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In reply to the discussion: Bernie will probably run, unless some other candidate credibly champions "Medicare for all". [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)60. As long as he COMMITS to electing the Democratic nominee
in the general election.
In this era, there is one party to achieve progressive advances through and one party to destroy them through.
There is one party to protect democracy and government of, by and for the people through and one party to replace them with white nationalist authoritarianism through. Those are our two choices.
Speaker Pelosi after taking control of the house:
We have heard from too many families who wonder, in this time of innovation and globalization, if they have a place in the economy of tomorrow.
We must remove all doubt that they do, and say to them: we will have an economy that works for you.
Let us declare that we will call upon the bold thinking needed to address the disparity of income in America which is at the root of the crisis of confidence felt by so many Americans.
As Justice Brandeis said, We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cant have both.
We must end that injustice and restore the publics faith in a better future for themselves and their children.
We must be champions of the middle class, and all those who aspire to it because the middle class is the backbone of democracy.
It has been so since the birth of democracy itself.
Aristotle said, It is manifest that the best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class in which the middle class is large and stronger than all of the other classes.
We must remove all doubt that they do, and say to them: we will have an economy that works for you.
Let us declare that we will call upon the bold thinking needed to address the disparity of income in America which is at the root of the crisis of confidence felt by so many Americans.
As Justice Brandeis said, We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cant have both.
We must end that injustice and restore the publics faith in a better future for themselves and their children.
We must be champions of the middle class, and all those who aspire to it because the middle class is the backbone of democracy.
It has been so since the birth of democracy itself.
Aristotle said, It is manifest that the best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class in which the middle class is large and stronger than all of the other classes.
We must also face the existential threat of our time: the climate crisis a crisis manifested in natural disasters of epic proportions.
The American people understand the urgency. The people are ahead of the Congress. The Congress must join them.
That is why we have created the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. The entire Congress must work to put an end to the inaction and denial of science that threaten the planet and the future.
This is a public health decision for clean air and clean water; an economic decision for Americas global preeminence in green technology; a security decision to keep us safe; and a moral decision to be good stewards of Gods creation.
The American people understand the urgency. The people are ahead of the Congress. The Congress must join them.
That is why we have created the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. The entire Congress must work to put an end to the inaction and denial of science that threaten the planet and the future.
This is a public health decision for clean air and clean water; an economic decision for Americas global preeminence in green technology; a security decision to keep us safe; and a moral decision to be good stewards of Gods creation.
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Bernie will probably run, unless some other candidate credibly champions "Medicare for all". [View all]
redgreenandblue
Jan 2019
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It isn't. But it is a position that will likely be represented in the 2020 field in some form.
redgreenandblue
Jan 2019
#10
You know you don't start bargaining with the position you are willing to accept, right?
shanny
Jan 2019
#64
Hell in that case start with MFA and paid sick leave, anything else is too low
uponit7771
Jan 2019
#83
it isn't the end of the conversation. Bernie is just one person advocating for one thing.
aikoaiko
Jan 2019
#15
Implication of false dichotomy, it's not either or we can have both. I'm no stuck on MFA and wont
uponit7771
Jan 2019
#51
Well, if you have single payer, why would you need public option? But, sure.
Cuthbert Allgood
Jan 2019
#63
I don't understand why we have to marry MFA or be accused of being against universal care.
betsuni
Jan 2019
#93
There is no escaping divisiveness in a Sanders candidacy...as we have seen with the attacks
Demsrule86
Jan 2019
#14
Sorry, that dog don't hunt. Voted for him in the primary, When we had the Treasury funds to do
Crutchez_CuiBono
Jan 2019
#29
This is false on its face, Sanders is a no go from the start because of his taxes. Screw that, we...
uponit7771
Jan 2019
#33
ALL candidates will have to disclose tax returns, in some states, hopefully
Eliot Rosewater
Jan 2019
#52
"the only alternative to Hillary in a 2 person race" - And perhaps that was the main problem.
redgreenandblue
Jan 2019
#9
We'll then, he's obviously a smart candidate... time to take a serious look at JC.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jan 2019
#26
I think recent news has spotlighted one of the big reasons so many are troubled by another Sanders
MrsCoffee
Jan 2019
#16
I still think that sanders is busy selling his poorly reviewed book and will not run
Gothmog
Jan 2019
#19
Elizabeth Warren, a DEMOCRAT, is at least one of those candidates, and there will be more DEMOCRATS
still_one
Jan 2019
#28
Bernie touched a nerve when he ran in 2016 and millions of Americans responded positively to
jalan48
Jan 2019
#38
Yeah, but it was the same nerve for the left that Trump was for the right /nt
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#40
I doubt Bernie would get elected if he ran as an independent and I don't believe he will be another
jalan48
Jan 2019
#47
Sanders has made working together impossible with his continued attacks on Democrats
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#49
seriously what does that even mean. There are vast differences here, and trying to equate them
JCanete
Jan 2019
#70
I was wondering the same thing. Maybe it's a new line of attack on Bernie and Progressives.
jalan48
Jan 2019
#84
And then millions of others voted for Clinton. Tough for some to accept this fact.
brooklynite
Jan 2019
#77
oh I see, you're the arbiter of such matters? Why'd you let him run last time? nt
JCanete
Jan 2019
#72
Because we mistakenly believed that he would make his points and then bow out when it was clear that
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#74
I hope we have a full line up of progressive democrats running for office...including,
ProgLibDem
Jan 2019
#53