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bowens43

(16,064 posts)
17. No one believes it will be easy or happen over night
Fri Jan 29, 2016, 07:16 AM
Jan 2016

but unlike hillary, Bernie will fight for what is right.

'Can't' is not in Bernie's vocabulary,

'No we can't' is hillarys motto......




I know if we do nothing then we get nothing. Fearless Jan 2016 #1
+1 daleanime Jan 2016 #11
This is it. tecelote Jan 2016 #12
No Dem candidate is talking BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #26
so the not doing nothing dem canidate tk2kewl Jan 2016 #44
ACTUALLY that's exactly what she's saying Fearless Jan 2016 #70
She is NOT saying that BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #72
She has come out against single payer. ACTUALLY. Fearless Jan 2016 #86
I lived in Europe and liked the way single payer worked there. It is especially good for JDPriestly Jan 2016 #2
SP enid602 Jan 2016 #43
I was brought up with the British UK and I miss the NHS Rosa Luxemburg Jan 2016 #94
The term "single payer" is in common parlance Ron Green Jan 2016 #3
He never promised anything. Just talking bout things valuable to shoot for. With our help. highprincipleswork Jan 2016 #4
I do and I have wondered for years why the Democratic keep rolling over on the Todays_Illusion Jan 2016 #5
Three things EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #6
Would be fun watching him try unc70 Jan 2016 #7
I buy into that it is probably the best way long-term, but he's not being honest about the cost or Hoyt Jan 2016 #8
Who voted for war? Omaha Steve Jan 2016 #9
+1 daleanime Jan 2016 #13
Yep. You never hear the corporatists or their cheerleaders spreading anti-war messages with GoneFishin Jan 2016 #29
+1 kristopher Jan 2016 #30
Yes, of course people want choice. freedom fighter jh Jan 2016 #34
Good to know chervilant Jan 2016 #71
If Sanders isn't elected, we won't even have the ACA mdbl Jan 2016 #10
Becasue of her close ties to the Insurance Industry and pharmacuticals INdemo Jan 2016 #41
So many other countries can do it. tecelote Jan 2016 #14
Yep! I'm a sucker for a good deal. I plead guilty. Stevepol Jan 2016 #15
I dunno. Do you buy into the cowardly doublespeak of his detractors? Android3.14 Jan 2016 #16
No one believes it will be easy or happen over night bowens43 Jan 2016 #17
It's funny... With regard to women's right to vote, not too long ago... Helen Borg Jan 2016 #18
If we get progressives in on his coat tails....... Half-Century Man Jan 2016 #19
Oh boy wtawilltaw Jan 2016 #20
Not the way it works MichMan Jan 2016 #33
You dont start at zero and expect to go up.. wtawilltaw Jan 2016 #59
who is putting forth "Bernie Sanders thinks if he's elected President, we will have single payer." ? corkhead Jan 2016 #21
If you are living in Fantasy Land - maybe liberal N proud Jan 2016 #22
It matters what the General Election voter believes. Bernie's put his plan out there, pnwmom Jan 2016 #23
As I recall, this was a fantasy most often seen in 2008. Vinca Jan 2016 #24
No Hillary supporter has BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #27
Hillary supporters are, almost to a person, running opposed to single-payer. Vinca Jan 2016 #32
That is much different from saying, BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #40
Just to discuss one point mikehiggins Jan 2016 #50
Are you kidding? wildeyed Jan 2016 #78
Calm down. I don't think I've ever called anyone on this site a mental defective. Vinca Jan 2016 #89
Asking for a workable budget on single-payer wildeyed Jan 2016 #90
"Trashing" ACA hasn't been proposed. Vinca Jan 2016 #93
The math will work. OkSustainAg Jan 2016 #25
THIS^^^ MrMickeysMom Jan 2016 #28
Stop over inflating the military OkSustainAg Jan 2016 #37
Where? wildeyed Jan 2016 #79
The Bernie Sanders Health Plan Is Too Good To Be True, Analyst Says Gothmog Jan 2016 #49
Let's give single payer a try. OkSustainAg Jan 2016 #58
Why single payer died in Vermont Gothmog Jan 2016 #69
I totally read this as wildeyed Jan 2016 #80
Yes, I do. OkSustainAg Jan 2016 #95
when can we start calling buying into > $1 trillion for wars a "fantasy" ?? - n/t Locrian Jan 2016 #31
I believe in single payer Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #35
Negotiate from a position of STRENGTH. Bernie knows this. yodermon Jan 2016 #36
Yes, I do think that adopting a single payer system would be the best thing for this country. bklyncowgirl Jan 2016 #38
No magic wands here. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jan 2016 #39
No. LWolf Jan 2016 #42
Be careful. You're horning into Dan's territory. You guys need to coordinate. HERVEPA Jan 2016 #45
If you get a chance, can you let me know.... vi5 Jan 2016 #46
The Sanders plan depends on hypothetical costs savings that Prof. Krugman thinks are false Gothmog Jan 2016 #47
Bernie Sanders's fiction-filled campaign Gothmog Jan 2016 #48
It's not a fantasy for the rest of the civilized world! Zen Democrat Jan 2016 #53
Singld payer is a great goal. hrmjustin Jan 2016 #51
Bernie is out to bring in a revolution from the White House to the House of Reps and Senate. Zen Democrat Jan 2016 #52
Do you honestly think Clinton will lift a finger gyroscope Jan 2016 #54
+1 CharlotteVale Jan 2016 #61
I love the way Senator Sanders reaches for the entire pie, Obama should have done that too. Sunlei Jan 2016 #55
Why would politicians oppose Medicare for All? Money. gordyfl Jan 2016 #56
Sanders main platform is defeating special interrest monies that BLOCK to their Jefferson23 Jan 2016 #57
Bernie will fight for it, but an "incrementalist" will cave to the Insurance Ind and Big Pharma amborin Jan 2016 #60
It's so nice to read an equally weighted OP, one that does not prejudge or load the question. nt TheBlackAdder Jan 2016 #62
The ACA was sold as a stepping stone, the fear that Benrie will undo Obamas "greatest" Autumn Jan 2016 #63
I do and it's no fantasy Nanjeanne Jan 2016 #64
If Bernie is elected single payer will inevitably follow. Zorra Jan 2016 #65
fantasy? - stupid question - the question should be SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #66
Is this a rhetorical question, wildeyed Jan 2016 #74
Defeatism AgingAmerican Jan 2016 #67
Hopefully, we'll find out with Bernie. With Hillary we already know we won't. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2016 #68
Nah. All you need is a politician wildeyed Jan 2016 #73
Please stop. H2O Man Jan 2016 #75
How rude ... Trajan Jan 2016 #76
We return to caring about PEOPLE, or fuck them? wildeyed Jan 2016 #81
Gone Trajan Jan 2016 #83
Gone. wildeyed Jan 2016 #85
Hah ... 'The Right Direction' Trajan Jan 2016 #77
Vermont is a small state Nanjeanne Jan 2016 #82
I trust Bernie to do everything he can to steer us in the right direction. senz Jan 2016 #84
It may take longer than that, Blue_In_AK Jan 2016 #87
Yes, it will happen. It is only sensible. Betty Karlson Jan 2016 #88
"A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?" JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2016 #91
‘Single-payer is the only health reform that pays for itself’ Ferd Berfel Jan 2016 #92
The same people who are claiming Obama didn't get it treestar Jan 2016 #96
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