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uawchild

(2,208 posts) Wed Jul 27, 2016, 11:53 AM Jul 2016

Bernie Sanders reads out his call with President Obama

Source: Politico

Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke with President Barack Obama on Tuesday night, he told delegates at a breakfast at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday morning.

Sanders said he had repeated his message about the need for more progress while praising Obama for the work he has done over the past eight years.

“What I told him is what I said publicly,” he said. “Of course, as a nation we are much, much better off today than we were when [President George W.] Bush left office and we were losing 800,000 jobs a month. But of course that’s true: We had a $1.4 trillion deficit when Bush left office and the world’s financial system -- Republicans seem to forget about that -- was on the verge of collapse. That’s what Obama inherited. Are we better off today? Of course we are, but it is not good enough.”

Sanders then went on to discuss the policies that he wants to see enacted, namely raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/bernie-sanders-obama-phone-call-226278

Can't ask for much more than that. Senator Sanders is supporting the Clinton-Kaine ticket AND still is fighting the good fight on the issues.

Bravo.

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Bernie Sanders reads out his call with President Obama (Original Post) uawchild Jul 2016 OP

Senator Sanders is a great one! ananda Jul 2016 #1

Bernie Sanders is a classy guy madokie Jul 2016 #4

Bernie's class at the convention has been exemplary.... hopefully all his followers take note groundloop Jul 2016 #2

I don't think Obama or Hillary or anyone suggests that the progress we've made is "good enough". Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2016 #3

ananda

(28,926 posts)

1. Senator Sanders is a great one!

Reply to uawchild (Original post)

Wed Jul 27, 2016, 12:26 PM

Jul 2016

He is showing such class these days,
and I hope all people will benefit
from his fighting the good fight.

His movement will not die.

madokie

(51,076 posts)

4. Bernie Sanders is a classy guy

Reply to ananda (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 27, 2016, 03:03 PM

Jul 2016

and classy people show class in their every move

groundloop

(11,539 posts)

2. Bernie's class at the convention has been exemplary.... hopefully all his followers take note

Reply to uawchild (Original post)

Wed Jul 27, 2016, 12:36 PM

Jul 2016

The ideas Bernie has championed stand ZERO chance of advancing under a tRump administration. President Clinton will appoint left leaning judges to the Supreme Court and will likely sign progressive and left leaning legislation (IF we can gain control of Congress). We need to all pull together. I am a Bernie supporter, even gave significantly more than $27 to his campaign, but I'm also a pragmatist and am now totally on-board with Hillary (and will continue to push her for Progressive change).

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)

3. I don't think Obama or Hillary or anyone suggests that the progress we've made is "good enough".

Reply to uawchild (Original post)

Wed Jul 27, 2016, 12:40 PM

Jul 2016

The president is well aware that we need to do more. Bernie needs to address those concerns to the Republicans who blocked everything the president has tried to do to make things better.

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