After Bernie’s change in position on the superdelegates last night, I feel it is important to look at what he says versus what he does:
Special Interests:
“In the year 2016, with a political campaign finance system that is corrupt and increasingly controlled by billionaires and special interests, I fear very much that, in fact, government of the people, by the people, and for the people is beginning to perish in the United States of America.” BernieSanders.com
· Sun Sentinel: “In the one 1990 congressional race in which gun control appeared to be a decisive issue, Bernie Sanders unseated former Rep. Peter Smith, R-Vt., a gun- control supporter whom the NRA had squarely in its sights. Sanders, the only avowed socialist in Congress, voted against the Brady Bill. The NRA`s political action committee pumped nearly $1 million into 1990 congressional races, including the Sanders-Smith race.”
LGBT Rights:
“Senator Sanders has been a longtime supporter of LGBT rights.” BernieSanders.com
“I’m not evolving when it comes to gay rights. I was there!” Interview with NY Times May 1st, 2015
His record:
- 1982- Signed resolution declaring marriage as a union between a man and a woman
- Peter Freyne, a locally beloved Vermont writer and opinion writer whom Sanders later lauded as “the best political reporter in the state of Vermont,” accused the then-Congressman of obfuscating on his gay rights position.
“Obtaining Congressman Bernie Sanders’ position on the gay marriage issue was like pulling teeth … from a rhinoceros,” Freyne wrote. Freyne described repeated attempts to hear Sanders’ views on gay marriage, and the congressman only said he “supports the current process” in the state legislature. Though Sanders was not in the Vermont state legislature at the time, it was a hot topic in his home state at the time.
- 2006: But when Sanders was asked by a reporter whether Vermont should legalize same-sex marriage, he said no. “Not right now, not after what we went through,” he said.
That same year, Sanders was asked in a debate during his first run for the Senate about a Massachusetts state court decision that legalized gay marriage. The debate moderator wanted to know if Sanders thought the federal government should overturn that decision. He responded by talking about states’ rights, which is an argument often used by politicians who have argued against federal recognition of gay marriage as well.
“I believe the federal government should not be involved in overturning Massachusetts or any other state because I think the whole issue of marriage is a state issue,” Sanders said in the 2006 debate.
Caring for our Veterans:
“Sen. Sanders believes that just as planes and tanks and guns are a cost of war, so is taking care of the men and women who we sent off to fight the war.” BernieSanders.com
Record:
- Failed to act when VA backlog resulted in the deaths of people not able to receive timely care:
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Women’s rights:
“Despite major advances in civil and political rights, our country still has a long way to go in addressing the issue of gender inequality.”
Record:
- Wrote rape fantasy essays: "A man goes home and masturbates his typical fantasy. A woman on her knees, a woman tied up, a woman abused."A woman enjoys intercourse with her man — as she fantasizes being raped by 3 men simultaneously.”
- Voted against Amber Alert www.boston.com/...
- Voted against giving rape victims access to their attackers HIV status
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This is not a man I want in the White House, he is married to his ideals only when it suits him and clearly his followers have not done the research or else they would realize this.