Chuck:
What does his voting record look like? Is it Independent in nature? Or
what?
Richard
On 4/11/2016 1:34 AM, Charles Krugman (Redacted sender ckrugman for
DMARC) wrote:
technically the Democratic party is allowing him to run as a Democrat. His voter registration in Vermont still shows Sanders as an independent and while he has caucused with the Democratic Party he claims no real loyalty to the party. Where the democratic Party welcomes people that actually change their party and actual re-register this is not the same thing. While I have never voted or thrown my vote away as a protest vote because I just don’t believe in what third parties that we have in existence stand for I do like labels and I stand for party loyalty. The bottom line is I guess I just don’t personally feel that disenfranchised and I am not a cause voter. However, that option is open to anyone when they enter the voting booth.
Chuck
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He joined the Party for what that is worth Chuck! He is running in the Democratic Party.
By the way both Parties have welcomed "defectors" from the other Party. For example, Republicans took in a swath of Southern Democratts from Thurmond to Graham and many of them ran as Republicans in their primaries.
Democrats welcomed in folks like Arlen Spector even recently.
This said, and while Irespect you highly I disagree with your core contentions. I simply disagree.
I vote, and organize, personally not on Party loyalty, but rather on issues.
While by far the bulk of folks I've worked for from John Glenn, to Tom Harkin, to Obama in presidential campaigns were/are Democrats I have been known to pull the lever for members of other parties especially if my local or state Democrats were proven to be corrupt and against ourinterests.
Oh, I almost forgot my active support and my role as a Democratic Party state delegate while I was 19 for McGovern.
Forgive the ramble but often the Party or individuals within it haven't been loyal to us, and most especially those of us with disabilities.
Now, I'm not per say a third party guy in most cases but I've sure been known to vote Green or even some other party in protest as a sort of a vote for "none of the above".
And I'll tell you their is a social democratic wing in the Democratic Party. And if they split off and created a third party I'd join it in a heartbeat.
But, on this you might disagree with me.
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The issue is that technically Sanders does not claim to be a
Democrat. He is registered as an “independent” Senator although he
caucuses with the democrats. I feel let down by the Democratic
party because it has allowed Sanders to take over as an
independent and as a long standing party member I strongly believe
that does make a difference. This is why I say that I feel let
down by the Democratic party as this undermines party membership
and loyalty. For those of you who are members of third parties
would you be satisfied if an outsider someone who might be an ally
on some issues is given carte blanch opportunities to run without
actually being a party member? I believe that it is rationale like
this that causes us to get stuck with “top Two” primaries like we
now have shoved down our throats in California.
Chuck
Chuck
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*Sent:* Wednesday, March 30, 2016 4:45 AM
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Chuck,
I seem to be missing messages, so I only saw yours now below
Frank’s reply.
I copy from your message:
"I feel that as a loyal longstanding Democrat I have been let down
by the democratic party when they gave him a carte blanche pass to
run and say whatever he wants. While I sympathize with people who
are struggling economically I don't think that Bernie Sanders is
the answer”
You feel let down by the Democratic Party because they allowed a
candidate to speak his outh without muzzling him or otherwise
dictating what he is allowed to say, restricting what he can
declare his platform to be? I don’t understand that.
If Sanders does not provide the possibility of an answer to the
things he has outlined as big problems, in his candidacy, where do
you think any other possibility lies?
And, another question, if he is indeed still technically an
independent in Vermont, so what? And I do believe he is the
Democratic senator from Vermont, but you may be aware of some
technical detail that I”ve missed…
Alice
On Mar 29, 2016, at 4:51 PM, Frank Ventura
<frank.ventura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:frank.ventura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Chuck, while my heart wants to disagree with you my head
reluctantly acknowledges that you probably are correct.
Frank
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Well Frank, this is how I've always felt about Bernie and Jill.
While Sanders has caucused with the democrats in the Senate he is
still technically registered as an independent in Vermont as I
understand it. I feel that as a loyal longstanding Democrat I
have been let down by the democratic party when they gave him a
carte blanche pass to run and say whatever he wants. While I
sympathize with people who are struggling economically I don't
think that Bernie Sanders is the answer.
Chuck
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Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 1:08 PM
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Poses Hard Questions For Sanders Campaign and His Youthful Supporters
Chuck, while I did vote for Sanders in the primary, I am already
regretting it. Sadly, Sanders is starting to sound more and more
like Jill Stein; that is someone who merely wants to derail the
democratic party and put a Republican in the oval office out of
some sort of protest. The sad truth is that after Stein and
Sanders get their jollies with their protest against the
mainstream Democratic party they will go back to their comfy
suburban homes and sit back with a glass of wine; while the rest
of us working class suffer the onslaught of President Trump or
President Cruz and all the horrors for our nation that it has
brought. So a year from now when President Trump's death squads
are roaming the streets killing the working class Bernie and Jill
will be sitting back watching it all on Foxnews while their
private security forces guard their nicely manicured lawns.
Frank
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Miriam, in 2008 you voted for a typical Chicago politician.
Spending time in Chicago growing up in the sixties I found the
political machine in power fascinating. My problem is that I just
don't like or agree with Bernie Sanders and don't believe he is
electable nor does he possess the image of an American president.
While There are lots of things I didn't like about the Clinton
Administration and I believe that Hillary was an active
participant in the decisionmaking process and since I don't
support the extreme principles of third parties I feel that in
this election I'm voting for the lesser of the evils. I guess
that there is still part of me that buys in to the capitalistic
mentality.
Chuck
-----Original Message-----
From: Miriam Vieni
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2016 11:43 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Trump and Clinton's Big Night
Poses Hard Questions For Sanders Campaign and His Youthful Supporters
I live in New York which, probably, will continue to be a blue state.
However, whatever kind of state it is, my vote, if Bernie isn't
the Democratic candidate, will go to Jill Stein. It won't go to
Trump and it won't go to the Clinton machine. In 2008, I thought
I was voting for a Democratic candidate who represented the
values in which I believed. I knew that he was a bit to the right
in terms of Afghanistan, but I tought he was a Liberal Democrat
who believed in the rule of law, in open government. I discovered
that I'd voted for an opportunist, an elitist, for a President
who would ignore the constitution whenever it got in the way of
his appeasement of the security state, of a President who was
ready to cut social security benefits, and who made unacceptable
bargains with Republicans before it was necessary to do so. And
he is the more Ppogressive of the two. If I vote for Hillary, I'd
be voting for someone whose Neo Liberal policies are more
warlike, who is even more comfortable with the elites, who will
increase the US appeasement of Israel, whose concern about
African Americans is pure fiction, and who uses her femaleness as
a means to gain support from femininsts. I can't, in good
consciience do it. No, I don't want Trump as President. But the
fact that Clinton uses whatever words , she thinks, will get
votes from the Democratic base, doesn't reassure me. I listened
to Robert Sheer's discussion with Thomas Frank this morning on an
audio clip on Truthdig. Are you aware that Bill Clinton was about
to privatize social security? What stopped him? The Monica
Lewinsky scandal. These Democrats, aside from social issues, LGBT
rights, abortion rights, are not anymore the party of the working
people.
Miriam
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whether we might like it or not any vote that doesn't go to
Hillary including those on principle to minor candidates could
very strongly result in the trump presidency that no thinking
person wants.
Chuck
-----Original Message-----
From: Miriam Vieni
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:21 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Trump and Clinton's Big Night
Poses Hard Questions For Sanders Campaign and His Youthful Supporters
Well, voting for Clinton means voting for more of what we have
now which means more wealth going to the 1%, more power for trans
national corporations, larger even less regulated banks, and an
escalation of war.
Voting for trump may very well mean and out and out war at home
on minorities along with what I outlined above. One can't tell
what Trump will actdually do in terms of international policy
because his statements are contradictory. I caught a short
interview with the author of a biography of Trump on NPR last
night. Briefly, he said Trump never reads books, does not focus
on one subject when you talk with him, but thinks just the way he
sounds in his speeches, and his basically and ego maniac,
although he didn't use that term. I can't visualize myself voting
for Hillary because I can't think of any positives in her favor.
But certainly, the prospect of a Trump Presidency is unthinkable.
Miriam
Miriam
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As the World turns...so turn firm resolves.
Of course it's early yet, but winning the primary appears to be
slipping from the old, experienced hands of Senator Bernie Sanders.
To date I have held to my resolve to vote for Sanders, and then
if he does not win the Party nomination, to vote for Jill Stein,
of the Green Party.
But that was before the Republicans trotted out their Party's
Best, the Clown Crew.
And, as we all guffawed and chuckled over their noisy sideshow,
an awful thing happened. One of the clowns began to look like
something out of the 1940's. A full blown Fascist!
Ranting and raving and telling one big lie after another, Donald
Trump rose like the Phoenix, out of the ashes of the Third Reich.
Despite the Republican Party's denial that he has the popular
Party support, Trump stomps about, stirring up the rank and file,
and winning in state after state.
We now are upon the brink of National disaster. One direction
leads to a Fascist State, and the other leads to a Corporate
State. And we have only ourselves to blame.
If the choice comes down to Clinton or Trump, or even Clinton or
Cruz, we will need to decide if we hold to our original plan to
support Stein, or to "throw away" our vote in an effort to block
the takeover of our emerging Corporate State by the Fascist
State. What a choice!
Just a fair warning that I am not ruling out a vote for Hillary
Clinton.
Carl Jarvis
On 3/16/16, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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Trump and Clinton's Big Night Poses Hard Questions For Sanders
Campaign and His Youthful Supporters By Steven Rosenfeld [1] /
AlterNet [2] March 15, 2016 Bernie Sanders' historic and
expectation-surpassing bid for the Democratic presidential
nomination
ran into hard reality in several pivotal primary contests Tuesday,
where he could not break Hillary Clinton's hold on voters in
several
critical battleground states needed to win in the fall-notably Ohio
and Florida.
While Sanders supporters will point to his narrow victory in
Missouri,
and overwhelming support among independents who voted in the
Democratic primary, Clinton's victories in those fall battleground
states-as well as South Carolina and Illinois-means that it is
virtually impossible for Sanders to win the delegates needed [3]
for
the party's nomination. That fact undoubtedly will take days to
seep
into his remarkable grassroots campaign, where it remains to be
seen
how Sanders will continue his quest or align himself with
Clinton-who
he's criticized for some stances but praised as a person of
integrity.
The backdrop for that as-yet unknown calculation is the deeply
disconcerting continuing rise of Donald Trump toward the Republican
nomination, who has continued to amass a delegate lead-winning in
Florida, Illinois, South Carolina and Missouri. Although Ohio Gov.
John Kasich beat Trump in his home state, his first victory on
2016,
his chances-based on the GOP's delegate nomination math-are an even
longer shot than Sanders catching up with Clinton and wresting the
nomination. Under the current Republican National Committee
rules, a
candidate needs to have won at least eight states to have their
name
placed in nomination for the presidency. That renders Kasich's
pledge
to supporters that he will win this fall as little more than
campaign
magical thinking.
"Only one campaign has beaten Donald Trump over and over and
over again,"
said Sen. Ted Cruz, also striking a defiant tone despite losing in
every state Tuesday, including by several thousand votes in
Missouri
to
Cruz recited his pledge to recast the federal government andTuesday's results.
judiciary
in the most ideological right-wing mold possible, go after enemies
abroad, and said he was the only alternative to Trump. "Starting
tomorrow morning, there is a clear choice," Cruz said, posturing
before supporters in Texas.
Trump's victory in Florida prompted Marco Rubio to suspend his
campaign, telling his backers that it was not in "God's plans"
for him
to win "in
2016
or maybe ever." He also implored Republicans to reject the hateful
politics pedaled by Trump, saying, "I ask the American people,
'Do not
give into the fear. Do not give into the frustration.'"
Tuesday's top two storylines-Trump's rise and Clinton all-but
ending
Sanders' chances of winning sufficient delegates to be the
nominee-came together in her remarks, where she underscored that
she
had won fair and square but tried to reach out to Sanders' team.
"Our
campaign has won more votes than any other campaign-Democrat or
Republican," began Clinton, in remarks from Palm Beach, "and I
want to
congratulate Sen. Sanders for the vigorous campaign he has waged."
Clinton said she needed the support of Democrats across the
country,
and then focused on Trump but cited many issues raised by Sanders.
"Tonight, it is clearer than ever that this may be one of the most
consequential campaigns of our lifetimes," she said. "The next
president will walk into the oval office next year in January,
and sit
down at that desk, and start making decisions that will affect the
lives and the livelihoods of everyone in this country and indeed,
everyone on this planet."
Clinton said the next president has three major challenges: making
positive differences in people's lives, keeping America safe and
bringing the country together. The first example she gave was a
direct
nod to Sanders and his popularity with voters under age 35. "Young
people across America struggling under the weight of student
debt find
it difficult to imagine the futures they want," she said, "and they
deserve a president who will relieve them of that burden and help
future generations go to college without borrowing a dime." Clinton
continued with another issue that he raised first. "And you know
grandparents who worry about retirement deserve a president who
will
protect and then expand Social Security for those who need it
most-not
cut or privatize it."
Her to-do list continued: affordable child care; paid family leave;
equal pay for equal work for women; good jobs with rising
incomes-in
construction, manufacturing, small business and renewable energy;
standing up for workers and the middle class-"not China, not Wall
Street and not overpaid corporate executives." She said that she
knows
how to make these promises become realities, and then slammed
Trump,
especially his anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim stances, and his
embrace
of torture and threatening adversaries.
"That doesn't make him strong, it makes him wrong," she said.
"We have to take on all forms of inequality and discrimination,"
Clinton said. "Together, we have to defend all of our rights-civil
rights and voting rights; worker's rights and women's rights; LGBT
rights and rights for people with disabilities. And that starts
with
standing with President Obama when he nominates a justice to the
Supreme Court."
Whether or not Sanders' supporters will buy Clinton's words and see
how much he has sharpened her embrace and articulation of a
progressive agenda remains to be seen. There is no doubt that the
short-term messaging from the Sanders' campaign will be that
they will
keep plowing ahead and fight for delegates in the remaining
states. As
of Tuesday, half the states have voted. The math has Clinton
with 300
more [3] pledged delegates than Sanders. That is not counting
super-delegates, the elected officers and party officials, where
she
has 427 to his 26 [3]. Sanders reportedly spent
$12 million in ads for Tuesday's contests, compared to Clinton's $7
million.
Many of Sanders' supporters have not been involved in political
campaigns before, and will have a hard time immediately processing
But there are some big unanswered questions about what is next fortogether.
them in 2016-and what Clinton will also do to bring these two
campaigns
Sanders has taken positions that appeal to the disaffectedCitizen's Guide to Voting"
voters who
have been drawn in by Trump and Cruz. One can only hope that the
Democratic Party knows it will need the millions of young economic
progressives to turn out in November. And they may not unless they
have a candidate they can believe in.
Steven Rosenfeld covers national political issues for AlterNet,
including America's retirement crisis, democracy and voting rights,
and campaigns and elections. He is the author of "Count My Vote: A
(AlterNet Books, 2008).Trump.
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Campaign and His Youthful Supporters By Steven Rosenfeld [1] /
AlterNet [2] March 15, 2016 Bernie Sanders' historic and
expectation-surpassing bid for the Democratic presidential
nomination
ran into hard reality in several pivotal primary contests Tuesday,
where he could not break Hillary Clinton's hold on voters in
several
critical battleground states needed to win in the fall-notably Ohio
and Florida.
While Sanders supporters will point to his narrow victory in
Missouri,
and overwhelming support among independents who voted in the
Democratic primary, Clinton's victories in those fall battleground
states-as well as South Carolina and Illinois-means that it is
virtually impossible for Sanders to win the delegates needed [3]
for
the party's nomination. That fact undoubtedly will take days to
seep
into his remarkable grassroots campaign, where it remains to be
seen
how Sanders will continue his quest or align himself with
Clinton-who
he's criticized for some stances but praised as a person of
integrity.
The backdrop for that as-yet unknown calculation is the deeply
disconcerting continuing rise of Donald Trump toward the Republican
nomination, who has continued to amass a delegate lead-winning in
Florida, Illinois, South Carolina and Missouri. Although Ohio Gov.
John Kasich beat Trump in his home state, his first victory on
2016,
his chances-based on the GOP's delegate nomination math-are an even
longer shot than Sanders catching up with Clinton and wresting the
nomination. Under the current Republican National Committee
rules, a
candidate needs to have won at least eight states to have their
name
placed in nomination for the presidency. That renders Kasich's
pledge
to supporters that he will win this fall as little more than
campaign
magical thinking.
"Only one campaign has beaten Donald Trump over and over and
over again,"
said Sen. Ted Cruz, also striking a defiant tone despite losing in
every state Tuesday, including by several thousand votes in
Missouri
to
Cruz recited his pledge to recast the federal government andTuesday's results.
judiciary
in the most ideological right-wing mold possible, go after enemies
abroad, and said he was the only alternative to Trump. "Starting
tomorrow morning, there is a clear choice," Cruz said, posturing
before supporters in Texas.
Trump's victory in Florida prompted Marco Rubio to suspend his
campaign, telling his backers that it was not in "God's plans"
for him
to win "in
2016
or maybe ever." He also implored Republicans to reject the hateful
politics pedaled by Trump, saying, "I ask the American people,
'Do not
give into the fear. Do not give into the frustration.'"
Tuesday's top two storylines-Trump's rise and Clinton all-but
ending
Sanders' chances of winning sufficient delegates to be the
nominee-came together in her remarks, where she underscored that
she
had won fair and square but tried to reach out to Sanders' team.
"Our
campaign has won more votes than any other campaign-Democrat or
Republican," began Clinton, in remarks from Palm Beach, "and I
want to
congratulate Sen. Sanders for the vigorous campaign he has waged."
Clinton said she needed the support of Democrats across the
country,
and then focused on Trump but cited many issues raised by Sanders.
"Tonight, it is clearer than ever that this may be one of the most
consequential campaigns of our lifetimes," she said. "The next
president will walk into the oval office next year in January,
and sit
down at that desk, and start making decisions that will affect the
lives and the livelihoods of everyone in this country and indeed,
everyone on this planet."
Clinton said the next president has three major challenges: making
positive differences in people's lives, keeping America safe and
bringing the country together. The first example she gave was a
direct
nod to Sanders and his popularity with voters under age 35. "Young
people across America struggling under the weight of student
debt find
it difficult to imagine the futures they want," she said, "and they
deserve a president who will relieve them of that burden and help
future generations go to college without borrowing a dime." Clinton
continued with another issue that he raised first. "And you know
grandparents who worry about retirement deserve a president who
will
protect and then expand Social Security for those who need it
most-not
cut or privatize it."
Her to-do list continued: affordable child care; paid family leave;
equal pay for equal work for women; good jobs with rising
incomes-in
construction, manufacturing, small business and renewable energy;
standing up for workers and the middle class-"not China, not Wall
Street and not overpaid corporate executives." She said that she
knows
how to make these promises become realities, and then slammed
Trump,
especially his anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim stances, and his
embrace
of torture and threatening adversaries.
"That doesn't make him strong, it makes him wrong," she said.
"We have to take on all forms of inequality and discrimination,"
Clinton said. "Together, we have to defend all of our rights-civil
rights and voting rights; worker's rights and women's rights; LGBT
rights and rights for people with disabilities. And that starts
with
standing with President Obama when he nominates a justice to the
Supreme Court."
Whether or not Sanders' supporters will buy Clinton's words and see
how much he has sharpened her embrace and articulation of a
progressive agenda remains to be seen. There is no doubt that the
short-term messaging from the Sanders' campaign will be that
they will
keep plowing ahead and fight for delegates in the remaining
states. As
of Tuesday, half the states have voted. The math has Clinton
with 300
more [3] pledged delegates than Sanders. That is not counting
super-delegates, the elected officers and party officials, where
she
has 427 to his 26 [3]. Sanders reportedly spent
$12 million in ads for Tuesday's contests, compared to Clinton's $7
million.
Many of Sanders' supporters have not been involved in political
campaigns before, and will have a hard time immediately processing
But there are some big unanswered questions about what is next fortogether.
them in 2016-and what Clinton will also do to bring these two
campaigns
Sanders has taken positions that appeal to the disaffectedCitizen's Guide to Voting"
voters who
have been drawn in by Trump and Cruz. One can only hope that the
Democratic Party knows it will need the millions of young economic
progressives to turn out in November. And they may not unless they
have a candidate they can believe in.
Steven Rosenfeld covers national political issues for AlterNet,
including America's retirement crisis, democracy and voting rights,
and campaigns and elections. He is the author of "Count My Vote: A
(AlterNet Books, 2008).
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