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Tuesday, 18 August 2015

The Mainstream Left in the West is Officially Barking Mad (Part II)

Bernie Sanders


Here, according to Gene Schwimmer, writing at the American Thinker site, is Bernie Sanders' views as per his voting in the US Senate:


  • opposes the Keystone Pipeline;
  • believes that wealthy Americans are undertaxed;
  • believes that HHS grants should go to organizations that perform abortions;
  • opposes making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime;
  • opposes banning partial-birth abortions;
  • opposes school vouchers;
  • opposes drilling in ANWR;
  • believes that the government should regulate wholesale electricity and gas prices;
  • would provide (read, waste) another $2 billion more on the “cash for clunkers” program;
  • opposes free trade;
  • would give the District of Columbia a seat in Congress;
  • opposes requiring photo ID to vote in federal elections;
  • opposes banning physician-assisted suicide;
  • opposes continuing military recruitment on college campuses;
  • supports continuing federal funds for declared “sanctuary cities”;
  • opposes building a fence along the Mexican border;
  • supports card-check instead of secret ballot for forming unions;
  • opposes eliminating the “marriage penalty”;
  • opposed $46 billion in tax cuts for small business;
  • opposes designating Iran's Revolutionary Guards as terrorists; and
  • opposes promoting work and marriage among TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) recipients.


  • This is a link to the original piece: http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/07/why_this_conservative_sent_bernie_sanders_10.html