LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Barney Frank, the USA's first openly gay member of Congress, slams Bernie and his inaction regarding his extremist supporters (much like Trump) in a recent article in Slate. "It’s ironic that we complain about voter suppression and shortened voting times and then we have so many caucuses. The caucuses are the least democratic political operation in America. They cater to the people who have a lot of time on their hands, and what’s interesting is Sanders is the nominee of the caucuses and Hillary is the nominee of the primaries." "I am disappointed by the voters who say, “OK I’m just going to show you how angry I am!” And I’m particularly unimpressed with people who sat out the Congressional elections of 2010 and 2014 and then are angry at Democrats because we haven’t been able to produce public policies they like. They contributed to the public policy problems and now they are blaming other people for their own failure to vote, and then it’s like, “Oh look at this terrible system,” but it was their voting behavior that brought it about." "Bernie Sanders has been in Congress for 25 years with little to show for it in terms of his accomplishments and that’s because of the role he stakes out. It is harder to get things done in the American political system than a lot of people realize, and what happens is they blame the people in office for the system. And that’s the same with the Tea Party. It’s “I voted for these Republicans, we have a Republican Congress, we voted for them, they took over Congress, they didn’t accomplish anything.” You gotta win at least two elections in a row." http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/interrogation/2016/03/barney_frank_is_not_impressed_by_bernie_sanders.html A lot of interesting comments in this JMG thread http://www.joemygod.com/2016/03/31/barney-frank-vs-bernie-sanders-video/ ----- Thoughts? I've highlighted the most important part of this interview, aimed at you Bernie/Clinton supporters who will refuse to support the democratic nominee. Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JevyDuty 2,961 Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 I LOVE Barney Frank... drag ha!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bt1 5,213 Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 1 hour ago, LebaneseDude said: Thoughts? I've highlighted the most important part of this interview, aimed at you Bernie/Clinton supporters who will refuse to support the democratic nominee. I only saw Bernie supporters saying that. They need more than this and now isnt the right time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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