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Just A Box Of Rain

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9. That sort of response is hardly the only alternative.

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 25, 2022, 06:03 PM

Oct 2022

The rest of Sen. Sanders' words were fine. Claiming it is now a "non-issue" just doesn't resonate.

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Bernie Sanders: House progressives were wrong on Ukraine [View all] brooklynite Oct 2022 OP

Thank you, Bernie. Keep up the good work Walleye Oct 2022 #1

Catestrophically wrong. ColinC Oct 2022 #2

Blamed it on a "Staffer". nt Cha Oct 2022 #32

A "non-issue"? Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #3

Even if the retraction letter had been perfect... regnaD kciN Oct 2022 #4

I'm sorry to agree with you. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #8

Just exactly how has the party been damaged? Fiendish Thingy Oct 2022 #17

Hopefully you are right and I am wrong. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #19

Hopefully it will be a non-issue because so few are aware of it. Trueblue Texan Oct 2022 #33

by the right wing media inflating this into a huge weapon against us TomDaisy Oct 2022 #26

Are they? I haven't seen any reports of this Fiendish Thingy Oct 2022 #27

I'm worried about it affecting the close Ohio Senate race. Sky Jewels Oct 2022 #34

Were any of the signers of the letter from Ohio? Fiendish Thingy Oct 2022 #49

Well, I didn't really expect him to say... ret5hd Oct 2022 #5

That sort of response is hardly the only alternative. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #9

What would you suggest? SalviaBlue Oct 2022 #37

I said what I'd have suggested. Quit without saying this is now a "non-issue" because Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #38

So you just want to criticize. SalviaBlue Oct 2022 #40

No. Sanders' suggestion that a weak retraction ends this outrageous situation is preposterous. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #41

I get it... you don't want to end this. SalviaBlue Oct 2022 #42

False insinuations. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #43

Reckoning? SalviaBlue Oct 2022 #44

No leadership positions for Jayapal, at the very minimum. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #45

Absurd. SalviaBlue Oct 2022 #46

Are you kidding??? Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #47

Believe it if you need it. SalviaBlue Oct 2022 #50

I feel an inextricable need to remain grounded in reality. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #51

Your disbelief of my seriousness made me think of your name. SalviaBlue Oct 2022 #52

Thinking is a good first step. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #53

Yeah, good for Bernie but its still an issue. honest.abe Oct 2022 #6

Thank you, Bernie Hekate Oct 2022 #7

Woah Meowmee Oct 2022 #10

The 100-member House Progressive Caucus did NOT approve, sign, Hortensis Oct 2022 #11

Did You Know That The Senator Is A Member Of THat Caucus? Me. Oct 2022 #12

Oh, yeah, I had heard that. The Senator can't vote, of course. Hortensis Oct 2022 #15

Congressional Progressive Caucus Celerity Oct 2022 #18

Nice to know. Members can belong to more than one caucus too. Hortensis Oct 2022 #29

TY Me. Oct 2022 #35

Purists. God how I hate purists of all stripes. paleotn Oct 2022 #25

... mcar Oct 2022 #13

Good for Sanders. emulatorloo Oct 2022 #14

Related article: 'It's a dumpster fire': House Progressives retract Ukraine letter after backlash emulatorloo Oct 2022 #16

Pramila Jayapal surely torpedoed her House leadership ambitions comradebillyboy Oct 2022 #23

Of course she did.. like the dog ate Cha Oct 2022 #39

Cute pup. comradebillyboy Oct 2022 #48

Blaming staffers. Sounds Repulicanesque to me. paleotn Oct 2022 #24

Yeah was surprised that she blamed a staffer. Does not sound plausible. emulatorloo Oct 2022 #28

Great, JUst Great Me. Oct 2022 #36

that's... myohmy2 Oct 2022 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author Baked Potato Oct 2022 #21

Warmongers? Then I guess FDR, Churchill paleotn Oct 2022 #22

Unfortunately there were America Firsters on both extremes of the political spectrum Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #30

Glad to see that Sanders has spoken up about this. wnylib Oct 2022 #31

Good! betsuni Oct 2022 #54