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In reply to the discussion: Thank you, Dennis, for everything. [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)You really can't measure effectiveness solely by whether or not you get bills passed...especially when the only bills that can get passed in a particular situation are the sort that aren't worth passing.
Even if we assume that HCR was a worthwhile result after all the important things were taken out of the bill, you can't point to any OTHER compromise legislation in the 2006-2010 period that actually did progressive good...and you can't point to any good results that Dennis stopped.
So your attack on Dennis is discredited.
You don't give a damn about the 99% if you're willing to play the bullshit "half a loaf" gain. The half-loaves don't end up helping the 99%
You can't name a single member of Congress who actually achieved real progressive gains and real benefits for her or his district by pushing through compromise bills and settling for tiny increments in the 2006-2010 period. All there were in any of those bills were crumbs...crumbs...and crumbs never add up to a loaf by being piled together with more crumbs in the future.