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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Could it be that Senator Sanders is just another "bankster"? [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)43. House or the Senate? Bernie was in the House then. The Senate compromise fucked up
the bill. Bernie never voted for the fucked up bill.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1277&pid=9158 (only the last three paragraphs of the post are about the Commodities Futures bill, the beginning is about Gramm, Leach, Blilely, aka repeal of Glass Steagall)
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House or the Senate? Bernie was in the House then. The Senate compromise fucked up
merrily
Oct 2015
#43
some people have a lot of time on their hands, and they use it unwisely
virtualobserver
Oct 2015
#11
That's not the reason given by the people celebrating at that website.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#131
All humans make mistakes, but Bernie did not make one on this vote. See Reply 42.
merrily
Oct 2015
#52
P.S. Posting something from another site is probably not trolling that site, either.
merrily
Oct 2015
#76
It was! I need to touch up my make-up but other than that I'm not so bad either.
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#158
He's flying the Quebec flag, maybe he confused himself with every other Canadian?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#160
No one is hurt by you and the rest of the Clinton Cavers' hatred except yourselves.
cui bono
Oct 2015
#164
The truth is that HRC took personal money from Goldman-Sachs to boost her fortune.
rhett o rick
Nov 2015
#168
Bernie supporters who send threatening letter through the mail don't either.
leftofcool
Oct 2015
#70
Plural? And we definitely know someone who would send a threatening letter would never lie.
merrily
Oct 2015
#75
"Bernie never voted for the bill that contained the Senate compromise"
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#56
Excellent, TVO. Not only signed by Bubba, but lobbied hard for by Bubba. See Reply 42.
merrily
Oct 2015
#53
The point was to lob an ugly lie, to try to smear Bernie to unwary voters.
99th_Monkey
Oct 2015
#108
Ron Paul was a Rep, then, right? The insinuation in the OP is false. See Reply 42.
merrily
Oct 2015
#46
And Sanders voted *against* the Financial Services Modernization Act.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Oct 2015
#19
aka repeal of Glass Steagall. Strongly opposed it and predicted what it would do.
merrily
Oct 2015
#65
Except not the same bill as the Senate version... Guess you didn't know what you were reading?
Fearless
Oct 2015
#68
If you're going to catapult propaganda, you should at least know that Sanders was a
neverforget
Oct 2015
#41
Heaven forbid that lot factcheck. They don't need no stinkin' facts. They have smears.
merrily
Oct 2015
#78
What I want to know is how we can be both "trailer trash" and elite leftists?
beam me up scottie
Oct 2015
#146
Bernie voted for the bill when it lacked the Senate modification that fucked up the bill and the
merrily
Oct 2015
#42
Thanks. The best part is, I wrote it long before the dishonest insinuation in the OP.
merrily
Oct 2015
#51
Whoever posted that the Op was Rovian nailed it. Attack your opponent on your own weakness and
merrily
Oct 2015
#61
They've always been worried and the caliber of all dirty tricks is low, low, low.
merrily
Oct 2015
#69
It's not the first Rovian scheme. Yesterday he was getting blamed for the mass-shooting.
arcane1
Oct 2015
#128
Coming from a researcher extraordinaire such as you, that is high praise indeed.
merrily
Oct 2015
#74
My reply 42 links to a post I had written about the bill in July for another reason.
merrily
Oct 2015
#119
"What's dragging HRC's poll numbers down is the behavior of her supporters".....
Indepatriot
Oct 2015
#67
Let's not fight one falsehood with another. The candidates are making or breaking themselves.
merrily
Oct 2015
#89
I did not intend to imply that YOU purported to choose your candidate in that matter.
merrily
Oct 2015
#122
George, you've been handed your ass on a silver platter. Hard to believe you haven't self-deleted.
Scuba
Oct 2015
#82
As always, the point of the OP was not to be truthful - the point of the OP is to have that headline
djean111
Oct 2015
#87
Conservatives are lying liars that lie regardless of letter next to their name.
TheKentuckian
Oct 2015
#90
WOW! Sanders did NOT make a bad call and I posted facts with links, not excuses. Meanwhile Bubba
merrily
Oct 2015
#96
Did you read ANY of the information? Or did you avoid doing so so as not to disturb the lie?
LondonReign2
Oct 2015
#100
So you got every single thing wrong. Was is unbridled ignorance or intentional lies?
LondonReign2
Oct 2015
#102
No doubt, he has been composing his apologies. One about this thread and one about goading Cali.
merrily
Oct 2015
#120
Recommended it as well, the OP should come back to clarify his 'poster' with the wrong info. n/t
slipslidingaway
Oct 2015
#150
As others have pointed out, your OP is incorrect, please substantiate your allegations...
slipslidingaway
Oct 2015
#148