Hillary Clinton
In reply to the discussion: Hillary got the toughest question of the night, and she handled it like a pro. [View all]FrenchieCat
(68,868 posts)but let's remember that Howard Dean won the 2004 Iowa caucus and yet the Corporate media did away with him immediately. I mean that same night!
I'm not saying that was a good thing, and he wasn't even my candidate. But it goes to show that all they need to do is fool enough of the people, for long enough.
It appears that if Iowa caucus goers have not learned that lesson by now, maybe they never will!
Obama won in 2008, but he was an extraordinary candidate, not just followed by the young and very liberals, but he was followed by all!
If Sanders and his supporters think that America is going to be chewing at the bits, and jumping up-and-down, to have their taxes raised for healthcare, after witnessing the fight over healthcare for the last five years, that isn't even over, they have another thing coming!
It's one thing to be idealistic, it's another thing to be idealistic about issues that cannot be passed by a gerrymandered Congress. Our government moves very slowly, and if Bernie Sanders wins the nomination, the revolution will not be televised until after president- elect Trump is sworn in. It will be another occupy movement, that will get barely any coverage even then!
If the corporate media can make five people at a Townhall look like a movement, and totally ignore the million men march in DC this summer, They can do just about anything!
However the difference between the occupy movement and the steaks when that happened, and what we stand to lose is quite different. Say goodbye to President Obama's eight years, along with the supreme court that will now be a kangaroo court, hello to wars, wars, wars,and so many benefits that we would lose, but we now take for granted, and that in fact we now complain about as not being good enough.
Only the most qualified woman there ever was running for president can save us now!