Comments by "Virginia Lawler" (@virginialawler7725) on "Bernie Sanders"
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@elissahochberg407 There is something very much the matter with anyone who chooses to still post comments that are 100% discredited. I am nearly 83 y.o now, and I find it especially appalling by a woman...who has to KNOW she is spouting lies. And, I've even seen your same post in a 2nd location. What Sanders, an activist poli sci undergrad at the U. of Chicago, actually did in August 1963 was get arrested for protesting housing and school segregation in the city. (IL is my home state, by the way, and I saw the newspaper photos of a policeman "encouraging" Sanders to the ground during the protest that precipitated his arrest, etc.) The NAACP got him out the next day. He was also a working member of CORE and SNCC, two other major civil rights groups at the time. Also that month, Sanders organized a busload from Chicago to DC for MLK's gigantic March for Jobs and Freedom and historic "I Have A Dream" speech. Your description of Bernie as "also very very pro Segregation" is laughable...except that it is so sad and disgusting you would write that about a young man who found his life s work early as a warrior for civil, economic, environmental, gender, racial and social justice...and for peace. Your final sentence is not understandable...but truly pathetic, evenso. You really should be ashamed of yourself. Here's a suggestion: Why don't you dedicate the rest of your life to achieving 1% of what Sen. Sanders has done with his to combat segregation and in so many other areas for the betterment of our nation. #NotMeUs.
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William Conron Just my Biggest Thank You to you from NC for what you expected to do for Bernie and for All of Us! The nation was entitled to whatever strength in delegates NY votes would have earned for Bernie at the convention. At first, I really couldn't believe what Gov. Cuomo, etc., had done...to NYers, to Bernie and, by extension, our nation. Until then, I'd been impressed with how Cuomo has been dealing with NY's awful coronavirus situation--his smarts, humility and even once-in-a-while self-deprecating humor, while working hard every day for his people. He reminded me of Bernie that way.
But, Cuomo's decision to be a part of the decision to disenfranchise thousands of NYers, to cut you all off from having your say in certainly one of the most important presidential elections in my life (and I'm 81)…. Well, it changed my opinion of him forever...and beyond negatively. It's what I will remember every time I see his face or hear his voice...from now on. I truly could not imagine/believe such a death blow to democracy happening in America in this day and age. But, I should have, considering Trump's words and actions these past 3 1/2 years. And, to go way back, considering how long it took for citizens of color to even get the right to vote in the first place, and how costly that victory was in human lives...and the rest of it. And further considering that it took even longer for women to have the right to vote.
America will rally, as it always has, from the American Revolution, the Civil War, and on...and on. But, the blatant voter suppression for NYers is quite awful. And, to have, at the same time, Trump's coronavirus costing 60,000 of our lives in 8 weeks already...more than the death toll in the Vietnam War. It's a lot to handle. If Bernie had been the nominee, he could have prevailed in November...with the help of All of Us. I don't believe Biden can, as his cognitive decline continues. His support by the elites does not rally everyday people. Well, I apologize for carrying on so long. Am glad you wrote. Am sorry you won't be able to help Bernie (and, therefore, all of us). #NotMe.Us
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Bill Joynes My only son a Marine, also my late only uncle (who spent his whole service at Parris Island, while my late aunt, a nurse, came home after serving "in every Hell Hole in Europe," he was always proud to report!). My late brother-in-law, a paratrooper, came home from Korea. Way back an ancestor from Virginia was a private in several battles in the American Revolution, then headed to IL to be a farmer, where family still is now. Can't help, here at 81 y.o., still getting a little teary at the annual Veterans Day parades and Memorial Day concerts! Bernie Sanders has supported our military forever and always will--no wonder the VFW and--at a later time--the American Legion, honored him as Man of the Year!
Thank YOU!! I donated my $27 in your honor yesterday (1/26/20). #NotMe.Us
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Joe Curr Bernie is not a socialist, he is democratic socialist. But, you know that. You just want to cause trouble. And, by the way, IF you 1) use public highways and roads, 2) value public schools, 3) frequent public libraries, 4) receive or want to receive Social Security and Medicare, 5) need a fireman or a policeman, 6) etc., Etc., ETC, then you are reaping the benefits of democratic socialism.
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Joe Curr Your post shows only one thing--that you have nothing substantive to contribute to the conversation about how to retrieve, protect and advance our beloved and beleaguered nation. America has had to endure Trump's lies, laziness, lack of education, pettiness, vulgarity, aversion to public service, etc., MANY etc., for 3+ years. He was given so many chances to use our tax money, and even some of his inherited millions, for good. But, he...and his advisers...chose a different path at every opportunity--to help the elite and ignore or hurt the rest of us.
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@JJ8KK Thank you for taking the time to reply to MrSwagTurtle's question. And, I thank him for asking it! I bet a lot of folks, especially very rich folk, could have the same question but not asking it. They are just out there continuing to "stew" about Bernie's emphasis on helping "the rest of us" when that help for US "would not impose any material suffering on rich people of any kind."
I first learned of Bernie when I lived in Chapel Hill, NC, in the midst of the state's biggest efforts to thwart segregation at all levels. In 1963, I saw two Chicago newspaper photos of Bernie, a poli sci undergrad student protesting school segregation: 1) being dragged off to jail by two policemen, the NAACP got him out the next day, and 2) ankle-locked to another protester--young, female, Black and already on the ground where he was headed.
Bernie had found his life's work early as a warrior for civil, economic, environmental, gender, racial and social justice
….and for peace. Even now--in the midst of the campaign--his latest of many attempts to get the first raise ever to the federal minimum wage passed the House in July. But...it is one of some 400 bills Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY) has refused to bring to the floor for a vote. Bernie's Fight for $15--to secure the first-ever raise in the original $7.25--is just one part of his consistent, comprehensive effort to help those of us not in the 1%. #NotMe.Us
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Frank Arrietta You really need to stop this nonsense. Bernie has NO mansions, and you know it. Bernie has, and has had, a home in Burlington, as mayor for 8 years, then a U.S. rep. and now a U.S. senator. He also has a one-bedroom in DC. Do you think it would be more time efficient and less costly for him to go back and forth and back and forth??? Not. They have a recent lake front home, primarily due to an inheritance. They also have four children and seven grandchildren to enjoy it. Bernie also wrote a book, Our Revolution, that sold extremely well and reached #3 on the NYT Best-Seller list...and was also published in China, England, France, Germany, Serbia and South Korea. I have just finished his later book, Where We Go from Here: Two Years in the Resistance, June 2016-August 2018. It's a fine read, 266pgs. & Index. I recommend it to everyone.
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@MsBhappy Thank you so for your comprehensive, measured reply to such a shameful, uneducated poster! Writing a book that claimed #3 on the NYT Best-Seller List did make Sanders a most deserving millionaire. He's been recognized with two honorary doctorate degrees, too. And named Man of the Year by the VFW and the American Legion (separate years) for his decades of work for our veterans. But the shocking Spok would write, "I never knew he was a Nazi- Go figure!" How dishonorable can one be. I'm 81 y.o. now, first learned of Bernie in 1963 when he was an undergrad at the U. of Chicago, protesting school segregation. Arrested, the NAACP got him out the next day. He'd found his life's work young, as a warrior for civil, economic, environmental, gender, racial and social justice...and for peace. And, because he truly is a great and good man, we know a President Sanders would still work for the dreadful Spok.
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Derp Ataur What a fine comment! Lots of people have come to know more about Sen. Sanders now...and quite in time to be our next POTUS, I think (hope)! I'm 81 now, an Illinois native who first learned of him in 1963, when he was a college student arrested for protesting segregation in Chicago. Saw him in two newspaper photos that August: 1) two policemen dragging him off to jail--the NAACP got him out the net day, and 2) ankle-locked to another protester--young, female, Black and already on the ground, where he was headed.
That same month Bernie helped organize a busload to DC for MLK's historic March for Jobs and Freedom (where he gave his moving "I've Got a Dream" speech). A sit-in Bernie helped organize around then in the chancellor's office at the U. of Chicago (where he was a poli sci undergrad) is considered the first sit-in in the north. He'd found his life's work young, as a warrior for civil, economic, environmental, gender, racial and social justice...and for peace. And he's kept at it. There's a real good You Tube Video you might like, "Bernie Sanders and Civil Rights in Chicago."
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