Dolores Huerta slams Sanders; Bern Victims Question Her Record as an Activist

[richeiieu]

If you’ve been following the Democratic primary, you may have noticed that Bernie Sanders has positioned himself as a champion of the immigrant community. From the letter he sent to Barack Obama last week, to the work he, his campaign, and surrogates have done attacking other candidates’ positions, you would think that he has been a lifelong

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[dumpweeds]

hey, mods, can there be a rule for accepting posts with deliberately inflammatory titles? "bern victims" "bern outs" "hillarybots" "berniebots" and "bernie bros" etc they aren't productive and are being made specifically to flamebait and it's getting exhausting. unless the article is an actual discussion about actual berniebros (not just accusing all bernie supporters of being white and male), it's really not necessary.

edited: extra word

[emofordino]

cosigned!

[spidergwen]

I'm just ready for the dem primary to be over so we can unite and focus on the general. Till then it's going to be like this.

[fauxkaren]

What's the source for this?

[britrawick]

Urgh when this election cycle started, i liked Bernie even though i didn't agree with his positions. The longer its going on the more i see that Barney Frank was right about him. His demands for Clinton to get his endorsement are ridiculous. You can't expect the winning candidate to take on your losing platform.

I said before that the idea of power has gone to his head and the longer this goes on, the more i think it. Clinton should respond with cool indifference to this.

[richeiieu]

Yep. When someone like Barney Frank can't say nice things about you... lol

[spidergwen]

That article... Kinda make me even more suspicious of him being able to even work with the Dems. I know the GOP is out the question on working with him(except for gun control and immigration)

[richeiieu]

Yep, everything that I've heard from staffers is that Sanders is a low-key grade A asshole. He only happens to be one of the most partisan senators of 2015 and then well, just take a look at how badly of a job he does in Congress. :x

[spidergwen]

Damn she done snatched the two hairs left on top of Bernie's head.

[hikerpoet]

I think her response does a great job of explaining the votes while talking up his admittedly many other pros, but it doesn't really answer her "Where were you?" question, when it comes to a strong and forceful voice and action. (Which, lets face it, is what Clinton meant when she said that about health care. Not literally.)

Yes, when you look closely, his heart and mind have always been in the right place, but the only thing he's been loud and vocal about for decades is the economics end of things, which I agree with him on, but I'm not hearing him on the foundational and intertwining things that inform that all.

[hikerpoet]

Yeah, I like a lot of his ideas and proposals very much and think they could ultimately work, and feel like I believe that through my own research and analysis, not through his message. But the fact there has been very little about sweeping foundational change in his rhetoric all the way through (except for that he, personally, has more elevated thoughts about All The Things than pretty much anybody) --although I do like his very localized support for grassroots efforts--is not speaking to me.
I'm close to VT and have been able to follow him closely for decades. I admire a lot about him. But it is concerning that world-wide he was apparently more of an unknown until his 70s. I get part of it. He figured he himself was too radical, and it wasn't until he got firm and constant support he decided to go for it. But he still could have done a better job of making sure people farther afield were hearing his *voice*.