@bstotts01 YES! I certainly wish Bernie was President too!! There are SOOOO many people right now who are BEGGING Bernie to run as a third party (Independent) for President 2012 ... please check out SandersForPresident . org and Bernie . org
So out of that whole interview talking about maybe 85% of the things that were the presidents ideas in the first place, CNN goes with that "Prez Obama is dead wrong..." caption for most of the interview........lol.
Grover Nordquist came up with the idea to brand the Republican party
"the party that won't raise your taxes”WHEN HE WAS TWELVE!
THAT'S RIGHT AMERICA:
WASHINGTON IS GRIDLOCKED BECAUSE OF PLEDGES SIGNED BY GROWNUPS, BASED ON AN IDEA OF A TWELVE YEAR OLD!
HERE'S ANOTHER IDEA: MAYBE A FEW COURAGEOUS REPUBLICANS SHOULD BURN THEIR PLEDGES PUBLICLY AND SAY "We will raise taxes on the rich, because by God, IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO!
This is just another idea of course, but at least I'm 54.
the ticker-tape interview updates are the worst..."Sanders slams pres. for backing entitlement changes". "slams"? why is asking someone to stick to their promises considered slamming?
Remove employeer payroll tax don't tax someone for hiring them, make everyone pay 8% (at least) for EVERY single income. from bill gates to illegal immigrants.
That is a comprimise.
I don't get why where talking about Social Security in coralation to the budget. the two are unrelated.
Social security and medicare and medicaid are not "entitlements". That word has been appropriated by the radical right because it suggests something that you want but don't deserve. When you hear the word "entitlement" uttered by the radical right to describe these programs, firmly remind them that the correct term is "earned benefits". Republicans have honed the art of "staying on point", using their propaganda to frame the discussions. The Left needs to do the same.
@infidl You are so right! (no pun intended) I am sick and tired of hearing that word "entitlement" to describe so many things, especially Social Security. It IS an EARNED benefit!! I always get infuriated when I watch Wolf Blitzer. That's one reason why I never watch CNN ...
Simple and balanced perspective given the current situation. Deregulation of Wall Street will allow unethical trades though NOT illegal, thus fair game . And unfettered free trade means we lose jobs to other countries (Obviously, the industrial/manufacturing base is gone and the main economic sector contains allot of wealth controlled by a few).
"How enthusiastic or unenthusiastic is the liberal progressive base out there".... REALLY??...Have you see the Occupy protesters in the streets Wolf???? Senator Bernie Sanders = Principled Legislator
End all social programs now! End all Federal and State income taxes for the richest people now! Start printing titles for the ownership of the poor and workers and turning them over to the ruling families! Ramp up the military and conquer everything possible to be turned over to the ruling families! The U.S. Congress represents pure greed and evil!
Our government has a fucking systemic problem which gives the superficial appearance that rep and dems are "different side of same coin" when that cannot be further from the truth, Dems have 200 years of being the ones who flourish the economy and prosper. The fucking dems do. This is a indisputable fact. Goes back 2 centuries. The rep's have ran the WORST. They love to pretend otherwise and idiots don't bother to check. IT IS TIME TO CHECK. You want sources I'll give them but don't play stupid
I hate to say this but... And the republicans wouldn't be 20 times worse? I know I know, lesser of two evils but it's got to be done until we fix the fundamental flaws in the system. But not voting or voting republican just pushes that day back even further.
@bungerman1000 Is that saying "it's the lesser of 2 weasels? Because either way, Dem or Repug, we are eaten by a system so corrupt and overgrown with hypocrisy that the people are the one's who get it in the end?
I'm sure of one thing though, it's hardly worth it to vote, I cannot for the life of me remember when since Jimmy Carter, there's been anyone to vote for. And Carter wasn't that spectacular either. Certainly there must come a day when the people elect a third party president.
@journeyer58 ... there must come a day when the people elect a third party president ... that could be possible in 2012! Especially if Bernie Sanders were running as an independent third party. With all the buzz about Bernie going on and most all of the OWS movement screaming for more choices on the ballots ... people are "beginning" to wake up! Sick and tired of only lesser evil choices ... Bernie CAN win!!
"You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the Eternal God, I will rout you out... If people only understood the rank injustice of the money and banking system, there would be a revolution by morning." --- President Andrew Jackson. Please run for president Mr. Sanders.
Sen. Sanders, thank you for your continued voice of opposition to the cult of personality that is the Presidency and Congress. There has been in the last 50 years a switch to the cult of personality. Rather than substance the main reason a person is elected other than yourself is they sound good and look good on tv and radio. Your principled stands against corporate America and the %1 make everyone of the %99 proud. We do all wish though that you were our representative in Congress, we trust you
@Bluvenus As the great Swami Beyondananda spoke, these precious words, We in America have a problem with electile dysfunction. Nothing can save this country but a complete change of hearts and minds. We the people, need to start backing a third party candidate. Nothing can save this country from the corrupt and vile system that is democracy. We need a NEW way of voting, a new of way of drafting those who should serve as President. Rather than the system in place we are in need of cultural shift.
it's sad, there are no good options in the near future. democrats have no backbone, the republicans are crazy/immoral, and the only thing in the pipeline is more of the same. it is gonna take so much time to clean up the mess we've made with letting these guys run us into the ground
@olov244 Many other countries have many political parties, not just two! Our country IS ready for a third party Independent president. Bernie Sanders is the longest serving Independent in Congress AND the most reputable and intelligent of them ALL ... The time is NOW for ... BERNIE for President 2012!!!!
Check out: SandersForPresident . org and Bernie . org
We will not be supporting Obama again because of the never ending wars, debt deal, the health care fiasco behind closed doors, his justice dept going after folks who smoke pot for medical reasons, and now this super committee bad deal. Please run for President Bernie.
@kdills Oh yeah that is a totally brilliant plan. He's been too bi-partisan (which he promised during the 2008 elections and nbow you bitch he did as he practiced what he preached) He's taken the worst political abuse in the history of this country and has the Nixon/Ailes right wing 24/7 propaganda channel making the gullible public believe the direct opposite of every pertinent fact ever made, I mean this is insane to stay home and let dominionist illiterate corporate schills take over. Smart
@kdills If you don't vote for Obama you are handing over your vote to the Republicans: in the 2012 presidential election, either a Republican or President Obama will win... there is no other option. If you do not pick the lesser of the two evils, then you will be enabling a worse outcome. That is the harsh reality; like, if W. Bush is running against Hitler, & you refuse to vote for W. Bush because of your ethical views, you are enabling a worse outcome. That's an extreme example to illustrate.
@tobynsaunders Your kind of talk is EXACTLY the reason why our election system is so screwed up!! I have not voted for either Democrat or Republican in my entire life (48 yrs). The fact is ... those of us who vote for a third party would not vote AT ALL if we did not vote for our chosen candidate, so that means that my vote for a third party IS NOT a vote for a Repug, IT IS A VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE I VOTED FOR!!! Get it??? Hope so ...
@Bluvenus a vote for a candidate who will surely lose is a wasted vote. If, for example, one of two candidates will win (like with the 2012 US presidential election), then voting for someone else is a waste and potentially damaging because it allows a worse vote to count. A vote either cancels out an opposing vote, or it works positively. The 2000 US presidential race is a good example: Nader had the best views, but he couldnt possibly win, so voting for him enabled the Bush 'win'
Wolf Blitzer is a scumbag.
TubingWithMyGnomies 3 months ago
Blitzer is such an idiot. He just can't even comprehend what Bernie is saying despite the fact that it is what 75% of the American people want.
Gawd, I wish Bernie was President...
bstotts01 3 months ago 4
@bstotts01 YES! I certainly wish Bernie was President too!! There are SOOOO many people right now who are BEGGING Bernie to run as a third party (Independent) for President 2012 ... please check out SandersForPresident . org and Bernie . org
Bernie for President 2012!!
Bluvenus 3 months ago
So out of that whole interview talking about maybe 85% of the things that were the presidents ideas in the first place, CNN goes with that "Prez Obama is dead wrong..." caption for most of the interview........lol.
Stay classy CNN you bunch of useless hacks....lol
shadowym1 3 months ago
Right on, Bernie! Wish you were running for president instead of O'bushma.
AlisonChaynz 3 months ago 2
NO DEAL for you Bernie.
Bruce1949919 3 months ago
We desperately need more people like Bernie Sanders.
awofeiaohakj 3 months ago 4
Grover Nordquist came up with the idea to brand the Republican party
"the party that won't raise your taxes”WHEN HE WAS TWELVE!
THAT'S RIGHT AMERICA:
WASHINGTON IS GRIDLOCKED BECAUSE OF PLEDGES SIGNED BY GROWNUPS, BASED ON AN IDEA OF A TWELVE YEAR OLD!
HERE'S ANOTHER IDEA: MAYBE A FEW COURAGEOUS REPUBLICANS SHOULD BURN THEIR PLEDGES PUBLICLY AND SAY "We will raise taxes on the rich, because by God, IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO!
This is just another idea of course, but at least I'm 54.
dst257 3 months ago 6
the ticker-tape interview updates are the worst..."Sanders slams pres. for backing entitlement changes". "slams"? why is asking someone to stick to their promises considered slamming?
halfsilver 3 months ago 2
go Bernie!
honeybee12566 3 months ago 2
Remove employeer payroll tax don't tax someone for hiring them, make everyone pay 8% (at least) for EVERY single income. from bill gates to illegal immigrants.
That is a comprimise.
I don't get why where talking about Social Security in coralation to the budget. the two are unrelated.
Salvysahagun 3 months ago
Social security and medicare and medicaid are not "entitlements". That word has been appropriated by the radical right because it suggests something that you want but don't deserve. When you hear the word "entitlement" uttered by the radical right to describe these programs, firmly remind them that the correct term is "earned benefits". Republicans have honed the art of "staying on point", using their propaganda to frame the discussions. The Left needs to do the same.
infidl 3 months ago 12
@infidl You are so right! (no pun intended) I am sick and tired of hearing that word "entitlement" to describe so many things, especially Social Security. It IS an EARNED benefit!! I always get infuriated when I watch Wolf Blitzer. That's one reason why I never watch CNN ...
Bluvenus 3 months ago
If Bernie spent any more time behind the woodshed, he'd have to change his name to Sander.
Joeybagadounuts08 3 months ago
Simple and balanced perspective given the current situation. Deregulation of Wall Street will allow unethical trades though NOT illegal, thus fair game . And unfettered free trade means we lose jobs to other countries (Obviously, the industrial/manufacturing base is gone and the main economic sector contains allot of wealth controlled by a few).
abbas9360 3 months ago
Blitzer defend the 1 % as always.
Graysonisright 3 months ago 5
If only they would listen to Bernie . . .
judyleasugar97 3 months ago 6
"How enthusiastic or unenthusiastic is the liberal progressive base out there".... REALLY??...Have you see the Occupy protesters in the streets Wolf???? Senator Bernie Sanders = Principled Legislator
peacewavenow 3 months ago 3
@peacewavenow Senator Bernie Sanders = President 2012!!
Bluvenus 3 months ago 3
@Bluvenus........Absolutely!
peacewavenow 3 months ago
Thank Goodness for Bernie Sanders!!!
auntsusan1 3 months ago 6
Congress is the problem, not the President. They need to remember they are representatives of the people.
Jahkaylin 3 months ago 3
BERNIE! BERNIE! BERNIE!
mikel1982 3 months ago 5
@mikel1982 BERNIE for President 2012!!!!
SandersForPresident . org and Bernie . org
Bluvenus 3 months ago 2
End all social programs now! End all Federal and State income taxes for the richest people now! Start printing titles for the ownership of the poor and workers and turning them over to the ruling families! Ramp up the military and conquer everything possible to be turned over to the ruling families! The U.S. Congress represents pure greed and evil!
workwillfreeyou 3 months ago
Bernie Sanders was Occupy Wall Street before Occupy Wall Street was cool.
newsradiohead 3 months ago 6
Our government has a fucking systemic problem which gives the superficial appearance that rep and dems are "different side of same coin" when that cannot be further from the truth, Dems have 200 years of being the ones who flourish the economy and prosper. The fucking dems do. This is a indisputable fact. Goes back 2 centuries. The rep's have ran the WORST. They love to pretend otherwise and idiots don't bother to check. IT IS TIME TO CHECK. You want sources I'll give them but don't play stupid
splicedenergy 3 months ago
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I hate to say this but... And the republicans wouldn't be 20 times worse? I know I know, lesser of two evils but it's got to be done until we fix the fundamental flaws in the system. But not voting or voting republican just pushes that day back even further.
bungerman1000 3 months ago
@bungerman1000 Is that saying "it's the lesser of 2 weasels? Because either way, Dem or Repug, we are eaten by a system so corrupt and overgrown with hypocrisy that the people are the one's who get it in the end?
I'm sure of one thing though, it's hardly worth it to vote, I cannot for the life of me remember when since Jimmy Carter, there's been anyone to vote for. And Carter wasn't that spectacular either. Certainly there must come a day when the people elect a third party president.
journeyer58 3 months ago
@journeyer58 ... there must come a day when the people elect a third party president ... that could be possible in 2012! Especially if Bernie Sanders were running as an independent third party. With all the buzz about Bernie going on and most all of the OWS movement screaming for more choices on the ballots ... people are "beginning" to wake up! Sick and tired of only lesser evil choices ... Bernie CAN win!!
Bernie for President 2012!!
Bluvenus 3 months ago
This entire idea of messing with Social Security and Medicaid is pathetic.. It is a way for the rich to further over-power the rest of us..
AngeLsLuv 3 months ago 2
I know Wtf wolf. Stop being a Dick
l3oss2u 3 months ago 2
How miserable of a useless turd is Wolf Blitzer?
terpis 3 months ago 3
The Dems do not stand with the worker. They are just a bet better than the repub scum.
rickbar123 3 months ago 3
"You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the Eternal God, I will rout you out... If people only understood the rank injustice of the money and banking system, there would be a revolution by morning." --- President Andrew Jackson. Please run for president Mr. Sanders.
rollofnickles 3 months ago 3
FINALLY! More people should suscribe to this channel and favorate! Bernie gets it right!
JUDALATION 3 months ago 5
Sen. Sanders, thank you for your continued voice of opposition to the cult of personality that is the Presidency and Congress. There has been in the last 50 years a switch to the cult of personality. Rather than substance the main reason a person is elected other than yourself is they sound good and look good on tv and radio. Your principled stands against corporate America and the %1 make everyone of the %99 proud. We do all wish though that you were our representative in Congress, we trust you
journeyer58 3 months ago 2
@journeyer58 BERNIE for President 2012!!!!
SandersForPresident . org and Bernie . org
Bluvenus 3 months ago
@Bluvenus As the great Swami Beyondananda spoke, these precious words, We in America have a problem with electile dysfunction. Nothing can save this country but a complete change of hearts and minds. We the people, need to start backing a third party candidate. Nothing can save this country from the corrupt and vile system that is democracy. We need a NEW way of voting, a new of way of drafting those who should serve as President. Rather than the system in place we are in need of cultural shift.
journeyer58 3 months ago 2
Elect Bernie or Jesse Ventura for Pres and VP.
kdills 3 months ago 3
@kdills YES!!! That would be a great team!! Sanders/Ventura 2012 ... or better yet, Sanders/Kucinich 2012!!!
Check out: SandersForPresident . org and Bernie . org
Bluvenus 3 months ago 2
Sanders is one of those rare breeds - a politician who means what he says and does as he means. Which is why he stands out among the rest.
THEHARMONIKZ 3 months ago 2
it's sad, there are no good options in the near future. democrats have no backbone, the republicans are crazy/immoral, and the only thing in the pipeline is more of the same. it is gonna take so much time to clean up the mess we've made with letting these guys run us into the ground
olov244 3 months ago 3
@olov244 Many other countries have many political parties, not just two! Our country IS ready for a third party Independent president. Bernie Sanders is the longest serving Independent in Congress AND the most reputable and intelligent of them ALL ... The time is NOW for ... BERNIE for President 2012!!!!
Check out: SandersForPresident . org and Bernie . org
Bluvenus 3 months ago 2
I think someone like sanders could gather a lot of support from the people's movement.
restlesspride666 3 months ago 2
Bernie your a good man, hold their feet to the fire the people are behind you!
"No Deal over a Bad Deal"
The President = Epic Fail!
tdebat 3 months ago 22
We will not be supporting Obama again because of the never ending wars, debt deal, the health care fiasco behind closed doors, his justice dept going after folks who smoke pot for medical reasons, and now this super committee bad deal. Please run for President Bernie.
kdills 3 months ago 26
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@kdills Yes, if you vote for Obama in 2012 you are NOT a true progressive. You will be voting for a Republican president who works for Wall Street.
japanezeboi 3 months ago 2
@kdills I would support Senator Sanders if he ran for President !
xxcrossed 3 months ago 3
@kdills Oh yeah that is a totally brilliant plan. He's been too bi-partisan (which he promised during the 2008 elections and nbow you bitch he did as he practiced what he preached) He's taken the worst political abuse in the history of this country and has the Nixon/Ailes right wing 24/7 propaganda channel making the gullible public believe the direct opposite of every pertinent fact ever made, I mean this is insane to stay home and let dominionist illiterate corporate schills take over. Smart
splicedenergy 3 months ago
@kdills If you don't vote for Obama you are handing over your vote to the Republicans: in the 2012 presidential election, either a Republican or President Obama will win... there is no other option. If you do not pick the lesser of the two evils, then you will be enabling a worse outcome. That is the harsh reality; like, if W. Bush is running against Hitler, & you refuse to vote for W. Bush because of your ethical views, you are enabling a worse outcome. That's an extreme example to illustrate.
tobynsaunders 3 months ago
@tobynsaunders Your kind of talk is EXACTLY the reason why our election system is so screwed up!! I have not voted for either Democrat or Republican in my entire life (48 yrs). The fact is ... those of us who vote for a third party would not vote AT ALL if we did not vote for our chosen candidate, so that means that my vote for a third party IS NOT a vote for a Repug, IT IS A VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE I VOTED FOR!!! Get it??? Hope so ...
Bluvenus 3 months ago 2
@Bluvenus a vote for a candidate who will surely lose is a wasted vote. If, for example, one of two candidates will win (like with the 2012 US presidential election), then voting for someone else is a waste and potentially damaging because it allows a worse vote to count. A vote either cancels out an opposing vote, or it works positively. The 2000 US presidential race is a good example: Nader had the best views, but he couldnt possibly win, so voting for him enabled the Bush 'win'
tobynsaunders 3 months ago
@kdills Speak for yourself.
lovethyneighborloljk 3 months ago
@kdills You'd rather have President Mitt Romney or President Herman Cain? Strange.
davidturner9823 3 months ago
“ab occultis meis munda me”
Will someone kick chief justices´ butt? Is he remembering the ecclesia in America?
I´m no hypocrit as i´m a weak atheist. What is he?
RegioLunar 3 months ago