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Snotcicles

(9,089 posts)
Wed Jul 15, 2015, 01:18 PM Jul 2015

Another often overlooked reason to vote for Bernie.

He can hit the ground with a full head of steam. He doesn't have to go back to the trough in four years, so he doesn't have start from a compromised position and gradually work leftward. He will have an absolute mandate.

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Another often overlooked reason to vote for Bernie. (Original Post) Snotcicles Jul 2015 OP
He does have the benefit of his consistant message. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #1
And he has never shied away from explaining his ideals out of fear of having to retract later. nt Snotcicles Jul 2015 #2
Sanders will not work leftward or rightward. He is who he is, who he has always been. merrily Jul 2015 #3
 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
1. He does have the benefit of his consistant message.
Wed Jul 15, 2015, 02:29 PM
Jul 2015

He doesn't have to "evolve" his position, or make feeble excuses for an Iraq War vote.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
3. Sanders will not work leftward or rightward. He is who he is, who he has always been.
Wed Jul 15, 2015, 02:42 PM
Jul 2015

That's what he offers. No pandering. No artifice. No faking. No constantly slicing and dicing. No wet finger trying to figure out which way the winds of public favor are blowing. No shifting positions to make sure he gets re-elected--yet he keeps getting re-elected. And, for the most part, he's always been on the side of the 99%, and, where they differ, on the side of those in need of protection from the majority, and on the right side of history.


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