[lbo-talk] How come nobody talks about the New socialist senator

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 11/8/06, tfast <tfast at yorku.ca> wrote:
> The man does not shy away
> from the label of socialist, the policies he is pushing are to the Left of
> Canadian Social Democratic politicians so in my book that makes him a
> socialist of sorts.

Have you taken a look at Bernie Sanders' voting records?

Labels don't say much -- voting records do.

Sanders voted for the Iraq Liberation Act*, which Dennis Kucinich also
voted for, and cosponsored** the Iran Freedom Support Act, which
Kucinich voted against.  That puts Sanders to the Right of Kucinich
who doesn't call himself socialist.

Take a look at the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation's
ratings, too, at
<http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=003519M>:
Sanders' score is +3, lower than the scores of Nick Joe Rahall (+7),
John D. Dingell (+10), Lois Capps (+6), Kucinich (+8), Barbara Lee
(+8), John Conyers (+7), Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (+7), Fortney H.
'Pete' Stark (+7), Lynn Woolsey (+6), Maxine Waters (+6), William Lacy
Clay (+6), Melvin Watt (+6), Jim McDermott (+5), George Miller (+4),
Maurice D. Hinchey (+4), Donald M. Payne (+4), and many others;
Sanders's score is 1 point lower than Jim Jefford (+4), whom he will
replace, in fact.

* <http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1998/roll482.xml>

** <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HR00282:@@@P>
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