Bernie Sanders: President "talking the language that the American people...want to hear"

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Senator Sanders on The Ed Show, transcript

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SANDERS: I don`t think it`s too late. And, Ed, I`m just delighted. I mean, you and I have been chatting for months about how we want to see this president stand up and make it clear he`s prepared to take on the big money interests, prepared to take on the multi-corporations. Those guys are doing phenomenally well. Corporate profits soaring, richest people doing better than they`ve ever done while their effective tax rate is the lowest in decades -- meanwhile, we have massive unemployment.

What the American people want to hear -- the president say, and he`s beginning to say it, is we`re going to put people back to work, we`re going to ask the wealthiest people in this country to start paying their fair share of taxes.

Also, I would like to say, Ed, as somebody who is the chairman of the defending Social Security caucus, I have been very concerned about some of the language coming from the White House over last couple of months. I am delighted -- delighted to hearing the president saying he is not going to cut Social Security, he is not going to cut benefits for Medicare. That`s an important step forward.

What the president is now doing is making sense in terms of good public policy and I think he`s talking the language that the American people, especially working people, want to hear from their president.

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1. Talk is cheap.

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2. Not

"Talk is cheap."

...as cheap as tired cliches!

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3. Not

Talk without action does not get my vote.

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5. Hmmmm?

"Talk without action does not get my vote."

So you don't plan on voting for anyone or is there someone out there solving more problems than the President that we don't know about? Please share so we can vote for this "all action, no talk" individual.

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4. Let's see...

if he finds those 'comfortable shoes'.O8)

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6. You're right.

So, we should stop listening to Bernie Sanders. Actually, I guess we should stop listening altogether and just vote with a blindfold and a dartboard.

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8. A blindfold and a dart board would probably have given us a better president...

hell , a dart board would probably be a better president....

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9. Sincerely

"hell , a dart board would probably be a better president...."

...doubt that. It wouldn't be long before some people attacked the dart board for failing to set defined targets!

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12. That phrase certainly has littel valuee.

n/t

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7. now if we could get him to walk the walk......

I fully expect him to give the tea party and their corporate overlords everything they ask for and get nothing in return.

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10. Yeah,

"I fully expect him to give the tea party and their corporate overlords everything they ask for and get nothing in return."

...Boehner won!!!

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11. Waiting for the "Do" instead of the "Talk."

A perfectly reasonable position.

And it'll take at least 14 months to find out. :cry: