its because they don't have proper facilities in Vermont. NCTraveler Sep 2015 #10

As a guess, I'd go with that. cheapdate Sep 2015 #31

Why didn't you find out before you posted? Vattel Sep 2015 #12

Why did Hillary vote to drop cluster bombs on children? HooptieWagon Sep 2015 #14

Here is the result of her policies on brown children in Libya. artislife Sep 2015 #21

That punches you right in the heart, doesn't it. polly7 Sep 2015 #62

She came. She saw. They died in horrible agony. DisgustipatedinCA Sep 2015 #37

Not dealing with the question treestar Sep 2015 #68

why does Bernie support drones? R B Garr Sep 2015 #88

And she's pro-death penalty which is extremely racist. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #106

Hillary should raise the issue in the debates. I'm sure she'll NorthCarolina Sep 2015 #15

They already tried to smear him with the lgbt community. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #16

Who is this "they" that you refer to? Chitown Kev Sep 2015 #24

So you're falling back on the Bernie hates minorities meme? beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #28

5:35:00 in this video (near the end of the video Chitown Kev Sep 2015 #33

Her husband , the president, signed the bill on september 28.1998 according to the first link. m-lekktor Sep 2015 #17

When has the big fan there JackInGreen Sep 2015 #64

Perhaps they will inform us that it was Bernie, and ONLY Bernie, that forced Clinton NorthCarolina Sep 2015 #81

Which debates? DWS is holding all of them off. n/t Betty Karlson Sep 2015 #51

There was some dumpinp, but it wasn't VT, it was New York. Skwmom Sep 2015 #18

the Texas Commission in 1998 Chitown Kev Sep 2015 #25

Everything I've read said the compact was not open ended. n/t Skwmom Sep 2015 #76

There was a loophole there, though Chitown Kev Sep 2015 #82

Did you realize Bill Clinton signed the Bill into law? Skwmom Sep 2015 #19

It had 11 Dem and 11 Rep cosponsors, and Biden voted Yea. MindfulOne Sep 2015 #22

Yet another of the reasons Chitown Kev Sep 2015 #42

But wait, I thought that Bernie never got anything done!!!11!! MindfulOne Sep 2015 #20

OMG!!! An actual anti-Sanders post!!! They do exist!!! Thor_MN Sep 2015 #23

Because corporatist Dems were pro-nulear power. CanadaexPat Sep 2015 #26

Argo... HERVEPA Sep 2015 #29

a DUer posted an excerpt from Bernie's statement at the time of his vote. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #30

That's what I remember too but the Clinton machine has been busy smearing the record. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #32

That's the problem Chitown Kev Sep 2015 #35

S a matter of geology. We need to stop building nuclear pWhere the waste goes iower plants, but JDPriestly Sep 2015 #44

and nuclear waste as a result of medicine (low grade radioactive material) Chitown Kev Sep 2015 #45

Vermont is located in a major population center ecologically Armstead Sep 2015 #46

The Rio Grande Chitown Kev Sep 2015 #47

Good point. Unfortunately this ws a Hobson's Choice Armstead Sep 2015 #61

But the site was specifically known Chitown Kev Sep 2015 #65

Politics is filled with choices between bad and worse Armstead Sep 2015 #95

True enough Chitown Kev Sep 2015 #96

Why did Hillary vote for a war that killed half a million people and created millions of refugees? Cheese Sandwich Sep 2015 #39

Bash Bernie! BASH BASH!! morningfog Sep 2015 #40

Here, use this: beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #41

Trash canning this turd op. PowerToThePeople Sep 2015 #48

If we are digging up 17 year old records, can we have a word about Mrs. Clinton's vile remarks Betty Karlson Sep 2015 #50

Because he obviously Turbineguy Sep 2015 #52

He didn't want it dumped in Vermont? leftofcool Sep 2015 #53

I heard that he was looking for a place with orphans where he could dump it. delrem Sep 2015 #54

Actually, he was looking for a site full of cute kittens Armstead Sep 2015 #92

Because Texas was actively courting the business. Vinca Sep 2015 #55

Why not dump it in downtown Dallas then? leftofcool Sep 2015 #56

You'd have to ask Dallas or the developers of the waste site. Vinca Sep 2015 #57

I am an old cynic who just can't get past the words safe and guarded leftofcool Sep 2015 #60

The best case scenario would have been no nukes anywhere ever. Vinca Sep 2015 #63

A nice pristine white state Chitown Kev Sep 2015 #66

If this has been Hillary, we would never hear the end of how she is in the pocket of nuclear dumpers leftofcool Sep 2015 #73

FTR. I'm not a Hillary supporter but you are right Chitown Kev Sep 2015 #79

I don't think it's a matter of rich or poor community, it's a matter of space. Vinca Sep 2015 #86

That is just ridiculous. Vinca Sep 2015 #85

But it's a "white" state and Bernie hates brown people. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #91

It's going to come as a shock to some of the people I see every day over in Vermont Vinca Sep 2015 #93

I'm a Vermonster, Vinca! beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #94

I'm a native Vermonter, too, currently living across the river in NH. Vinca Sep 2015 #104

Thanks! I'm still in culture shock. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #105

Back in the time of dinosaurs, I lived in Daytona Beach, Florida. Vinca Sep 2015 #108

I can smell the leaves and wood smoke now... beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #109

Not Good Enough, Bernie! MannyGoldstein Sep 2015 #58

Wow workinclasszero Sep 2015 #67

More intential lies posted from Camp Weathervane LondonReign2 Sep 2015 #70

What part is the lie? That he sponsored it or got it through Congress? leftofcool Sep 2015 #72

It is a lie of omission, knowingly told by her campaign LondonReign2 Sep 2015 #77

See post #79 leftofcool Sep 2015 #84

Were they going to just dump it in the streets and backyards? MineralMan Sep 2015 #71

Funny, I just read here on DU that it was safely stored and under guard. leftofcool Sep 2015 #74

It's sort of safely stored, temporarily, onsite. MineralMan Sep 2015 #75

That is my problem with nuclear energy. leftofcool Sep 2015 #87

Exactly Chitown Kev Sep 2015 #89

Texas is a fucked up state that was going to dump there anyways. Motown_Johnny Sep 2015 #78

Neither Paul Wellstone nor his constituents Chitown Kev Sep 2015 #80

This and the JSF attacks are just silly Recursion Sep 2015 #83

Wyldwolf, there is an interesting name at this link. NCTraveler Sep 2015 #97

fascinating. wyldwolf Sep 2015 #98

I think so. Nt NCTraveler Sep 2015 #100

I took a screen shot of that just in case it disappears or something. leftofcool Sep 2015 #101

In 2010 Sanders held rallies to help Shumlin in a tight race. NCTraveler Sep 2015 #107

Wow! leftofcool Sep 2015 #99

It's on her linked in page so I'm sure it's been known for a long time. Skwmom Sep 2015 #110

In my op yesterday I posted her LinkedIn link. NCTraveler Sep 2015 #111

Probably for the same reason Bernie has refused to rule out a national puppy eating day. pa28 Sep 2015 #103

Why did Bill Clinton sign it into law? MiaCulpa Feb 2016 #112

who knows? Next time he runs for President I'll ask. wyldwolf Feb 2016 #113