2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sanders: Obama lost touch with grass-roots movement! [View all]jwirr
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And to be fair I don't know if he lost touch or we did not understand him. He continually said "Yes we can do." Bernie says it a bit clearer "I cannot do it alone. We have to build a movement to do it together." After the election was over the we disappeared. And again I am not sure if he let us go or if we let him go.
I do not know why President Obama spent so much time trying to get the Rs to go along with him. Even letting them cut things for the poor. And then the TPP. But I do think when he dropped the idea of a single payer healthcare plan without even a struggle that he forgot the "Yes we can do it" part of his plan.
When FDR said "You have to make me do it." he was talking to the people. Get out there and show your support for these programs. Unfortunately the last time we have seen this request from anyone was from MLK.
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