When Did We Become a Nation of Cowards?
I watched Bernie on his town hall on Thursday, was very impressed with him by the way, and after watching Tweety keep hitting him with the same question something occurred to me. Basically there was a 10 minute exchange of "how are you going to get anything done?" Bernie kept trying to answer but it was never enough. Even though its been said before it is this mantra of its so hard so why even try.
We used to be a nation of doers and dreamers. A nation of firsts. Now, all I hear is its too hard. You'll never get the votes. There is too much gridlock. Man, if that had been the can do spirit since the beginning our history would of been a lot different.
George Washington would have capitulated and laid down arms, fighting the British is just too difficult. I mean look how well armed and trained they are.
Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves? Rubbish, who would vote for that? He certainly shouldn't even fight for something since its a non-starter.
Teddy Roosevelt walked softly and compromised. Break up trusts? A network of national parks? What unicorn nonsense is this?
FDR and the New Deal? The Republicans hate all the Socialist talk, nothing will ever get through. The bully pulpit certainly won't work, no point in those fireside chats.
JFK and the moon program? Nah, the Russians are too far ahead and its too expensive. Lets worry about small changes, only things that we know we can do should be tried.
No women's suffrage, no civil rights movement, no gay rights, no workers movement. All so hard, ought not to even bother.
Is this what we have been reduced to? No big ideas allowed. No change is too small. There was a time when we thought great things were worth fighting for. That the struggle increased its worth. I'm sick of the defeatist attitude of "No we can't!" Well you know what, No we can't stand one more minute of this and I choose to fight. And, if you are to defeatist to join, I'll fight for you too. I'm an American, and I will not be told what we can't do anymore! Enough is Enough! Thank you Bernie for helping us to fight again.
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A lot of us were beaten down by that and dropped out for a long time. We need to make it work this time. We need to follow the dream.
GO BERNIE!! 
GWB recently blurted out that part of his job as (fake) President was to "keep expectations low" and that is the end product of fear. The response of Team Clinton to Sanders' rise has been to stoke fears and keep expectations low ("can't win"
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Adam Curtis nailed it here:
Excellent point! 
