Bernie Sanders: I support Hillary Clinton. So should everyone who voted for me

[CPUd]

Bernie Sanders: I support Hillary Clinton. So should everyone who voted for me

The conventions are over and the general election has officially begun. In the primaries, I received 1,846 pledged delegates, 46% of the total. Hillary Clinton received 2,205 pledged delegates, 54%. She received 602 superdelegates. I received 48 superdelegates. Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee and I will vigorously support her.

Donald Trump would be a disaster and an embarrassment for our country if he were elected president. His campaign is not based on anything of substance — improving the economy, our education system, healthcare or the environment. It is based on bigotry. He is attempting to win this election by fomenting hatred against Mexicans and Muslims. He has crudely insulted women. And as a leader of the “birther movement,” he tried to undermine the legitimacy of our first African American president. That is not just my point of view. That’s the perspective of a number of conservative Republicans.

In these difficult times, we need a president who will bring our nation together, not someone who will divide us by race or religion, not someone who lacks an understanding of what our Constitution is about.

On virtually every major issue facing this country and the needs of working families, Clinton’s positions are far superior to Trump’s. Our campaigns worked together to produce the most progressive platform in the history of American politics. Trump’s campaign wrote one of the most reactionary documents.

Clinton understands that Citizens United has undermined our democracy. She will nominate justices who are prepared to overturn that Supreme Court decision, which made it possible for billionaires to buy elections. Her court appointees also would protect a woman’s right to choose, workers’ rights, the rights of the LGBT community, the needs of minorities and immigrants and the government’s ability to protect the environment.

Trump, on the other hand, has made it clear that his Supreme Court appointees would preserve the court’s right-wing majority.

Clinton understands that in a competitive global economy we need the best-educated workforce in the world. She and I worked together on a proposal that will revolutionize higher education in America. It will guarantee that the children of any family in this country with an annual income of $125,000 a year or less – 83% of our population – will be able to go to a public college or university tuition free. This proposal also substantially reduces student debt.

Trump, on the other hand, has barely said a word about higher education.

Clinton understands that at a time of massive income and wealth inequality, it is absurd to provide huge tax breaks to the very rich.

Trump, on the other hand, wants billionaire families like his to enjoy hundreds of billions of dollars in new tax breaks.

Clinton understands that climate change is real, is caused by human activity and is one of the great environmental crises facing our planet. She knows that we must transform our energy system away from fossil fuels and move aggressively to energy efficiency and sustainable energy.

Trump, on the other hand, like most Republicans, rejects science and the conclusions of almost all major researchers in the field. He believes that climate change is a “hoax,” and that there’s no need to address it.

Clinton understands that this country must move toward universal healthcare. She wants to see that all Americans have the right to choose a public option in their healthcare exchange, that anyone 55 or older should be able to opt in to Medicare, and that we must greatly improve primary healthcare through a major expansion of community health centers. She also wants to lower the outrageously high cost of prescription drugs.

And what is Donald Trump’s position on healthcare? He wants to abolish the Affordable Care Act, throw 20 million people off the health insurance they currently have and cut Medicaid for lower-income Americans.

During the primaries, my supporters and I began a political revolution to transform America. That revolution continues as Hillary Clinton seeks the White House. It will continue after the election. It will continue until we create a government which represents all of us and not just the 1 percent – a government based on the principle of economic, social, racial and environmental justice.

I understand that many of my supporters are disappointed by the final results of the nominating process, but being despondent and inactive is not going to improve anything. Going forward and continuing the struggle is what matters. And, in that struggle, the most immediate task we face is to defeat Donald Trump.

Bernie Sanders is the junior U.S. senator from Vermont.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-sanders-message-20160805-snap-story.html

 

[69360]

I thought Sanders was a pretty decent guy previously. I wonder who go to him and what he gets for endorsing Clinton? Clinton and Trump equally suck.

 

[Natural Citizen]

I thought Sanders was a pretty decent guy previously.

Respectfully, I hope you don't get paid to think.

 

[Michael Landon]

If he doesn't say that, he'll end up dead.

- ML

 

[CPUd]

He'll probably get full party support for some bill he introduces in the next 1 or 2 years.

 

[69360]

Respectfully, I hope you don't get paid to think.

Why is that. I didn't agree with Sanders much but at least he was honest to this point. Now, not so much.

Fear of suicide by Clinton could possibly be a motivator here.

 

[adissa]

If he doesn't say that, he'll end up dead.

- ML

this.

 

[Champ]

I thought Sanders was a pretty decent guy previously. I wonder who go to him and what he gets for endorsing Clinton? Clinton and Trump equally suck.

The same people that got Perot to drop out of the race in 1992.

 

[Lovecraftian4Paul]

Three possibilities:

1. He's being offered something big or outright bribed.

2. He's being threatened politically or personally.

3. He was a sock puppet all along to give Hillary campaign practice and make their primary look vaguely competitive.

 

[CPUd]

Three possibilities:

1. He's being offered something big or outright bribed.

2. He's being threatened politically or personally.

3. He was a sock puppet all along to give Hillary campaign practice and make their primary look vaguely competitive.

Could be all 3, in reverse order over time.

 

[hells_unicorn]

Why is that. I didn't agree with Sanders much but at least he was honest to this point. Now, not so much.

Fear of suicide by Clinton could possibly be a motivator here.

He was never honest, because he never earned an honest dollar in his life. The fact that he may have been killed if he hadn't play ball doesn't erase his past, there is no such thing as an honest socialist, anymore than there is such a thing as a circle with corners.

 

[timosman]

He was never honest, because he never earned an honest dollar in his life. The fact that he may have been killed if he hadn't play ball doesn't erase his past, there is no such thing as an honest socialist, anymore than there is such a thing as a circle with corners.

Squaring the circle is impossible - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squaring_the_circle

 

[timosman]

 

[Wooden Indian]

Why is that. I didn't agree with Sanders much but at least he was honest to this point. Now, not so much.

Fear of suicide by Clinton could possibly be a motivator here.

99% of them are in bed together and laugh at the marks that think there's any difference in them while they party in The Hamptons doing blow off of young girls' butt cracks. It's like Pro Wrestling... just easier to see through.

 

[ChristianAnarchist]

99% of them are in bed together and laugh at the marks that think there's any difference in them while they party in The Hamptons doing blow off of young girls' butt cracks. It's like Pro Wrestling... just easier to see through.

Wait... Are you insinuating that there's something about pro wrestling that's akimbo??

 

[69360]

He was never honest, because he never earned an honest dollar in his life. The fact that he may have been killed if he hadn't play ball doesn't erase his past, there is no such thing as an honest socialist, anymore than there is such a thing as a circle with corners.

Yeah I think he was honest. He was forthright about being a socialist. You knew what you were getting with him. Sanders and Ron Paul identified many of the same problems. They had vastly different solutions of course.

99% of them are in bed together and laugh at the marks that think there's any difference in them while they party in The Hamptons doing blow off of young girls' butt cracks. It's like Pro Wrestling... just easier to see through.

Sanders is an old hippy dippy liberal socialist. I seriously doubt he is partying in the Hamptons with the Clintons.

I used to at least respect the guy for his integrity, now not so much. Pushing Clinton over Trump when there is no real difference, they both suck.

 

[hells_unicorn]

Yeah I think he was honest. He was forthright about being a socialist. You knew what you were getting with him. Sanders and Ron Paul identified many of the same problems. They had vastly different solutions of course.

At the man's age, he is well aware of what socialism has done and will do to people. Announcing that you are a socialist is not being honest if you are trying to pass it off as anything other than a means of tyranny. Though I will grant that there is a remote possibility that Sanders may simply be stupid in his socialism given that the PM of Denmark slapped him down about his frequent references to Denmark as a socialist country. Ignorance is a root of evil, but is obviously different from maliciously lying, which is what I believe that people like Bernie Sanders ultimately are, but I'm just a cynical orphan of the 2008 Ron Paul movement with no trust left in the so-called political left.

 

[Wooden Indian]

Yeah I think he was honest. He was forthright about being a socialist. You knew what you were getting with him. Sanders and Ron Paul identified many of the same problems. They had vastly different solutions of course.




Sanders is an old hippy dippy liberal socialist. I seriously doubt he is partying in the Hamptons with the Clintons.

I used to at least respect the guy for his integrity, now not so much. Pushing Clinton over Trump when there is no real difference, they both suck.

I never really bought into the whole Bernie is a peace loving hippy deal. He sounds like it a bit in recent speeches but his record tells a different story. And who's to say... maybe The Clinton's are doing blow off of Bernie's backside.

AAannnnd......Now since you have THAT picture in your brain forever.. I wish you a goodnight!

 

[AngryCanadian]

I feel that Sanders is being threaten his expression at the DNC didn't look very neutral.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

Too little, too late. #Demexit is already happening.

Bernie Sanders slams Hillary Clinton's "racist" comment

Sanders says Hillary not qualified to be President




To be fair, disgraced dronegangsta has a different view than Bernie's on Hillary's qualifications for the office:

Obama:There has never been any man or woman more qualified for Presidency than Hillary Clinton

I feel that Sanders is being threaten his expression at the DNC didn't look very neutral.

Bernie the man is no longer part of Bernie the movement, if he is being threatened by SWCs Hillary/DGP's masters, he should take Congress and public into confidence and tell it all.