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Showing Original Post only (View all)Sanders brushes aside abortion "Lets have our differences " - what the fuck? [View all]
Last edited Sun Jun 21, 2015, 12:46 PM - Edit history (1)
I really do not want to hear what he voted or where he marched. This is what he says to a room full of men- he tells them it's not important. That our lives are not important enough to talk about.
He's got a long way to walk back from shit like that.
I'm not having it.
Edited to correct from "agree to disagree" which is what I hear anyway when he says what he says.
http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2015/06/03/matters-bernie-sanders-doesnt-talk-race-gender/
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Sanders brushes aside abortion "Lets have our differences " - what the fuck? [View all]
bettyellen
Jun 2015
OP
I could not find those words in the article linked in your OP. Neither could the find feature of my
merrily
Jun 2015
#30
Exactly my thoughts. I don't know if he just feels staying on economics only is more effective...
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#8
You keep indicting him with not one iota of evidence, you posted an article
orpupilofnature57
Jun 2015
#60
Different , honestly not to be insulting, your saying he said something, by not saying it !
orpupilofnature57
Jun 2015
#84
He brushed off the abortion issue as one that is fine to "have differences" on....
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#88
The context is he did brush aside the issue. When he addresses it during his campaign- with loud and proud support
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#22
It's a life and death issue for women- tied more closely to their economic success than
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#86
But they wouldn't trade places either. Paternity leave would be awesome too.
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#102
He is rated the most liberal Senator in general and NARAL has given him a rating of 100%.
merrily
Jun 2015
#32
Purely economic class-based appeals are not a problem now, but they will be.
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#13
Now, if only the Sanders supporters would actually discuss this without dragging in Clinton
KitSileya
Jun 2015
#15
We will get the standard response to look up his record- and it misses the point.
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#16
I think you miss the point. Having a 100% rating from NARAL means he's stuck his neck out on this
merrily
Jun 2015
#33
He HAS spoken to it many times. Again, I ask, could you please post the language from your OP in
merrily
Jun 2015
#42
At some point I have to assume shying away from women's issues is calculated.
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#19
Please see Reply 32. He has shown nothing but support for civil and human rights and reproductive
merrily
Jun 2015
#34
On abortion: "Fine, lets have our differences". Would Sanders have the gall to say that to a more
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#25
If and when Sanders address these issues while campaigning we will have more.
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#28
I think there is. Also the hit piece linked in the OP doesn't give a lot of context.
merrily
Jun 2015
#52
"NOT GOOD ENOUGH" BULLSHIT WHAT THE FUCK? NEVER MENTIONED IMMIGRATION. None of that is discussing
merrily
Jun 2015
#72
Totally untrue. For just one thing, Bjorn Against posted a video of him giving a 20 minute speech
merrily
Jun 2015
#77
My comment went to Gutierrez's lie about Sanders and how DU jumped on it as though it were gospel.
merrily
Jun 2015
#109
I also pointed that out to bettyellen in GD before she came and posted this OP...
Violet_Crumble
Jun 2015
#118
What is not true is that anyone called Sanders a misogynist- I fixed my OP so you could do us the
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#57
Stop it. I didn't any DUer actually CALLED him a misogynist. Please stop pretending I did.
merrily
Jun 2015
#61
The parsing begins! Treated as a misogynist or called a misogynist- all the same.
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#65
I'm commenting as a long time DUer and the article has him quoted as setting aside abortion as
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#90
Or a woman who is interested mainly in making sure that half of the 1% are women.
eridani
Jun 2015
#113
In that case, I would think you would not make excuses for politicians who fail to stand up for
BainsBane
Jun 2015
#123
Where did Bernie Sanders say black people have to do what their betters tell them?
Violet_Crumble
Jun 2015
#117
That part doesn't bother me at all, it's the false narrative that Bernie doesn't care which irks me.
Scuba
Jun 2015
#121
He's still trying to win back those "disaffected white voters", ya know? Quite frankly, I think this
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2015
#127