Bernie Sanders promises change, but true change comes
when people make Revolution
I lived in the state of Vermont for 10 years from 1987 to 1997.
I voted for Bernie Sanders in his 1990 successful bid for the
House of Representatives. But, I did not vote for him again,
because I felt that what he did in 1990 and after was nothing
short of opportunism!
The incumbent, Peter Smith, a decent man had been in a
meeting
where he heard from a woman who described what
it was like for
a woman to live "...in a culture of fear, and she
faced danger and
threat because of guns every day of her life.”
Peter Smith talks about how it changed him. "I'll never forget,
[the
next day] brushing my teeth, looking in the mirror in my
bathroom
and realizing, as clear as day, I’m going to have to
look at this face
for the rest of my life in the mirror, and I want
to be proud of the person
I see,” Smith said. “I went back and
looked up the gun bills.”
'Smith found a bill to ban the sale of some assault weapons. He
signed
on as a co-sponsor.' Then, the NRA lauched a campaign
to defeat his
re-election bid. Wayne LaPierre, spokesman for the
NRA said "It is not
about Peter Smith vs. Bernie Sanders...“It is
about integrity in politics.”
When has the NRA ever been concerned about “integrity in politics?”
Bernie sided with the NRA and they helped to get him elected, and
the
talk was that they would get him out the next time, but Sanders
said on
the issue of assault weapons "“Unlike some people, I won’t
change my
views on the subject,”
Sanders voted against the Brady Bill. However, he 'supported an
NRA-
backed bill to shield gun manufacturers from liability lawsuits.'
He's an opportunist. He's right wing on the gun issue.
(See: 'How the National Rifle Association helped get Bernie Sanders
elected'
http://tinyurl.com/pk3gplj )
Bernie talks about the Billionaire Class, but he's soft on the Pentagon-
the
military-industrial complex- I doubt you'll find that word in his
speeches.
He doesn't zoom in on the Pentagon; he talks about the
'wastes' of resources...or
fraud, but he's NO SOCIALIST. He votes with
the democrats over 90% of the time.
He talks about 'lowering the military budget.' That's what happens when
a
person who once considered themselves a socialist spends time in
Washington and their biggest job is getting re-elected.
Change does not come from the top; change comes from the
masses of people
in their millions. That's something that Bernie
has forgotten. He's just another
politician, and votes for the NRA.
I am a Marine Corps Vietnam veteran;
a 'grunt' and volunteered
twice. Later I joined Vietnam Veterans Against
the War, (VVAW) and was in
the June 6th, 1976 takeover of the Statue of Liberty.
A good friend of mine, Jimmy, Pettiford, a Marine Corps Vietnam vet and
the man who got me to join Vietnam Veterans Against the War, (VVAW)once
said about Presidential elections that the rich give the people 'a choice between
constipation or diarrhea. This election is no different.
In 2008 the masses of people yearning for change were told by Barack Obama
that he would deliver 'Change you can believe in.' What a fecking con job that
was for the Wall Street Banksters.
Remember on 27 October 2007 Obama said this
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten
our troops out by the time
I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I
will get our troops home.
We will bring an end to this war. You can take that
to the bank. "
