2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: All the sudden sanders wants obamacare saved. [View all]R B Garr
(17,518 posts)about Hillary but our President, as well. He knowingly led people down the path that he was the only true voice of the people about healthcare when he knew full well that he was unable to get single payer passed in his own state. Not once did he make any meaningful reference to that simple fact. Instead during a debate, he got huffy when asked about single payer failing in Vermont and he blamed it on the governor.
If he couldn't get it passed himself, he has no business maligning others. It was dishonest to present himself as a path blazer and policy leader when he failed to get it done himself. It was dishonest of him to say or imply that Hillary was against single payer when the context of her current position was that it was not viable because of political opposition. Bernie had the same problem, but he knowingly omitted his own struggles for it.
That was a very dishonest tactic that he used to paint other Democrats as sell-outs and imply that they were corrupt and on the take when he, himself, could not even use his influence to push the single payer policy through in Vermont. It was that type of intentional dishonesty and misleading tactics that he should apologize for. It was very divisive.
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