The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: Cincinnatus on November 21, 2013, 01:26:10 am
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He responds to the clamor of voice asking him to run.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the Senate’s most unabashedly progressive member, told the Burlington Free Press on Friday that he may run for President in 2016 if there is not a suitably liberal candidate.
Sanders, who identifies as a Democratic Socialist, cited the need for a candidate who can tamp down on Wall Street, oppose austerity cuts and tackle climate change.
“These are not normal times. The United States right now is in the middle of a severe crisis and you have to call it what it is,” Sanders told the paper.
Sanders joined the upper chamber in 2007. He grabbed headlines for a 8 hour and 30 minute speech in 2010 opposing the extension of the Bush era tax cuts.
http://www.talkradionews.com/congress/2013/11/18/report-bernie-sanders-open-to-presidential-run.html#.Uo1gSpjTmcx
Most "progressive" member? Well, yeah, he's a member all right, but I would not call collectivism of any kind "progressive".
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Please, Bernie. Run against Hillary and that phony Indian.
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[[ Report: Bernie Sanders Open To Presidential Run ]]
Great move, Bernie.
What do you want to be president _of_ ??