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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Just Introduced His Free College Tuition Plan [View all]JCanete
(5,272 posts)previous to early July, as far as I'm seeing here.
That is admirable. We could do better and she and Sanders and everybody else did. You do say in your post that Sanders had this idea and she filled it in with the actual policy. Fine. The policy is important, and doesn't exist without the idea, heard and championed by the people. I'm glad she did it, but I see nothing better about you handing all credit to her when she literally stood in opposition to the idea of free tuition on certain ground...NOT to free tuition for those making under 125,000 or that would have been a really easy way to put the differences to bed in the primary. That she adopted this idea, and that she crafted legislation to make it happen is a testament to her, but it can't be taken out of context of the timing.
Posts that give credit to Sanders and Sanders alone are not helpful I agree. Your effort to correct the record, seemed stilted in my opinion, given that you did not balance your presentation. " Clinton's plan", "Sander's listened". That doesn't gel with complete history now does it?
I mean, you literally talk about how the one man show irks you, but then intentionally repeat "Hillary's plan" "Hillary's plan", "must thank Hillary and others,"...do you see any irony in that? Yes, your post gets more diverse as it goes. The first couple paragraphs are pretty loaded, to say nothing of the snarky way you diminish Sanders worth as a horn tooter.