Posted on 02/24/2020 4:20:31 PM PST by karpov
Bernie Sanders’ praise of Cuba and Fidel Castro on Sunday is just the tip of the iceberg.
The Democratic front-runner had a romance with the Marxist Sandinista government of Nicaragua in the 1980s and even honeymooned with wife Jane in the Soviet Union in 1988.
Hillary Clinton’s opposition research book on Sanders from 2016 — posted by WikiLeaks after the emails of her campaign chairman, John Podesta, were hacked — has a whole section on the then-Burlington, Vt., mayor’s trip to Nicaragua and chummy support of the Sandinistas in 1985.
“Sanders Was The Only Elected US Official To Attend Anniversary Of Sandinista Revolution In Managua,” one headline in the oppo book said.
“Sanders Supported The Socialist Sandinista Government In Nicaragua As It Fought A Proxy War Against The United States. …He used to be a ‘Sandernista,’” the Clinton campaign research book said, sourcing information from a May 28, 2015, MSNBC story.
Sanders even met with Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega.
In his own book “Outsider in the House,” Sanders called the trip to Nicaragua a “profoundly emotional experience” and praised Ortega.
Burlington and Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, became sister cities.
The Clinton oppo book also cited articles saying Sanders also tried to serve as an emissary to arrange a meeting between Ortega and then-President Ronald Reagan to resolve the conflict.
Sanders also criticized the Reagan administration’s efforts to overthrow the Sandinistas with the pro-US Contras, equating the policy to the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan. He also worried that the conflict could become a Vietnam-like quagmire.
Meanwhile, Sanders and his wife honeymooned in the then USSR’s Yaroslavl, which had a sister city relationship with Burlington when he was mayor.
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Suddenly a string of articles to take Bernie down. Fascinating to watch the elites begin to organize their attack.
Oh PLEASE - the ENTIRE Democrat Party supported the Sandinistas in the 1980s. There are LOTS MORE people, people with far more power than Sanders back then, that should have to answer for it.
Under scrutiny by who? Hope it’s not DOJ/FBI because that guarantees zero will be done. And why 40 years later? What’s the rush?
The mass media has been ignoring or re-writing history for decades—and _now_ they decide to seriously discuss it?
This must be the end times...
FReepers, do you think this all out effort by MSM to destroy Bernie is going to backfire?
Only way I see it working is if all of this pushes Bernies Anger Issue past the point his weak ticker can take
According to Bernie, Castro’s Cuba was OK, because of their reading program. I suppose he probably thinks that Hitler’s Germany was OK because they promoted natural foods, whole grains, non-smoking, and said that radiation at any level was harmful.
Backfire—you betcha!
Spot on. I remember that the Sandinista’s and the Taliban were the heroes of 60 minutes back then. They were definitely saints in the eyes of the left.
Exactly. The Daily Mail from the UK is all over Bernie. But they are solid Bloomberg and very anti Trump.
I know how we would react but we despise the MSM but they are the rats allies so do they even see the coordinated attack on crazy B?
Not enough, and not soon enough, duh.
The same people looking into Ben Ghazi
Pfffftttttt. Just street creds for his ilk.
Their excuse will be they thought that was Carlos Santana...
You noticed that former Sen. Tom Harkin is in the middle of that picture. Harkin was one of the most radical liberals in Congress. And, of course, you know that Chuck Todd was Harkin’s chief of staff. So don’t tell me that there’s a dime’s worth of difference between Uncle Bernie and any other current liberal Democrat.
Bernie fans are Sandersnestras.
Perfect! It’s better than “Bernie Bros” and sticks in the memory. The president’s political people should be made aware of your idea.
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