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For that kind of money I

Danny Cardwell — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 19:18:40 +0000

In reply to What color hood? What brand

For that kind of money I would let them pick!

Bernie was never required to

rmrd0000 — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 19:23:21 +0000

Bernie was never required to give details on policy, he just repeated "millionaires and billionaires".

He selected surrogates that were obviously out to make political points rather than effect any change in the Democratic Party. I point out Cornel West, because he was chosen by Sanders despite clear evidence that West would stab the Democratic Party and Barack Obama the first chance he got. West was immoral enough to accept a spot on the Democratic Party Platform Committee. Once he got to make a show there, he quickly endorsed Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate. West knew that he wouldn't be supporting the Democrats. Sanders should have known West would not support the Democrats. Sanders was a sucker.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/14/barack-obama-us-ra...

My problem with Bernie Sanders is that he is politically myopic. He can survive in Vermont, but is a disaster nationally.

Every insurgency has kooks

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 15:21:58 +0000

In reply to The value of the ideas are

Every insurgency has kooks and narcissists, no? As does the establishment. Still, claiming Bernie had a path to the nomination as his numbers said no, while flipping on superdelegates to get them to drop Hillary & somehow support him came out both. Doesnt mean his campaign was only that, but it wasn't his best moment.

Nor was the excessive reliance on exit polls and national faceoffs still 4 months away to justify his existence. Oh well, cant criticize anything these days.

Despite all the insults

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 15:19:59 +0000

In reply to To answer Wolraich's question

Despite all the insults towards her, I've never gotten the idea she belittled the ideas, only the process and path to making these things work. She's not big into unicorns and fairies from what I see.

What color hood? What brand

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 15:13:09 +0000

In reply to Speaking from the perspective

What color hood? What brand gloves? A certain pastiche required.

I like the ambiguity of

Michael Wolraich — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 12:42:39 +0000

In reply to Uncomfortable might be the

I like the ambiguity of "uncomfortable" precisely because it can be good or bad. I believe in Sanders insurgency, but not all insurgencies are good.

Well put, ac

Michael Wolraich — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 12:35:28 +0000

In reply to To answer Wolraich's question

Well put, ac

To answer Wolraich's question

acanuck — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 21:25:02 +0000

In reply to Sanders is an insurgent. An

To answer Wolraich's question (way upthread), Bernie's campaign is indeed "just the first battle in a long struggle for the soul of the Democratic Party." Actually not the first, but the first to gain serious traction. The DNC (and Hillary) would be idiots to downplay and ignore what is clearly a substantial, growing movement, especially among young prospective voters. Republican disarray gives her a unique opportunity to change the entire political discourse over the next four years -- if she has the balls and the brains to seize it.

For the record I never

ocean-kat — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 17:49:28 +0000

In reply to The value of the ideas are

For the record I never depicted Sanders as a kook. That was more rmrd's complaint. I didn't have a problem when he was discussing his policy ideas. When that wasn't winning for him and he talked less and less about the policy and spent more and more time in character assassination I wasn't happy. When he played the sore loser, yes, I called him narcissistic.

Or no trade deals or tariffs

ocean-kat — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 17:40:33 +0000

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Or no trade deals or tariffs pushing up the costs of consumer goods. There are always trade offs. We need to find a better balance but trade deals are necessary. NO, isn't an answer to the problems, and benefits, globalization brings.