Biden accuses Sanders campaign of releasing 'doctored' video, calls it a lie
Biden accuses Sanders campaign of releasing 'doctored' video, calls it a lie
INDIANOLA, Iowa (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden accused rival Bernie Sanders’s campaign on Saturday of disseminating a “doctored” video which falsely shows Biden supporting the privatization of Social Security, and called on the Sanders campaign to disown it.
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Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 77 | January 23, 2020 12:37 PM
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Biden is lying- the video is not doctored.
He has a long record of defending Social Security cuts.
Even this mainstream journalist says this is fair play on Bernie's part:
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 1 | January 18, 2020 9:57 PM
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Biden is merely jumping on the victimhood wagon after Warren.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | January 18, 2020 9:58 PM
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Biden isn't lying, R1, as you would know if you had read the story.
[quote]However, the video of the speech makes clear Biden was actually mocking Ryan for the proposal. He leans into the microphone and says in a deep, menacing stage whisper: “Social Security and Medicare.” Biden then goes on to say – in remarks not disseminated by the Sanders campaign – that the tax code needs to be reformed so enough revenue is raised to save Social Security and Medicare.
[quote]PolitiFact, an independent fact-checker, rated the Sanders newsletter as false.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | January 18, 2020 11:15 PM
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From the article at OP:
[quote] At the center of the back-and-forth is a newsletter the Sanders campaign distributed recently that pointed to a speech Biden gave to the Brookings Institution think tank in 2018. Biden is quoted as saying, “Paul Ryan was correct when he did the tax code. What’s the first thing he decided we had to go after? Social Security and Medicare.”
[quote] However, the video of the speech makes clear Biden was actually mocking Ryan for the proposal. He leans into the microphone and says in a deep, menacing stage whisper: “Social Security and Medicare.” Biden then goes on to say – in remarks not disseminated by the Sanders campaign – that the tax code needs to be reformed so enough revenue is raised to save Social Security and Medicare.
[quote] PolitiFact, an independent fact-checker, rated the Sanders newsletter as false.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | January 18, 2020 11:19 PM
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Sanders campaign caught lying again? HOW SHOCKING!
by Anonymous | reply 5 | January 18, 2020 11:45 PM
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Wow, this guy's something else.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | January 19, 2020 12:16 AM
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This is why Trump will win again in 2020.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | January 19, 2020 12:18 AM
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The Politifact ruling is laughable and was widely crticized on Twitter -- it's based entirely on the Biden campaign claim that he was being sarcastic when he agreed with Paul Ryan that Social Security needed to be cut. Nobody should give him the benefit of the doubt because he has established record of defending such cuts, as I already proved in r1.
As for the his quote saying that Social Security needed to be saved, it's not inconsistent with defending cuts, and in fact it's often how rightwing politcians frame their austerity agenda. Read below. Social Security cuts are unpopular, so its proponents say they are actually saving it.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 8 | January 19, 2020 12:28 AM
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[quote]lol literally every rightwing attempt to gut social security is framed as “protecting” it. The Pete Peterson talking points are that if they don’t raise the retirement age and open up the trust to hedge funds it’ll “run out of money”. “Fact checking” industry is totally bankrupt
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 9 | January 19, 2020 12:33 AM
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Criticized wisely on Twitter? Is that the new gold standard?
by Anonymous | reply 10 | January 19, 2020 12:33 AM
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Biden stood by when Obama put Social Security on the table so many times I thought it was a tablecloth. Obama and Biden are at best Republican lite. Biden will sure as shit cut social programs the first time Republicans look at him crooked. I trust him as far as I can throw him. I would know for sure that Bernie or Warren will never cut any social program. The rest of them will just be more or Bill Clinton/Obama. I want a real president for the people. We have not had one since LBJ. No offense to Carter. He was a good person but a very weak president. The only good thing you can say about Biden and the others with the exception of Warren and Sanders is that they are better than Trump. You can say that about Satan.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | January 19, 2020 12:42 AM
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Fact Check: Joe Biden has advocated cutting Social Security for 40 years.
This is from the journalists at The Intercept. They also have CSPAN Footage that proves this.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 12 | January 19, 2020 12:45 AM
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R11 EXACTLY. The Obama administration itself had a record of cutting Social Security. Biden's attempt to play victim here is wholly disingenous -- but the might get away with it because the media don't "fact-check" pro-corporate pols like it does leftists such as Bernie.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | January 19, 2020 12:46 AM
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Bernie "no woman can win" Sanders calling someone else a liar, that's rich.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | January 19, 2020 12:50 AM
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Bernie's a nasty piece of work, and his shady wife is one step behind him.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | January 19, 2020 12:53 AM
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Joe Biden needs to do the American People a favor and drop out of the race. You cannot blame Bernie Sanders for your own voting record, and worse the Bills that you advocated and co authored. Joe Biden is damaged goods. Trump and the Republican hit machines hasn't even started yet. IT over for Joe Biden. Joe Biden cannot beat Trump.
Bernie Sanders Can Win.. I believe that Elizabeth Warren could to. However, those districts that Hillary lost to Trump will vote for Bernie, if he is the Dem Candidate.
Bernie Sanders 2020. It is time that we unite the party behind Bernie Sanders.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | January 19, 2020 12:55 AM
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Bernie is much more credible than Luz "Cherokee" Warren.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 17 | January 19, 2020 12:56 AM
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If Bernie said "No woman can win" and honestly I don't think Warren is a liar, he wasn't saying he didn't want any woman to win but that he believed no woman can win and he might be right. That's the scary part. If he did say it I wonder what happened between the two to make Warren bring that up on debate night. I'm assuming it was a private conversation between them. Elizabeth was looking to wound Bernie. However if he did say it he should have admitted and and explained that in a country like ours no matter how much he would like to see a woman win, he didn't think it would happen. She never said he said I don't want to see a woman win. I think the denial is worse than what he said.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | January 19, 2020 12:56 AM
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HAHAHA, even Politico, which hates Sanders, os calling Biden a liar:
[quote]Biden accused Sanders’ campaign of issuing a ‘doctored video’ to attack him over Social Security, [bold]a false claim[/bold] that ratcheted up the tension between the two campaigns in the run-up to the Iowa caucuses.”
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 19 | January 19, 2020 12:58 AM
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Pete now is your chance!!!
by Anonymous | reply 20 | January 19, 2020 12:59 AM
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r12 The Intercept is not a reputable outlet.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | January 19, 2020 12:59 AM
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And btw, Klobuchar lowkey sided with Bernie against Warren over the "woman president" thing:
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 22 | January 19, 2020 1:01 AM
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Politico has just ruled that Biden is lying. Get off the self-pity bus, Bidenbros.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | January 19, 2020 1:02 AM
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The Intercept reviewed joe biden's record on social security and they have actual cspan footage. They have an article up on their website.
Foiled again by those real journalists with actual facts and video footage that you can also look up yourself. if you weren't so lazy,
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 24 | January 19, 2020 1:05 AM
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EVEN POLITICO IS CALLING BIDEN A LIAR.
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by Anonymous | reply 25 | January 19, 2020 1:07 AM
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[quote]This is from the journalists at The Intercept.
The Intercept? Glen Greenwald? Journalist? LMFAO.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | January 19, 2020 1:13 AM
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by Anonymous | reply 27 | January 19, 2020 1:15 AM
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How many votes has Joe Biden actually cast that led to Social Security cuts?
by Anonymous | reply 28 | January 19, 2020 1:18 AM
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Bernie is like an old smell in the room that can't be extinguished. Please go away Bernie, you are not a Democrat, in fact you have insulted Democrats on many occasions. Take a seat Bernie, take several.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | January 19, 2020 1:21 AM
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Bernie Bros are almost as bad as Trump supporters! So exhausting and insufferable!
by Anonymous | reply 30 | January 19, 2020 1:24 AM
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R29 At least Bernie isn't senile or a sex creep, like Biden. Oh, and he isn't a liar, either:
EVEN POLITICO IS CALLING BIDEN A LIAR.
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by Anonymous | reply 31 | January 19, 2020 1:24 AM
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R31 seems well adjusted and stable
by Anonymous | reply 32 | January 19, 2020 1:25 AM
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SANDERS' CAMPAIGN GETTING DESPERATE
SANDERS' CAMPAIGN GETTING DESPERATE
SANDERS' CAMPAIGN GETTING DESPERATE
[quote]Sanders' campaign did say in a recent campaign email that “Biden lauded Paul Ryan for proposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare” — which PolitiFact said Sanders’ campaign got wrong.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | January 19, 2020 1:27 AM
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It is funny how anti-Bernie bots have nothing to say about Politico. It's almost like they don't carecare about the truth- much like their candidate.
Oh yes, and before we forget...
EVEN POLITICO IS CALLING BIDEN A LIAR.
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by Anonymous | reply 34 | January 19, 2020 1:29 AM
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[quote]If he did say it I wonder what happened between the two to make Warren bring that up on debate night
She didn’t ‘bring it up on debate night,’ she (or her campaign, same thing) planted the story in Politico several days prior. The whole thing was an orchestrated hit job that culminated on debate night when she unveiled that ‘no woman on this stage has ever list an election to a Republican’ line. She’s playing hardball with Bernie because she’s fading and he’s surging in Iowa.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | January 19, 2020 1:30 AM
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R34 seems well adjusted and stable
by Anonymous | reply 36 | January 19, 2020 1:30 AM
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Bernie’s campaign hits back:
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 37 | January 19, 2020 1:33 AM
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[quote]which PolitiFact said Sanders’ campaign got wrong.
Oh please, Politifact ruled that based on Biden Team's claim that he was being sarcastic. Why should anyone believe that??? He has a long record of defending SS cuts.
And...
EVEN POLITICO IS CALLING BIDEN A LIAR.
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by Anonymous | reply 38 | January 19, 2020 1:33 AM
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And Trump sits back, smiles and enjoys the show.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | January 19, 2020 1:33 AM
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R38 seems well adjusted and stable
by Anonymous | reply 40 | January 19, 2020 1:34 AM
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Bernie Sanders needs to do the country a favor and drop out of the race. All he did today was bash democrats and defend racist southerners.
He is not a progressive. He is a con artist using the democratic party to further his agenda.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | January 19, 2020 1:48 AM
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And when Obama tried so many times to cut Social Security it was a JOKE, just a joke folks, old, disabled folks living on the street again, come on, you can't see the humor in that! I stood there, as his VP just thinking that man can do stand up. Just a joke, people. Keep moving, nothing to look at here.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | January 19, 2020 1:49 AM
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R42, from what I understand, it was proposed during a time of austerity (2011) and Obama was offering not tying benefit increases to the consumer price index in return for some other tax hikes i.e., trying to undo some Bush era tax cuts. Not a cut per se but more of a bargaining effort to get something from the Republicans.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | January 19, 2020 2:13 AM
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Sorry, here's the article I got my info from: (both Bernie and Liz are mentioned)
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 44 | January 19, 2020 2:16 AM
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Because it's so hilarious making jokes about old people, he did it 4 times here.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 45 | January 19, 2020 2:17 AM
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That's just it. Shame on any Democrat who even whispers, hell even thinks, the word austerity. That is nothing but a right wing, talking point started by Reagan. It feeds into the thinking that the poor, instead of the very, very, FUCKING VERY rich are the ones draining our country. Austerity is 100% Republican bullshit and Obama was 99% Republican as was Clinton and Biden too for going along with it. There is no excuse and he taught me for sure that no Centrist Democrat will ever be good for this country. We need the Sanders and the Warrens in this world. Better yet find a way to bring FDR back to life. Short of that Sanders and Warren is all we got.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | January 19, 2020 3:00 AM
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That insidious, SNATCHED cunt.
And R16...
[quote] Joe Biden needs to do the American People a favor and drop out of the race. You cannot blame Bernie Sanders for your own voting record, and worse the Bills that you advocated and co authored. Joe Biden is damaged goods. Trump and the Republican hit machines hasn't even started yet. IT over for Joe Biden. Joe Biden cannot beat Trump.
[quote]Bernie Sanders Can Win.. I believe that Elizabeth Warren could to. However, those districts that Hillary lost to Trump will vote for Bernie, if he is the Dem Candidate.
[quote]Bernie Sanders 2020. It is time that we unite the party behind Bernie Sanders.
Whoever you are, I love you.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 47 | January 19, 2020 3:17 AM
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Sanders has nothing so he needs to lie. Trump will eat him up if he gets the nomination.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | January 19, 2020 3:21 AM
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All old men out of politics NOW. Solves almost all our problems.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | January 19, 2020 3:21 AM
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R49 Biden and Dump are done; one can’t speak and has heart problems and the other has been IMPEACHED.
Bernie has a heart attack and deity that he is, he survived and is even healthier now!
Plus, the citizens of this country want him.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | January 19, 2020 3:23 AM
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Wow, look how psycho and desperate the Bernie campaign is. And it seems they’re working perfectly in sync with the Republican alt right apparatus
That should tell us all we need to know.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | January 19, 2020 3:24 AM
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R53 No, the psychos are the ones who want us to unsee the video or pretzel our interpretation so that Biden miraculously doesn’t mean what he’s saying.
Ffs!
by Anonymous | reply 54 | January 19, 2020 3:26 AM
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Oh, and let’s ignore his FORTY year record of supporting cuts to Social Security, too.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | January 19, 2020 3:31 AM
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Biden was always the more progressive between him and Obama — anyone who was remotely paying attention knows this. It’s so absurd where we are now as a party that he’s getting portrayed as some Republocrat.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | January 19, 2020 3:31 AM
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If we're going to dredge up ancient history (and in Bernie's case with his claim re Biden which is dubious) then be prepared for Bernie's Sandanista past to bite in him in ass.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | January 19, 2020 3:32 AM
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Remember when Biden had to drop out of a presidential race because he was outed for plagiarism. He is scum with no morals.
And...
EVEN POLITICO IS CALLING BIDEN A LIAR.
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by Anonymous | reply 58 | January 19, 2020 3:36 AM
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I take it r58 didn't read the Politico articke all the way through. It called Bernie a liar.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | January 19, 2020 3:40 AM
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So Pete is the ONLY ONE not going with low blows and fabrications, spin and innuendo. The only ADULT in the room.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | January 19, 2020 3:42 AM
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Everyone else is lying — only BERNIE tells the truth!
by Anonymous | reply 61 | January 19, 2020 3:53 AM
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Poor Biden. Looks like he’ll have to drop out a THIRD time.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | January 19, 2020 3:56 AM
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by Anonymous | reply 63 | January 19, 2020 4:01 AM
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R63 seems stable and well adjusted
by Anonymous | reply 64 | January 19, 2020 4:02 AM
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by Anonymous | reply 65 | January 19, 2020 4:02 AM
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Remember Biden's weird gay bath houses comment?
by Anonymous | reply 66 | January 19, 2020 4:04 AM
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R65 seems stable and well adjusted
by Anonymous | reply 67 | January 19, 2020 4:04 AM
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Biden dropped out of a Presidential race twice before???
Where the gel was I?
by Anonymous | reply 68 | January 19, 2020 4:05 AM
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R59 Oh, look- Bidenbros are as big of liars as their cult master.
EVEN POLITICO IS CALLING BIDEN A LIAR.
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by Anonymous | reply 69 | January 19, 2020 4:14 AM
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R65 Aw, cute that you want to be a plagiarist just like granddad Biden.
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by Anonymous | reply 70 | January 19, 2020 4:15 AM
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Poor Biden.
Americans are about to find out how much he hates Social Security and Medicare “because socializzzzzmzzzzzz!”.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | January 19, 2020 4:20 AM
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by Anonymous | reply 72 | January 19, 2020 4:22 AM
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BernBros and BidenBros deserve each other. I just wish they'd leave the rest of us out of it since we have some grown up problems to solve now and neither one of them is the solution.
No more old white men.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | January 19, 2020 4:27 AM
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R68 In 1998 and 2008. It was a big scandal in '88.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 74 | January 19, 2020 4:37 AM
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Bernie's wife scammed a college and nuns and Bernie is a Sandanista. the Midwest is gojng to just love that shit...not.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | January 19, 2020 4:45 AM
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I can't believe that Bernie has now been through this entire primary process TWICE and the media has still not thoroughly vetted him for the public at large. They are still writing more about Hillary than they are about him. It's insane. I bet Hillary is glad there's another woman in the person of Elizabeth Warren to take at least half their media's bullshit. I'm surprised the media can all write or speak so voluminously from inside Bernie's and Biden's asses.
The white guy card is powerful. It's also known as the get out of jail free card, I guess.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | January 19, 2020 5:34 AM
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Trump trailing in four Great Lakes states. The Dems can't blow it but, if anyone can, it's the Dems.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 77 | January 23, 2020 12:37 PM
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