2016 elections - because it's never too early

[Barrister]

Gandalf doesn't die...

Well he kind-of does in the fight with the Balrog.

[Barrister]

https://berniesanders.com/issues/war-and-peace/

He voted against Gulf War I.

Yeah, that's really lacking in specifics (though did he tell you he opposed invading Iraq?)

[DGuller]

Gandalf doesn't die...

Well he kind-of does in the fight with the Balrog.

Spoiler alert? 

[Admiral Yi]

Yeah, that's really lacking in specifics

It can only mean he voted against authorizing force, i.e. the pseudo War Powers vote.

The impression I'm getting from that and Speesh's comment about the Sandinistas is that Bernie in the not too distant past was a dyed in the wool peacenik, and has since then evolved his thinking about foreign relations, either for sincere or insincere reasons.

[The Brain]

Gandalf doesn't die...

Well he kind-of does in the fight with the Balrog.

That wasn't Gandalf the White.

[garbon]

No independent Webb run.

[garbon]

Ta-Nehisi Coates came out for Bernie.

[alfred russel]

Yeah, that's really lacking in specifics

It can only mean he voted against authorizing force, i.e. the pseudo War Powers vote.

The impression I'm getting from that and Speesh's comment about the Sandinistas is that Bernie in the not too distant past was a dyed in the wool peacenik, and has since then evolved his thinking about foreign relations, either for sincere or insincere reasons.

It was my comment. Also, has he really changed?

[Admiral Yi]

It was my comment. Also, has he really changed?

He voted in favor of Afghanistan.

On the other hand, I googled the vote on GWI, and it was actually not as lop-sided as i had thought.

[alfred russel]

He voted in favor of Afghanistan.

Did anyone vote against that? I mean, the country was harboring the guy that launched 9/11.

[Grinning_Colossus]

I'd love to see a a crazy four-way race between Cruz, Sanders, Trump, and Bloomberg. If Trump ran as a hardhat, we'd have all four quadrants of the political compass represented.

[Admiral Yi]

Did anyone vote against that? I mean, the country was harboring the guy that launched 9/11.

You're right.

My tentative evolved peacenik thesis: PRAWND and TRIED.

[Jacob]

Iran claims that Republican lawmakers attempted to put a hold on the release of hostages until after the US 2016 election: http://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2016/02/11/998130/us-republicans-had-urged-iran-to-delay-prisoner-swap-shamkhani-says

[jimmy olsen]

Iran claims that Republican lawmakers attempted to put a hold on the release of hostages until after the US 2016 election: http://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2016/02/11/998130/us-republicans-had-urged-iran-to-delay-prisoner-swap-shamkhani-says

Doubtful. Obama would have crushed them in front of the media with that, and I can't imagine they could have kept it secret from his administration.

[DGuller]

I find it hard to believe that Republicans would do that.  Not because I think they're too patriotic for that, but because it is very obvious that it can backfire very, very badly.