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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Says Biden 'Is Sounding Like Donald Trump' on Medicare for All [View all]samnsara
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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Bernie Sanders Says Biden 'Is Sounding Like Donald Trump' on Medicare for All [View all]
DonViejo
Jul 2019
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OK, that's just screwed up. No Dem candidate ever should be equating another Dem with Trump
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jul 2019
#2
He did. And even if he didn't, it's not OK to suggest it's like Trump's.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jul 2019
#19
A civil response from BS would've been nice. I thought he signed the "Unity Pledge" and....
George II
Jul 2019
#33
MFA scraps the ACA and starts over and then plans to force every American on the MFA...
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#75
How is sanders going to pay for his plan? How will he get it adopted in the real world?
Gothmog
Jul 2019
#94
Bernie needs to shut his mouth. He is not supposed to be bad mouthing Dems & calling them TRUMPS
trueblue2007
Jul 2019
#108
There's no legitimate argument that MFA would take away Medicare. And you know it.
Hassin Bin Sober
Jul 2019
#70
It would end what is there now...and who knows if seniors would like the end result better...
Demsrule86
Jul 2019
#77
What Sirota said is vile. That's why he deleted his tweet. It's only July 2019....
George II
Jul 2019
#43
David Sirota's tweets are just digusting. How can Bernie have a hateful lying man be his spokesman
trueblue2007
Jul 2019
#110
That's totally false. BS and Nina Turner called Biden a liar yesterday. Nobody even KNOWS....
George II
Jul 2019
#25
Jess McIntosh isn't another Presidential candidate, BS is. You apparently excuse your candidate...
George II
Jul 2019
#34
Medicare for All would NOT be done in "one fell swoop." It would be done over 4 years or so
Doitnow
Jul 2019
#45
No, Biden is correct. The system Bernie describes is not Medicare except in name
marylandblue
Jul 2019
#64
Kind of like, both parties the same, lesser of two evil? Is Sanders starting this again?
silentEcho
Jul 2019
#3
That's Buzz Cook's word, not mine. Go to the OP and read the responses sequentially. Thanks!
George II
Jul 2019
#62
Semantics. This is a discussion about BS attacking Biden as being just like trump.
George II
Jul 2019
#67
Read it any way you want. Obviously BS doesn't care much about that pledge, right?
George II
Jul 2019
#69
Inasmuch as BS talked about it and told all the other candidates to sign it....
George II
Jul 2019
#102
Yes he was, and he then chided other candidates who hadn't gotten around to signing it before him.
George II
Jul 2019
#101
Did you read the whole post? That was the only the beginning, the greater point being...
thesquanderer
Jul 2019
#135
Biden's incremental healthcare plan is DOA... every other top-tier candidate has adopted
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jul 2019
#103
"...every other top-tier candidate has adopted Bernie's progressive vision of Medicare For All."
George II
Jul 2019
#109
Anti-NAFTA (like trump), anti-PNTR with China (like trump), anti-TPP (like trump). He's even....
George II
Jul 2019
#46
A bit of hyperbole from Bernie but at least he didn't cynically infer Biden is racist for media hype
Princetonian
Jul 2019
#47
"Medicare For All" is not his baby, it's just his name for it. Democrats have been introducing it..
George II
Jul 2019
#63
Says the candidate that sounds like trump on immigration and trade -- preferring America First.
Hoyt
Jul 2019
#53
Long-time Democrats zero in on things like that. We don't accept that divisiveness.
George II
Jul 2019
#58
A former Hillary Clinton senior advisor echoed Bernie's words on CNN on Tuesday.
Princetonian
Jul 2019
#117
Biden is correct, though - Bernie's plan isn't the current Medicare system.
Drunken Irishman
Jul 2019
#123