Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Bernie is gonna screw up this election................ [View all]karynnj
(59,909 posts)It is a list of Democratic principles that BOTH believe in and have for generations. However, they are phrased just as to represent Sanders position rejecting any other plan.
Some are ridiculous - probably the worst is his point on climate change. I know that many activists reject anything but the Green New Deal, which Sanders supports. His explanation of how he would get this - and other things passed - is to refer to his revolution. That revolution was MIA last Tuesday and the Tuesday before. It also is a strawman that needs to be rejected because it attacks most of the people who have worked hard on this issue - including the Obama administration.
I would suggest that Sanders should listen to any John Kerry speech on this. He is every bit as concerned as the most concerned activist, but he is far more knowledgeable on solutions because he has worked with the scientists on this for decades. (Dr Moniz did not meet him when they were both in Obama's cabinet - he was a 2004 and before Kerry adviser.) In addition, he was an essential person in getting the Paris Accord. He admitted before it was signed that it was not enough, but the hope was it would get the entire world moving in the right direction and not stronger could be agreed to. Frankly ALL Biden would need to do to convince me on this issue is for him to list people like Kerry, Moniz, Gina McCarthy and Lisa Jackson(Obama EPA) AND Ed Markey, the Senate sponsor of the Green New Deal.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden