How are Sanders and Ferrel tied to Iran?

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Sunday September 20, 2015 · 1:55 PM PDT

2015/09/20 · 13:55

This just came across the old twitter feed. It is just crazy.

The story has nothing to do with Sanders or with Will Ferrel, but this is how The Hill is promoting it. Perhaps their editors (if they even have any) are out to lunch.

Sure folks will do anything these days for click-bait and The Hill lives in the same media circle of hell as Politico and Fox News, but even for that cohort--this was a little over the top.

So, Does Bernie Sanders support Schumer?

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Friday August 07, 2015 · 3:07 PM PDT

2015/08/07 · 15:07

This is a good news, bad news post.

First the good news: Bernie Sanders, After Call From Obama, Announces Support for Iran Deal.

That's great.

I'm glad that he has taken a stand to oppose the neo-cons who want to start a new Middle East war.

Now the bad news. The same NYT article notes that Bernie Sanders will support Chuck Schumer to replace Harry Reid as Democratic leader in the Senate:

The subtext of the calls, of course, was Mr. Schumer’s desire to smooth his ascent as leader of the Democratic caucus. Liberals have already begun criticizing Mr. Schumer for his stance on the Iran deal, suggesting that it should disqualify him from becoming the party’s leader in the Senate.
“I talked to Chuck this morning,” Mr. Sanders said in an interview.

And judging from Mr. Sanders’s comments, it went well for Mr. Schumer.

To be fair, the article does NOT explicitly quote Sanders endorsing Schumer as the next Democratic leader in the Senate. But it does leave the impression that Chuck can count on Bernie's support even if he is successful in helping the Neo-cons start a new war.

I'm undecided, but until I hear Bernie Sanders declare his opposition to Chuck Schumer as Reid's replacement, I can't support him.

One could not support Joe Lieberman and be against the Iraq war. And one cannot support Chuck Schumer while claiming to oppose a war with Iran.

Flame away if you wish, but we only have 42 days left to stop Schumer's War.

UPDATE: changed the title to better reflect that I'm asking a question and not coming to a conclusion. As far as I know, it is still an unknown where Sanders stand of Chuck Schumer replacing Harry Reid as the leader of Democrats in the Senate. I will ask this question of all candidates until I get an answer. I think Schumer has disqualified himself with his rush to war. Others are welcomed to disagree...

An Undecide Democrat with Questions: Immigration

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Thursday July 30, 2015 · 9:11 PM PDT

2015/07/30 · 21:11

Greetings

I'm an undecided Democrat.

This is the first election cycle since 1991-1992 that I have been undecided. It is very unusual for me to be undecided in the Primary season, so I'm taking my time to listen and learn about the candidates.

I like Hillary Clinton, Martin O'Malley and Bernie Sanders. I think any one of them would be fine. I will enthusiastically and actively campaign and support whomever wins the nomination. I will give them my time and money.

And yet, as for Primary season, I'm undecided. Each of them has things about them that I really like. Each of also comes with a basket of concerns, doubts and questions. Nobody has convinced me that I should support one of them over the other two. I do not have any reason to throw shade at any of them. OTOH, I am curious about their most dedicated supporters here at Dkos. Why are they animated with a passion that I just don't feel?

So I thought I would reach out to folks who are decided with a series of questions.

Let's go to the jump...

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Sunday July 19, 2015 · 11:27 AM PDT

2015/07/19 · 11:27

I know that Bernie Sanders had a large rally in the evening, but did he respond to the protest at the NN Candidate's Forum between the time he walked off one stage and onto the other?

I really do not know if he did. I've looked to see if he did and I couldn't find anything.

I'm curious and concerned about his response.

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Saturday August 25, 2012 · 9:42 PM PDT

2012/08/25 · 21:42

Last week I was traveling (off to Des Moines for family events and the Iowa State Fair). I've gotten used to reading news online. I rarely read a newspaper, expect when traveling by air or train. As I read the paper on my trip, I rediscovered the fun of turning newsprint pages. Often there are interesting layout juxtaposition of news stories, photos and/or ads that add to the experience and underscores an idea. There is an online echo of this, but it I just don't see it as often.

Above is the Opinion Page from the 8-16-12 issue of the paper. The two articles seemed to be talking about the same phenomena: the selling of a politician/leader without policies, history, background and any details about what they would do with power.

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Saturday August 04, 2012 · 1:09 PM PDT

2012/08/04 · 13:09

Mitt has decided to postpone any information that might inform voters about his past, his judgement and what he might do as President. He is especially fearful that releasing any details about his record or policies would inspire Democrats, the Obama Campaign and the media to criticize him and ask even more questions.

This is why he will not release his taxes. So far he has only released part of his 2010 Income Tax forms and he will not release any details about his 2011 Income Taxes until after October 15th.

Mitt sees this policy of secrecy and delay as a winning strategy. This is why he has decided to apply the same tactic to his selection of a running mate. The Romney Campaign announce today that the choice has been made, but will remain a secret until after October 15th.

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Tuesday July 24, 2012 · 5:37 AM PDT

2012/07/24 · 05:37

This is Mitt Romney's old home in the Deer Valley development outside of Park City, Utah.

In 2009 he sold it for a almost $5.25 Million.

Earlier this year, Mitt held a gathering of his high end donors ($50,000 plus givers) and GOP/wingnut potentates at another estate in Deer Valley. The slush fund party was held at the home of Scott Keller of Keller Investment Properties--a real estate developer who made a fortune off land/development deals in Summit County and around Park City. As these 'masters of their galtian universe' gathered to celebrate Mittens, they could look over Deer Valley and think that all the wealth generated in this corner of Utah (and all over the world) was because of them and their brilliance. I suspect that they all (especially Mitt) thought "look what we have built with our own hands--and without the help of anybody else, especially the God Damn government!"

Sure they thought that, but like with most things they think--it was wrong.

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Sunday July 15, 2012 · 6:26 PM PDT

2012/07/15 · 18:26

This is a nothin-burger of a Diary.

I am not responsible for any of it, even though my name is attached to it and it is published under my name.

And yet, it is (was) a highly ‘retroactively’ recommended Diary.

Based on the new retired “retroactively” concept it is clear to me that folks were recommending this Diary all the way back in 1999--years before Dkos even started. I think it may be the most recommended Diary ever!!

Ed will back me up on this one--no doubt!

The magic of paper-work time travel is like that.

Cheers

Mitt’s choice: Goldwater or his Father…

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Wednesday February 15, 2012 · 8:03 AM PST

2012/02/15 · 08:03

Mitt Romney comes off as fake. He seems like a man running from himself. When he speaks, he speaks in word strings designed to sound like something, while meaning nothing. He is running for President (for Pete's sake) and embracing whatever he thinks Republican primary voters want to hear at any given moment. It rings hollow and inauthentic.

To win the Republican nomination a candidate must win the Republican base--and the base is batshit crazy. They embrace a world view that began to take over the Republican Party with the campaign of Barry Goldwater and his merging of the extreme paranoid right wing fringe of Conservative politics with the neo-Confederate racism of the Dixiecrats. This is the foundation of the modern Republican Party and the so-called conservative movement.

Mitt Romney has been embracing this twisted political vision of America and that is why he seems fake, hollow and inauthentic. The modren Republican Party and conservative movement represent the kind of politics that Mitt's father, George Romney, spent his life fighting.

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Sunday February 12, 2012 · 7:48 PM PST

2012/02/12 · 19:48

In French Rarebit, Bugs Bunny finds himself at the center of a battle between two French chefs and he helpfully provides each chef with advice to help move things along.

It is in the spirit of that cartoon that I decided offer Mitt Romney a tip to help him hold back the Santorum surge sweeping though the base of the GOP.

Follow me to the jump for the helpful tips.

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Thursday December 29, 2011 · 6:19 PM PST

2011/12/29 · 18:19

Over at Balloon Juice, Doug wrote about Rick Santorum running meetings where lobbyists were able to thumbs-ups or thumps-down any Bush era appointment. This reminded me that Santorum's involvement with lobbyists goes back to his arrival in Washington as a new Senator.

Santorum was elected to the Senate as part of the Gingrich wave election in 1994. Also arriving in that wave was a new Wingnut scheme to use lobbyists as a money laundering network to fund off-the-books efforts to swing elections and build conservative power in DC. Tom DeLay was an architect of the K Street Project and Rick Santorum eagerly signed on as one of his Capos. On the K Street side it was Jack Abramoff who was the point of the spear. Jack signed up clients who lived or died on the basis of congressional action and had lots of money to spend. Most folks know about the many Native American Nations with casinos who hire Jack, but another group of Jack's clients were US Territories with issues before the Congress.

In the late 1980s, a string of islands about 40 miles north of Guam became a US Territory. To protect the indigenous people of those islands they were given control of immigration and labor laws so that they would not become swamped with Anglos like Hawaii. Local grifters took control of the new Territory's politics and used these loopholes to invite in Chinese Sweatshops who wanted the benefit of a "Made in the USA" label. A family of Chinese grifters--the Tan Family--worked with local grifters to set up a system of labor abuse that included sweatshops, sex shops, human trafficking and even forced abortions (whenever one of their "worker" victims was with child).

Enter Jack Abramoff and his happy mixing with Santorum.

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Friday April 08, 2011 · 6:50 PM PDT

2011/04/08 · 18:50

We are hours away from the 150th Anniversary of a group of traitors launching a war on America. It was 4:30 AM on April 12, 1861 when Fort Sumter was attacked to protect slavery and other notions of white supremacy. Boiled down, the Civil War was about a small group of elites who used arguments about racism--wrapped in a patina of false patriotism and illusions of honor--to get a lot of poor folks to die in a war fought to protect the "rights" of a small group of elites to steal the labor of others.

Before the shooting started, there were many who sought a compromise to avoid the coming bloodshed. From 1820 to 1861, the Confederates made demand after demand and every time the demands were met--the goal post was moved and new demands were issued. Finally their demands left zero room for compromise as their minority demanded absolute capitulation from the majority to their crazy ass ideas and fantasies. They were called out on their bullshit and they responded with treason and violence.

In many ways, the current skirmish over funding the Government for the next six months and the larger coming battle over Paul Ryan's Path to a Galtian Utopia has very strong echoes of the build up to the Civil War. The names of the Parties have flipped, but the battle lines are similar. One side is unwilling to compromise and welcomes chaos with giddy excitement. The other is willing to embrace painful compromise to preserve the Union--agreeing to meet the Confederates far more than halfway time and time again. And yet--then as now--any compromise with the Confederates is never enough. Each new agreement just opens the door to more crazy and a fresh new unreasonable demand.

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