agip wrote:
Fat hurts wrote:
I'm sure this will be addressed by the campaign as it seems to be the latest line of attack from the right. I'll wait for all the facts to come out.
The important thing is Bernie's platform today rather than what he might have thought about 50 years ago.
But if you do want to go way back you will also find that he was often on the right side of history. He protested against segregated housing in the early 60's and attended the march on Washington where MLK gave his famous "I have a dream" speech. He also organized against the war in Vietnam.
He has fought for justice and liberty for the powerless his whole life. And he's still doing that today.
I'm just saying there is a disconnect....we're told to listen to how the Rs describe themselves and what they've done for years. But with bernie Ds switch to a 'eh that was a long time ago so let's focus on beating trump and social justice.'
look ,castro 'fought for justice and liberty for the powerless' until he took power, at which point he became a tyrant. There's an easy scenario here: Bernie wins, and says 'I'm helping the powerless by declaring a national emergency and taking money from the military to build homeless camps in every city with free healthcare and college for undocumented immigrants.'
Trump has shown us that presidents can grab money when they declare a national emergency.
And we'd rightly be pointed in the direction of bernie's old speeches: 'he told you exactly what he wanted to be and you ignored it, morans.'
You got it.
Amazing some people are too blinded to see this.