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[dawg]

226. It's important to draw attention to progressive issues and the things we would like to achieve.

Even if they can't pass right now, the American people at least get to see the kind of things we *will* pass if they give us enough votes in Congress to do so.

Without such "stunts" all we are doing is playing defense against the Republicans. We block most of their initiatives. A few get through. The country continues it's inexorable rightward drift.

So I am 100% in favor of putting these issues before the American people and forcing the Republicans (and corporate Democrats) to go on record against things that would help the American people.

But having said that, of course Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are politicians. They are good, progressive politicians, but they are still politicians. We can't allow ourselves to be blind followers of anyone. All men and women are prone to self-interest, hubris, and just plain being wrong at times.