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In reply to the discussion: A friend just sent this me and I see no lies… [View all]MrScorpio
(73,772 posts)In the article itself.
The article has everything to do with how Bernie's supporters are behaving now, and how all of that joyous enthusiasm that we're seeing for him right this very minute will hit a brick wall the moment that a President Sanders has to make a decision in the Oval Office than has the appearance of deviating from any of his currently expressed beliefs. If he has to come to realize that one of his cures is going to turn out to be worse than whatever disease he's trying to fix, I doubt that all of his followers will be as forgiving and understanding as needed.
Politics ain't rocket science, it's the art of sausage making and marketing.
Name me one president who never deviated from each and every thing that they've espoused for while on the campaign trail.
Personally, I'm refusing to paint myself into such a purist corner. I know that any president, no matter how confidently principled that make themselves out to be, will come to a point in their term where the only viable decision left to them is a really shitty one and a horribly compromised one.
Folks who are out to make Hillary the villain in very possible way need to tamp that down somewhat. Every bad thing is not about her and every good thing is not about Bernie.
We're all going to have to vote for one of these Democratic candidates, come November next year. When I do it, no matter who I'm voting for, I'm going to vote for that Democrat with a clear conscience.