Bernie Sanders: just a typical Political Jew?

[CrackSmokeRepublican]

Bernard "Bernie" Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is the junior United States Senator from Vermont, elected on November 7, 2006. Before becoming Senator, Sanders represented Vermont's at-large district in the United States House of Representatives for 16 years.

Sanders is a self-described democratic socialist, but because he does not belong to a formal political party, he appears as an independent on the ballot. He is the first democratic socialist to be elected to the U.S. Senate.[1] Sanders caucuses with the Democratic Party and is counted as a Democrat for the purposes of committee assignments. He was also the only independent member of the House during much of his service there. He is one of two independent Senators in the 111th Congress, along with Joe Lieberman. Sanders left the House in order to run in the 2006 election for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring fellow independent Jim Jeffords and won the election with 65% of the vote.[2]

Political Views

Senator Sanders describes himself as a democratic socialist.[21] He is a staunch supporter of a single-payer universal health care system.[22] He is the leading voice in the Senate for the renegotiation of NAFTA and a strong opponent of the United States current trade policy towards Latin America and China.[citation needed] Sanders has opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq from its start and voted against it in the House of Representatives.[23] He has called for a speedy withdrawal and increased Veterans benefits.[citation needed] Sanders, a journalist, has also been a leader in calling for Media reform and opposes increased concentration of media outlets.[24] He appeared in "Orwell Rolls in his Grave" and Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism, two leading documentaries on the subject.[25] He warns about the dangers of Global Warming and supports clean energy.[26] Sanders has joined Rep. Ron Paul in defense of civil liberties from Government encroachment.[neutrality disputed] He has also joined Rep. Paul in calling for an Audit of the Federal Reserve, and has introduced a Senate companion bill to Ron Paul's H.R. 1207.[27]

 Personal life and info

    * Sanders' brother, Larry Sanders, is a Green Party politician in the county of Oxfordshire in England. His nephew, Jacob, is a former Oxford city councillor for the Green Party.
    * Bernie Sanders has regular guest appearances on the Thom Hartmann radio program for the Friday segment "Brunch with Bernie".
    * He is married to Jane O'Meara, president of Burlington College, and has one son, Levi Sanders, from a previous marriage.[3]
    * Sanders is one of two sitting US Senators who went to James Madison High School in Brooklyn.
    * At one point before becoming a member of the US House of Representatives, Sanders' roommate was Richard I. Sugarman, a professor at the University of Vermont. Coincidentally, the only other Independent currently serving in the US Senate, Joe Lieberman (I-CT) shared a suite with Prof. Sugarman when the two attended Yale University in the 1960s.[28]
    * On April 21, 2008, Sanders appeared on The Colbert Report as the featured guest. He has appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher, in October 2008 and again in March 2009. He appeared on Democracy Now! on June 9 2009 asking for President Barack Obama to act on his promise for universal health care.[29]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders


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A good Jew? or just a typical Political Jew

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Regarding the necessary compromises Sanders outlines toward the end, I don't have a major beef with it (although I might come back to it in a later post). My only quibble is with the idea that the Israelis should "prevent further Israeli settlements on Palestinian land". Well, not with the idea itself, but with the implicit notion that the settlements already there are fine. And with the concept that even just not building more of them is a concession of any sort on the part of Israel. I don't remember where I read it, but someone once suggested that dismantling the settlements, every last one of which is on stolen land, isn't a concession any more than it would be for a thief to return stolen jewels. It's just the bare minimum they should be expected to do.

I don't really have an opinion one way or the other on the citizen exchange programs Sanders talks about. My gut response is that it's not a bad idea, but I wonder about its long-term effectiveness. Does anyone else have an opinion?

Also important is what Sanders doesn't say. Not a word about the ongoing blockade. Not a word about Israeli attacks on civilian infrastructure during the conflict, like police and schools. Not a word about white phosphorus. Not a word about the role of US military aid in conflict. And not a word about why he supported (or at least wouldn't publicly oppose) the noxious Senate resolution granting 100% support to Israel.

[scorpio]

Very interesting....
Your article shows show that Sanders has some unusual views.
 His regular interviews on Thom Harman's show makes him suspect.
XM Is Jewish owned and operated.
I have listened to Hartman's show in my car (in the past) and once heard him mention that his mother taught him Yiddish as a child.
Also, he often greets Sanders with 'Shabat Shalom' at the beginning of the interviews.
Sanders is a self admitted socialist aka 'communist light'. Socialism is a 'gateway drug' to communism.
In the end, the fellow zio tribe members will stick together, just as they always have.  :evil:

[CrackSmokeRepublican]

He's obviously the type of Jew that likes sticking a wrench in the gears of an operation.

Interesting info about XM and Sanders.

Figures that he would use old country Yiddish among his fellow Zio-Tribe'rs.  It kind of eliminates any "divide" in their political shows.