(January 15, 2016 at 10:17 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Unlike Trump however, Bernie actually has a plan to get things done.(January 15, 2016 at 9:23 pm)Mothonis Wrote: Hi, its been awhile iam going to try to be more active in the future i forgot how important this forum is to me.Anyways i am going to talk about why i believe Sanders needs to win.
1.The change of the political landscape
Sanders victory will have profound impact on what kind of canidates we will be able to elect in the future.It will alow other grass-roots campaigns to have a real shot at a general election.
2.Previously apathetic citizens will start becoming more politically active.
This will also restore faith that the system can be fixed and help progressives push more legislation that previously would have been considered to "left-wing"
3.Sanders isnt bought and wont give up
We need a candidate who isnt going to comprise when it comes to major issues.We need major change sooner rather than later.Those of you who say its not possible just look at bush,everyone told him what he could and could not do and he ignored them and everything he wanted and Donald Trump is similar.
Could I have a hit off whatever you're smoking?
1. Nothing will change the political landscape. The problem with Sanders is virtually the same as the problem with Trump. They both stand there and say "I'm going to do this" and "I'm going to do that" and neither seems to understand that he is running for president, not "king." You don't walk in and tell the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee what he is going to do. Trump, being a business criminal asshole, has probably never had that kind of opposition from what he perceives as his own side. Sanders has been in Congress long enough to know better.
2. You have far more faith in your fellow citizens than I do. The fuckers can't even be bothered voting in mid-term elections.
3. Almost irrelevant. Because as Obama learned you are dealing with a congress which is bought and will sell out at the drop of a hat. Remember that Obama threw in the towel on single-payer health insurance not because of the republicunts but because of a handful of conservative democrats who would not support it.
We have had, since 2010 a bunch of conservatard fuckheads who refuse to compromise and the result has been disaster. Like it or not, "compromise" is the basis of American government and we need much more of it... not less.
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And that makes a world of a difference in the context of what you're talking about.
Which is better:
To die with ignorance, or to live with intelligence?
Truth doesn't accommodate to personal opinions.
The choice is yours.
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