Bernie Sanders to Announce Presidential Bid
Bernie Sanders can be Presidwent if he wants. Just not President.
He is a good man who represents the public well. He is not beholden to special interests I wish he were one of our Senators.
Thank GOD. A challenger to the annointed one! Can't wait for the debates.
ramzzoinksus said:
Bernie Sanders can be Presidwent if he wants. Just not President.
This... This means something...
ramzzoinksus said:
It means that GL2 should now be able to edit his thread title.
It means you think he cannot be president, as if there's something which delegitimizes his run. I'm not talking about whether or not he will be president, we all know that won't happen, but you state he can't be. Under what clause in the Constitution can he not be president, ramzzoinksus?
I hope you guys get a chance to vote for him. But I highly doubt it.
TylerDurden said:
I hope you guys get a chance to vote for him. But I highly doubt it.
At least it will keep things interesting. Democracy lives? ... Naaaah. She'll shove him in the East River first.
How could you not vote for someone born in Brooklyn?
Got back BCC. No longer bkc.
I think Sanders would make a great president. I dont think he has any chance of getting the nomination.
BCC said:
How could you not vote for someone born in Brooklyn?
Got back BCC. No longer bkc.
Because I'm from The Bronx.
Glad to see you have your name back.
ridski said:
ramzzoinksus said:
It means that GL2 should now be able to edit his thread title.
It means you think he cannot be president, as if there's something which delegitimizes his run. I'm not talking about whether or not he will be president, we all know that won't happen, but you state he can't be. Under what clause in the Constitution can he not be president, ramzzoinksus?
The clause that says America is a "Christian" country. If you cannot find it I'm sure Mssrs. Cruz, Huckabee or Santorum can assist you.
There are enough Far Right candidates and enough Centrist-Establishment Candidates. Sanders will represent a welcomed difference.
Too bad he will never get the chance to debate the Republican candidates.
It would interesting if Clinton and Sanders were the only two candidates. I would raise Bernie's profile and might allow for some rather interesting debates (if that's possible).
If Clinton shows any signs of faltering another candidate or candidates will jump in.
The Democratic Establishment will not allow Bernie Sanders to become the Presidential Nominee any more than the Republican Establishment will allow Rand Paul to be the GOP Nominee.
ramzzoinksus said:
It means that GL2 should now be able to edit his thread title.
Huh?
Also, Bernie will hold Hillary's feet to the fire as proxy for Elizabeth Warren and the rest of us commies.
ramzzoinksus said:
It means that GL2 should now be able to edit his thread title.
Essentially the parties define it. They will usually define some set of criteria. If they want to exclude you from debates, they will move the yardstick. This happened to Ron Paul a few times. He would get excluded, but guys like Tancredo would be allowed in even though he polled way better than they did.
I'm not saying this because I don't want to see Sanders debate Clinton. I would LOVE to see that debate. Sanders has so much material to paint Clinton as a sell out, hypocrite, tool of the status quo. Essentially, he could just tell the truth. That is the very reason I don't think its likely to happen.
ramzzoinksus said:
I would love for him to run as a third party candidate.
Of course you would. It is the only possible way for a Republican to smell the presidency.
GL2 said:
ramzzoinksus said:
It means that GL2 should now be able to edit his thread title.
Huh?
Also, Bernie will hold Hillary's feet to the fire as proxy for Elizabeth Warren and the rest of us commies.
ramzzoinksus said:
It means that GL2 should now be able to edit his thread title.
Somehow the thread title was changed.
TylerDurden said:
Essentially the parties define it. They will usually define some set of criteria. If they want to exclude you from debates, they will move the yardstick. This happened to Ron Paul a few times. He would get excluded, but guys like Tancredo would be allowed in even though he polled way better than they did.
I'm not saying this because I don't want to see Sanders debate Clinton. I would LOVE to see that debate. Sanders has so much material to paint Clinton as a sell out, hypocrite, tool of the status quo. Essentially, he could just tell the truth. That is the very reason I don't think its likely to happen.
You might be correct to an extent. I think the Commission I linked to deals only with the General not the Primaries.
OTOH if one of the TV Networks decided to have a Primary Debate and invited Clinton and Sanders could Clinton actually decide not to attend? That would seriously damage her.
Sponsored Business
Promote your business here - Businesses get highlighted throughout the site and you can add a deal.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/04/28/bernie-sanders-to-launch-presidential-bid-thursday/
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a blunt, self-described socialist who has become a favorite of progressive activists for his denunciations of big banks and the financial elite, will jump into the 2016 presidential campaign on Thursday, according to two people familiar with his plans.
One Sanders ally -- who requested anonymity to discuss the senator's yet-to-be announced plans, which were first reported Tuesday by Vermont Public Radio -- said Sanders is expected to make his intentions known this week, then hold a rally in Vermont next month. He plans to run as a Democrat, according to a knowledgeable Democrat.
Tad Devine, one of the Democratic Party’s leading consultants and a former high-level campaign aide to Al Gore, John Kerry, and Michael Dukakis, has signed to serve as Sanders’s political adviser.
“He is not only a longtime client but a friend. I believe he could deliver an enormously powerful message that the country is waiting to hear right now and do it in a way that succeeds,” Devine said in an interview last year.
In recent months, Devine and Sanders, who first worked together on Sanders's campaigns in the 1990s, have been mapping out how the brusque senator could navigate the race and present a formidable challenge to Hillary Rodham Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination.
[Bernie Sanders, weighing presidential run, calls for ‘political revolution’.]
Sanders, 73, a Brooklyn native, is the longest-serving independent in congressional history. Before winning election to the Senate in 2006, he served in the House and as mayor of Burlington.
Sanders, who caucuses with Democrats in the Senate, has seen his profile rise since 2010, when he delivered a marathon filibuster on economic policy. That speech turned into a book, and Sanders has since appeared frequently on MSNBC prime-time and HBO.
The Brooklyn-born senator has served in Congress since 1990, when he was elected as Vermont's lone representative in the House. He won a U.S. Senate seat in 2006, and was reelected to a second term in 2012.