superds77 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 For a bit of perspective on yesterday's pardons. WaPost refers to Rivera as an "independence advocate". Seriously. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/17/after-pressure-from-bernie-sanders-puerto-rican-independence-activist-wins-pardon/ " Oscar Lopez Rivera, a Puerto Rican independence activist convicted 35 years ago of a conspiracy against the U.S. government, will be freed from prison after President Obama commuted his sentence. Although lower-profile than the pardon of Chelsea Manning, the U.S. soldier convicted of giving classified information to WikiLeaks, the Rivera pardon has another distinction — it was personally campaigned for by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). " NYPost? Refers to Rivera differently... https://nypost.com/2016/05/16/sanders-wants-to-let-a-convicted-terrorist-out-of-prison-scot-free/ " Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders Monday urged President Obama to grant clemency to an unrepentant convicted Puerto Rican terrorist who has been imprisoned in the U.S. for more than 34 years. Sanders, who dropped the bombshell during a town hall in San Juan, P.R., said Oscar López Rivera, 73, deserves freedom. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, superds77 said: For a bit of perspective on yesterday's pardons. WaPost refers to Rivera as an "independence advocate". Seriously. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/17/after-pressure-from-bernie-sanders-puerto-rican-independence-activist-wins-pardon/ " Oscar Lopez Rivera, a Puerto Rican independence activist convicted 35 years ago of a conspiracy against the U.S. government, will be freed from prison after President Obama commuted his sentence. Although lower-profile than the pardon of Chelsea Manning, the U.S. soldier convicted of giving classified information to WikiLeaks, the Rivera pardon has another distinction — it was personally campaigned for by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). " NYPost? Refers to Rivera differently... https://nypost.com/2016/05/16/sanders-wants-to-let-a-convicted-terrorist-out-of-prison-scot-free/ " Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders Monday urged President Obama to grant clemency to an unrepentant convicted Puerto Rican terrorist who has been imprisoned in the U.S. for more than 34 years. Sanders, who dropped the bombshell during a town hall in San Juan, P.R., said Oscar López Rivera, 73, deserves freedom. " "WaPost refers to Rivera as an "independence advocate". Seriously." Similar to the things the left said about the terrorists that Trump deleted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merrill Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 blah blah blah = more Tea Party nonsense funneled through the right wing NY Post = a reliable resource for misinformation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superds77 Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 8 minutes ago, merrill said: blah blah blah = more Tea Party nonsense funneled through the right wing NY Post = a reliable resource for misinformation Ahem...I also supplied an article from the notoriously conservative WaPost. Fact is, Sanders OPENLY advocated for the release of this individual. Regardless of who reported it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaro Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 30 minutes ago, superds77 said: Fact is, Sanders OPENLY advocated for the release of this individual. Regardless of who reported it... Sanders and a bunch of peace Nobel prize winners. The Nobels also were open about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superds77 Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, Zaro said: 35 minutes ago, superds77 said: Fact is, Sanders OPENLY advocated for the release of this individual. Regardless of who reported it... Sanders and a bunch of peace Nobel prize winners. The Nobels also were open about it OK? I just bring this up to provide context to how Sanders is reacting to Trump's pardons. Which were also given to other less high profile people... https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/everything-you-need-to-know-about-all-of-trumps-latest-pardons-and-commutations/ " Left-wing criminal justice reform advocates praised many of Trump’s pardons. “The Blagojevich pardon will rightly draw all the attention and criticism, but there’s actually some good news here, too,” noted the Brennan Center‘s Justice Program Senior Counsel Ames Grawert. “Crystal Munoz, and Tynice Nichole Hall–all lower-level drug offenders–received commutations today [and] Judith Negron‘s case didn’t involve drugs but was *supported by* drug policy reform advocates. Many liberals, however, bent themselves over backwards simply seeking any available avenue on which to condemn Trump—even in the exercise of mercy and grace. ” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 42 minutes ago, superds77 said: Ahem...I also supplied an article from the notoriously conservative WaPost. Fact is, Sanders OPENLY advocated for the release of this individual. Regardless of who reported it... Bernie has admitted he’s a communist but apparently there’s an expiration date on democrats while they bring up what Trump said 30 years ago lol.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaro Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, superds77 said: OK? I just bring this up to provide context to how Sanders is reacting to Trump's pardons. Which were also given to other less high profile people... https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/everything-you-need-to-know-about-all-of-trumps-latest-pardons-and-commutations/ " Left-wing criminal justice reform advocates praised many of Trump’s pardons. “The Blagojevich pardon will rightly draw all the attention and criticism, but there’s actually some good news here, too,” noted the Brennan Center‘s Justice Program Senior Counsel Ames Grawert. “Crystal Munoz, and Tynice Nichole Hall–all lower-level drug offenders–received commutations today [and] Judith Negron‘s case didn’t involve drugs but was *supported by* drug policy reform advocates. Many liberals, however, bent themselves over backwards simply seeking any available avenue on which to condemn Trump—even in the exercise of mercy and grace. ” A bit early for "context". Let's see how Trump* the swamp drainer lol deals with Julian Assange * impeached Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superds77 Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 11 minutes ago, Zaro said: A bit early for "context". Let's see how Trump* the swamp drainer lol deals with Julian Assange * impeached Early? Trump issued pardons yesterday and Sanders commented on them. This context is right on time. What do you mean by "how he deals with Assange"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaro Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 9 minutes ago, superds77 said: What do you mean by "how he deals with Assange"? Trump* "loves WikiLeaks" or at least he used to in 2016 *impeached Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck615 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Zaro said: Trump* "loves WikiLeaks" or at least he used to in 2016 *impeached You mean you liberal asswipes love wiki... *acquitted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingRock Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 4 hours ago, merrill said: blah blah blah = more Tea Party nonsense funneled through the right wing NY Post = a reliable resource for misinformation The NY Post has just slightly more credibility than the National Enquirer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superds77 Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 57 minutes ago, RollingRock said: 5 hours ago, merrill said: blah blah blah = more Tea Party nonsense funneled through the right wing NY Post = a reliable resource for misinformation The NY Post has just slightly more credibility than the National Enquirer. WaPost was cited as well. Amazing how much liberals will avoid the point by attacking the source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z09 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 4 hours ago, DeepBreath said: Bernie has admitted he’s a communist but apparently there’s an expiration date on democrats while they bring up what Trump said 30 years ago lol.... Great point... Sanders admitted he's a socialist way back when... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingRock Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 23 minutes ago, Z09 said: Great point... Sanders admitted he's a socialist way back when... Bernie is a democratic socialist, something entirely different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 6 hours ago, Z09 said: Great point... Sanders admitted he's a socialist way back when... Communist but that’s still unpopular so to continue milking the system it’s now “socialist” . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpyCar Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Sanders is a populist-communist. Trump is a populist-fascist. Neither respect democracy or the rule of law. Two sides of the same evil coin. Pox on both of them. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Mack Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Is Oscar Lopez Rivera the PoC guy that was responsible for a reign of terror that killed six people and injured 130 others in at least 114 bombings and got 55 years in prison for it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of the county Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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