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In reply to the discussion: What would a President Sanders accomplish [View all]TM99
(8,352 posts)his own party members to support 'bipartisan' legislation that would benefit the corporations and screw over we, the people.
He would have fought for the public option and sure as hell would not have settled for HeritageCare.
He would not have had Rick Warren at his inauguration. He would have immediately begun work on dismantling DADT and DOMA.
He would and will be a solid stone against Republican obstructionism until the American people recognize that fact and give him a damned working congress so something can get done.
Consistently congress ranks lower in support than any other aspect of our government.
Unfortunately if we elect another 'bipartisan' Third Way'er like Clinton, we will just get more of the same. She will spout populist rhetoric on the campaign trail, way too many normally intelligent Democrats and left leaning Independents will buy it like they did Obama's empty rhetoric, and if she wins (and that is a big if!) she will govern the same way. She is even more neo-con that Obama so expect a lot more military action. She is even more enamored with Wall Street so expect more such trade agreements.
I would rather have had or to have four or eight years of stagnation and little change than four or eight more years of this kind of bullshit. No we are not better off after Bush. The bankers? Yup. The insurance companies? Yuppers! The MIC? Oh, hell yes, they are doing fabulously. Other corporations? Fuck yes, they are doing fabulously. Us not so much.
I won't vote for the lesser of two evils ever again.