2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBernie Sanders is THE REAL DEAL
I don't want another politician that pretends to serve the American people while truly serving the 1%, I want a political and president that is THE REAL DEAL and that will not sell us down the river like Obama did and that Hillary would do.
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)Rockyj
(538 posts)Thanks for your post!
babylonsister
(171,070 posts)If you propose that, how can I believe anything else you say?
I like Bernie, but that's a big stretch.
Who might be left to throw under the bus?
zalinda
(5,621 posts)and then he took it away. Every negotiation started in the middle instead of the left and his appointments might have well been Republicans. He didn't have even one lefty on his staff or in the cabinet. He fooled everyone. The poor basically got Flinted.
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babylonsister
(171,070 posts)President, you haven't been paying attention. Google that.
in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)with Republicans. A DEMOCRATIC president did that! A DEMOCRATIC president.
It still makes me spitting mad.
PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)Armstead
(47,803 posts)proponents for single payer were not even allowed in the room to discuss it. And the public option -- which was a major compromise as at least a step in the right direction -- was also thrown under the bus in favor of mandatory purchase of private healthcare that is too expensive and too limited.
Uncle Joe
(58,366 posts)Thanks for the thread, AZ Progressive.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)Walking the walk, for real. Go, Bernie! K&R
Cartoonist
(7,317 posts)You don't know that is a racist reference?
I'm a Sanders supporter, and I detest your message.
Old Codger
(4,205 posts)But has not been used in that context since slavery days...
forest444
(5,902 posts)Speaking for reform, was Jim McDermott and of course Bernie.
Spaeking against it was Craig Thomas of Wyoming (a nice man; but practically a non-entity in the Senate), and Hastert "wanna rassle?" the Bastard!