| Paul Smeenus |
05-06-2016 12:10 PM |
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Originally Posted by Chula Vista
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1) He is old. Not a lot, but he certainly looks much older than anyone else running.
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Do you thing you could keep up with Bernie at the pace he's running this race? I'm only 58 and & couldn't. Besides, that has nothing to do with integrity.
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Originally Posted by Chula Vista
(Post 1695617)
2) He has little executive experience. He has been in Congress, but never held leadership roles. He served as Chair of the Senate VA Committee for 2 years. Before Congress, he was mayor of Burlington, VT, a town of 42k.
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Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man. But again, has nothing to do with integrity, which was *your* premise I responded to.
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Originally Posted by Chula Vista
(Post 1695617)
3) He greatly wants to expand government spending and increase taxes. While I think his goals are laudable, I think he is outside what most people would be comfortable with. Bernie Sanders's single-payer plan is almost twice as expensive as he says
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Again, your opinion, and again, no bearing on integrity.
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Originally Posted by Chula Vista
(Post 1695617)
4) He wants large tax increases. That may be necessary, but the last time Democrats ran a nominee who called for large tax increases was in 1984. Mondale was right, Reagan did raise taxes in 1986, but Reagan won 49 states because of it, including Vermont.
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Are you seeing a pattern here? Strawman as the day is long. So again, no bearing on integrity. That was your original premise, you claimed, correctly 99% of the time, that politicians were all corrupt, I pointed out Bernie isn't
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Originally Posted by Chula Vista
(Post 1695617)
5) He is not a member of the Democratic Party. He is listed as an Independent, but he is actually a member of the Socialist Party.
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No he isn't. Social Democrats =/= Socialists. That was just plain pulled out of your butt. And still not germane to your original contention that politicians are corrupt. |
