Should Bernie get family members who lost a loved one in Iraq to campaign with him & to speak out

[jillan]

against Hillary's vote for the IWR? Maybe they could do an Op-Ed in a newspaper to blame her vote for their loss?

No! he shouldn't. That would be politicizing a tragedy & using psychological manipulation to earn votes.
It would be beyond pathetic.

Nobody should ever be politicizing a tragedy for political gain.
Just ask Rudy Guiliani.

Yet we keep seeing this behavior from one of our Presidential candidates, don't we.

It makes me sick.

[onehandle]

1. Should Bernie get 'independents' and Republicans that propped him up in caucuses to speak out?

[morningfog]

4. Hes won closed caucuses. If you are gonna be obnoxious, get the facts right.

[msongs]

2. or of dead people killed because of bernie's ongoing votes to support the war machine?

[jillan]

5. Yes because once our troops are on the ground we should just leave them to fend for themselves

without funding?

Are you kidding me?!

[Bohemianwriter]

12. He never voted for the Iraq war...

Hillary did.
She's the one voting to send kids into harms way and become killers.

This "American Plan" has cost 3.2 million Iraqis lives since 1991.

Yet Bernie is the one to blame for people getting killed in Iraq and countries destroyed?

[Press Virginia]

3. Nope

[azmom]

6. Hillary is a very sleazy campaigner.

Is it her or the people advising her?

[7wo7rees]

7. Jillian, take a break. Go to bed, rest your head.

Saying this in kindest way. Been here, done this, we own the factory. You are one of the best.

All of this is getting to us. It is meant to.

See you tmrw, k?

Oh yeah, the question. Absolutely not!!
I have worked with Vets for Peace. I have spent time with founding members of IVAW.

Bernie does not need to use them.

[jillan]

9. Just pointing out how despicable it is that she is using the parents of Sandy Hook to get votes.

My head is fine, thanks for your concern.

[7wo7rees]

10. I know your head is fine.

All of this is the "kitchen sink" on steroids!

Peace.

[HassleCat]

8. I know.

Sometimes I am tempted to say we should hold them to account for their votes to let Bush invade Iraq. We should ask them to apologize to the families of those who died, and not just the American families. And so on. But I always conclude they should be let off the hook because the cheap patriotism and war fever would scare me, too, if I were a member of Congress. I don't know if I would have the guts to stand up and be counted, to tell the American people they're being fed a truckload of bullshit, to oppose the jingoistic hatred and xenophobia. That's some serious shit, and it takes more nerve than I probably have to not take the easy way out and go along with most of the others, particularly when I know we would write excuses for each other afterward. "Dear Citizen: Please excuse Representative HassleCat for his cowardice. The rest of us did it, too."

[Fumesucker]

11. More Democrats in Congress voted against the IWR than voted for it

[Demsrule86]

13. Sure then Bernie can exploit the war for political purposes...

He can be like the GOP who swiftboated John Kerry with that poor woman who lost her entire family as a result...Cindy Sheehan...you go Bernie...you have pretty much demonstrated there is nothing you won't do to get the democratic nomination...notice I did not say win...as the only way you can win is if Hillary quits or super delegates appoint you even though you won't have more pledged delegates...kind of backroom isn't for a supposed man of the people.

[LexVegas]

14. Isn't that what gun nuts always say about shining a light on gun violence? nt

[Bonobo]

15. No, or he would be a total scumbag too. nt