2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI hope that my fellow Democrats realize that we are going to climb a mountain
sail a sea, and do everything that we can to restore Democracy with Bernie Sanders.
I know we are naive, stupid, gullible, wastrels that want free things, but there are a hell of a lot more people that recognize us as friends, family and business leaders.
Hillary is about as inevitable, which was her only appeal, as a reservation at a fine restaurant. She was prepared to saunter in and flash the "I'm fantastic" card, "Now get me a table now!" and ... nope.
Do you have a reservation, Mrs. Clinton?
k8conant
(3,030 posts)like FDR's 1944 SOTU address:
"It is our duty now to begin to lay the plans and determine the strategy for the winning of a lasting peace and the establishment of an American standard of living higher than ever before known. We cannot be content, no matter how high that general standard of living may be, if some fraction of our peoplewhether it be one-third or one-fifth or one-tenthis ill-fed, ill-clothed, ill-housed, and insecure.
This Republic had its beginning, and grew to its present strength, under the protection of certain inalienable political rightsamong them the right of free speech, free press, free worship, trial by jury, freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. They were our rights to life and liberty.
As our nation has grown in size and stature, howeveras our industrial economy expandedthese political rights proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness.
We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. Necessitous men are not free men.[3] People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for allregardless of station, race, or creed.
Among these are:
The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;
The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;
The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;
The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;
The right of every family to a decent home;
The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;
The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;
The right to a good education.
All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.
America's own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for all our citizens. For unless there is security here at home there cannot be lasting peace in the world."
Zorro
(15,749 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)is indeed his specialty.
lostnfound
(16,192 posts)Savvy in Neoliberal foreign interventions...etc etc
But Bernie has tons of human wisdom, character / compassion, and a willingness to push for change in fundamental priblems facing the middle class.
As much as it would be good to finally have a female president, it's way more important that we reverse the tilting of the economic playing field.