What things is Bernie weak on?

[newarkhiphop]

I understand why he is popular, he is saying things ppl want to hear but how much of what he is saying can he realistically accomplish and why won't he be able to

 

[the cac mamba]

bernie being 'weak on foreign policy' = he's inexperienced when it comes to spending my tax dollars on bombing brown children to protect israel and halliburtons' interests

a strength in my book not to mention hillarys "experience" is nothing to write home about

 

[No1]

I understand why he is popular, he is saying things ppl want to hear but how much of what he is saying can he realistically accomplish and why won't he be able to

Any Democrat will struggle to get the things he is advocating for through a Republican Congress. The idea of voting for him is that it makes more sense so shoot higher and it represents the return of the progressive Democrat and the repudiation of the Clinton Democrat.

The only way Sanders gets anything through is if progressives take over Congress. But he would put a lot of pressure of Democrats that Obama did not. He would make people look awful for their votes. And he has evidence on his side. California has the highest minimum wage and highest growth in the union right now. Public college is less than 2% of the budget if we go that route. Why would you vote against rebuilding America's infrastructure?

He'll have struggles with things like fracking that have provided some jobs. The environmental stuff will be his biggest challenges. Whatever, he does to annoy Wall Street, many in Silicon Valley will back him because he is toughest on encryption. I'll follow up later...

 

[Consigliere]

Foreign Policy

Gun Control

Forming coalitions of support to pass meaningful legislation

Selling the idea of manifest destiny and the American Dream at large

 

[RJY33]

getting votes

 

[LandryFieldsDad]

[1991] Supported genocidal sanctions against the people of Iraq:
Bernie Sanders Persian Gulf War 1 | User Clip | C-SPAN.org

[1993] Voted for the invasion of Somalia:
S.J.Res.45 - 103rd Congress (1993-1994): Resolution Authorizing the Use of United States Armed Forces in Somalia
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1993/roll183.xml

[1996] Voted for sanctions against Iran and Libya in order to prevent the two countries from developing ‘petroleum resources’:
H.R.3107 - 104th Congress (1995-1996): Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1996/roll250.xml

[1997] Voted to urge the president to illegally recognize Jerusalem as the ‘undivided capital of Israel’:
H.Con.Res.60 - 105th Congress (1997-1998): Relating to the 30th anniversary of the reunification of the city of Jerusalem.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1997/roll176.xml

[1998] Voted to endorse regime change operations against Iraq:
H.R.4655 - 105th Congress (1997-1998): Iraq Liberation Act of 1998
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1998/roll482.xml

[1999] Voted for the NATO assault on Yugoslavia:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/42
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1999/roll049.xml


[2001] Voted for the so-called ‘War on Terror’:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-joint-resolution/64
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2001/roll342.xml

[2001] Voted to extend and toughen sanctions against Iran and Libya:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/1954
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2001/roll276.xml

[2003] Voted for a resolution ‘Expressing the Support and Appreciation of the Nation for the President and the Members of the Armed Forces Who are Participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom’:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/104
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2003/roll083.xml

[2003] Cosponsored a bill authorizing sanctions against Syria for supporting Hezbollah and the PFLP:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/1828
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2003/roll543.xml

[2006] Cosponsored a bill authorizing regime change operations and sanctions against Iran:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/282
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2006/roll105.xml

[2006] Voted for the so-called ‘Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act’:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/4681
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2006/roll181.xml

[2006] Voted to endorse Israel’s brutal onslaught against Lebanon:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-resolution/921
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2006/roll391.xml

[2008] Cosponsored a resolution “reaffirming the bonds of close friendship and cooperation between the United States and Israel”:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/senate-resolution/522
[2009] Cosponsored a resolution for the purpose of strengthening USAID, a CIA front organization:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-resolution/312

[2011] Cosponsored a resolution authorizing NATO’s decimation of Libya:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-resolution/85

[2012] Voted for the ‘United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act’:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/2165
http://maplight.org/us-congress/bill/112-s-2165/1083433/near-votes

[2014] Did not object to the passage of a bill by unanimous consent to wage a massive propaganda campaign in support of the fascist regime in Ukraine:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2183

[2014] ] Did not object to the passage of a resolution by unanimous consent in support of Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-resolution/498

 

[LandryFieldsDad]

Bernie Sanders voted for and/or otherwise supported:
* Economic sanctions that killed more than a million Iraqi civilians
* Every U.S. bombing of Iraq from 1992 on
* The sending of U.S. military units to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to threaten Iraq because “we cannot tolerate aggression”
* The objectively racist and mass-incarcerationist Federal Crime bill.
* Every US intervention since elected to Congress–Iraq, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Liberia, Zaire (Congo), Albania, Sudan, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia.

More from Bernie's voting record...
Voted YES on Congressional pay raise. (Jul 2009)
Voted YES on instituting National Service (forced government service) as a new social invention. (Mar 2009)
Voted YES on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight. (Apr 2006)
Voted NO on allowing tribal Indians to opt out of federal healthcare. (Feb 2008)
Voted YES on authorizing states to collect Internet sales taxes. (May 2013)
Voted YES on $15.2 billion for foreign operations. (Nov 1999)
Impose sanctions and an import ban on Burma. (Oct 2007)
Voted NO on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits. (Jul 2000)
Voted NO on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax"). (Apr 2001)
Voted NO on eliminating the "marriage penalty". (Jul 2000)
Voted YES on banning Internet gambling by credit card. (Jun 2003)
Voted YES on keeping Cuba travel ban. (Jul 2001)
Voted YES on regulating tobacco as a drug. (Jun 2009)
Voted YES on implementing the 9/11 Commission report. (Mar 2007)
Voted YES on $192 Billion additional "anti-recession" stimulus spending. (Jul 2009)
Voted YES on additional $825 Billion for economic "recovery" package. (Feb 2009)
Voted NO on protecting middle-income taxpayers from a national energy tax. (Apr 2009)
Voted NO on prohibiting eminent domain for use as parks or grazing land. (Dec 2007)
Voted NO on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years. (Mar 2001)

 

[LandryFieldsDad]

I'd say his foreign policy is right where everyone else's is

 

[the cac mamba]

I'd say his foreign policy is right where everyone else's is

i dont really understand how john kasich and hillary clinton are "strong" on foreign policy

like yeah maybe you cast a few votes, or had a weak ass tenure as secretary of state. but i dont see anyone up there who ran the country during a fukkin war or anything am i missing something?

 

[LandryFieldsDad]

i dont really understand how john kasich and hillary clinton are "strong" on foreign policy

like yeah maybe you cast a few votes, or had a weak ass tenure as secretary of state. but i dont see anyone up there who ran the country during a fukkin war or anything am i missing something?

Hillary Clinton is a disgusting war criminal so other war hawks are gonna praise her "strong foreign policy"

When in reality we spend more on the military then the next twenty five countries on the list (all of whom are our allies)

So who knows anymore

 

[No1]

i dont really understand how john kasich and hillary clinton are "strong" on foreign policy

like yeah maybe you cast a few votes, or had a weak ass tenure as secretary of state. but i dont see anyone up there who ran the country during a fukkin war or anything am i missing something?

To me foreign policy is about judgment, and like him or not, Obama got it right more than he got it wrong. Hillary is always wrong, and Sanders is going to basically be Obama's foreign policy heir (but probably even less interventionist). His foreign policy record is a strength. It is one he is refusing to prop up because he does not want to shift the debate.

 

[StatUS]

Education. He explains everything else well but you have to go on his website to understand his college plans.

 

[LandryFieldsDad]

To me foreign policy is about judgment, and like him or not, Obama got it right more than he got it wrong. Hillary is always wrong, and Sanders is going to basically be Obama's foreign policy heir (but probably even less interventionist). His foreign policy record is a strength. It is one he is refusing to prop up because he does not want to shift the debate.

Iraq?
Libya?
Sudan?
Syria???

When has Obama got it right?

 

[88m3]

 

[Mook]

Iraq?
Libya?
Sudan?
Syria???

When has Obama got it right?

Well seeing as were not in any of these countries, sounds good.