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In reply to the discussion: Reality Has Endorsed Bernie Sanders [View all]Gothmog
(154,050 posts)55. How is sanders' magical voter revoluton doing in the real world?
In the real world, no one in congress is going to be paying attention to sanders unless and until sanders is able to generate his magical voter revolution in the real world. I admit that I never considered sanders to be a serious candidate and never understood sanders appeal. sanders has no significant legislative accomplishments in his time in Congress in large part because sanders never bothered to attempt to get his fellow members of congress to support his programs. In the real world, it takes hard work and getting along with people to get major legislation passed. I was not surprised with sanders admitted that he does not try to get along with his fellow members of congress and that he was not good at pleasantries
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I agree with the NYT description of their decision not to endorse sanders in that sanders is too inflexible and that he is not able to compromise. Compromise is key to getting legislation adopted in the real world
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I admit that i do not understand sanders magical voter revolution that sanders claims will enable him to get his agenda adopted. I do not believe in magic and I have seen no evidence that sanders has a magical voter revolution.
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Merely announcing a proposal is meaningless in the real world One needs votes to get a major piece of legislation adopted and sanders has not shown that he can do this in the real world
How is sanders going to get anyone in Congress to pay attention to this proposal without his magical voter revolution?
I like the real world and in the real world magic does not work. I doubt that the real world is taking sanders all that seriously
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This Has Been Another Episode Of Lame Comments From No One In Particular, Sir
The Magistrate
Mar 2020
#1
Most Bernie supporters ADD value to America, "Bernie Bro" trolls prefer to SUBTRACT and destroy
LVZ
Mar 2020
#42
It's not helpful if one prefers a health care system based on profit over the public good.
Uncle Joe
Mar 2020
#11
Well Sir it's not that I doubt your sincerity, just your level of motivation.
Uncle Joe
Mar 2020
#30
No one has EVER demonstrated that we have a health care "system" (a misnomer) that is based....
George II
Mar 2020
#48
As my favorite comedian, George Carlin, would say - a one-armed man in a rowboat.
George II
Mar 2020
#49
Do you mean the crossroads where Bernie doesn't receive the presidential nomination?
TexasTowelie
Mar 2020
#13
community health clinics are financed by an amendment to the aca that bernie wrote and pushed thru
questionseverything
Mar 2020
#52
i am suggestting don't bring up senate votes records if your candidate's record is lacking
questionseverything
Apr 2020
#90
i am not telling you what to post but its dishonest of you to want to dis bernies senate record and
questionseverything
Apr 2020
#99
Wrong, "every other country" did NOT do that a long time ago. How's it working in Italy and the UK?
George II
Mar 2020
#50
Other countries started a long time ago.... from scratch... when health care cost much less
ehrnst
Mar 2020
#65
The author of this piece called Hillary a "genteel, insidious bigot" in Jul '16
mathematic
Mar 2020
#18
Just because she is an an African-American academic, does not make her words correct.
sheshe2
Mar 2020
#63
Reality sidelines Bernie. He doesn't need to sit on the bench inhopes of being put back in the game.
UncleNoel
Mar 2020
#59