2016 Postmortem

disillusioned73

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6. I completely agree..

Wed Feb 10, 2016, 09:16 AM

Feb 2016

I was turned off by President Obama's inability to take the huge majorities and the tied of the newly engaged electorate to bring about a real liberal/progressive approach to governing in his first term.. I voted for him for a second term but nowhere near as enthusiastic as I was in 2004..

Another seemingly offensive meme is that Bernie is "the shiny new toy" to us on the left..he is not, I've been following Bernie's career & strong positions for some time.. including his inspiring 8 hour filibuster in 2010 against tax cuts.. I just never thought I'd have a chance to support such a left leaning candidate and I am now a very engaged and excited 40+ y/o..

I had to google cause I couldn't remember the exact year.. I remember watching some of this live and thinking.. wow

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/10/AR2010121005431.html

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What a lot of people don't seem to get about the popularity of Bernie Sanders [View all] Fast Walker 52 Feb 2016 OP

This Revolt Has Been Building For Years - The DWS, DNC, DLC, Third-Way Has Only Themselves To Blame cantbeserious Feb 2016 #1

Yes. LWolf Feb 2016 #3

I gave you a heart for that. I feel the same way about Bernie, and Nay Feb 2016 #2

Thanks! I so agree about the system. Fast Walker 52 Feb 2016 #9

The Clinton's are like bad cops... DeGreg Feb 2016 #63

All of the folks the party has left behind on its decades-long run to the right. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #4

exactly....if I wanted to be a Republican...I would be a Republican... islandmkl Feb 2016 #5

+1000000 SammyWinstonJack Feb 2016 #37

I'm still angry about when President Obama declared that his policies bvar22 Feb 2016 #59

.^that 840high Feb 2016 #67

I completely agree.. disillusioned73 Feb 2016 #6

Maybe that's partly the problem. They are 'waiting'. randome Feb 2016 #7

Damn right... hoosierlib Feb 2016 #11

You have to have a leader zalinda Feb 2016 #23

We've been working on it. jeff47 Feb 2016 #32

Folks also need to focus on the down ticket races NikolaC Feb 2016 #57

That is why getting Bernie nominatd is so important. bvar22 Feb 2016 #62

And yet you ridiculed the Occupy Movement and a "bunch of hippies wandering around a park." myrna minx Feb 2016 #60

The only thing liberal about the likes of Obama and Clinton gyroscope Feb 2016 #8

exactly-- but you will never hear this in the mainstream media! Fast Walker 52 Feb 2016 #10

Yup! And endlessly we will see on TV and hailed in print right-wingers whose positions have already Akamai Feb 2016 #12

And on trade and Wall Street reform gyroscope Feb 2016 #18

And Hillary was rather a long time coming to support gay marriage. SheilaT Feb 2016 #13

I don't think she genuinely does pinebox Feb 2016 #15

The only thing Hillary supports is what her bosses tell her madokie Feb 2016 #42

Yup! Plucketeer Feb 2016 #17

I completely agree! nt m-lekktor Feb 2016 #22

Great post! I see a difference on health care, though. JudyM Feb 2016 #28

I think you hit the nail on the head. hollowdweller Feb 2016 #35

And the Democrats can't even claim to have ended Don't Ask, Don't Tell. LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #40

Obama talks liberal on economics except for one sentence: "I don't really understand economics." ieoeja Feb 2016 #47

k&R , good points! Mbrow Feb 2016 #14

We've been told to shut up and vote for the establishment candidate for decades. liberal_at_heart Feb 2016 #16

Not that I've dutifully played along Plucketeer Feb 2016 #19

Remember everybody dissing Dean and going for Kerry because he was more electable? hollowdweller Feb 2016 #36

Why do the electable candidates never win? pengu Feb 2016 #74

"Popular" doesn't translate into being "Presidential". George II Feb 2016 #20

In what ways are you implying he is not "Presidential," in your opinion? JudyM Feb 2016 #30

Are you unaware of the concept of democracy, which does in fact mean that the most popular candidate Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #31

We do not live in a democracy...we have a representative republic. Moostache Feb 2016 #54

Whatever the fuck that means. frylock Feb 2016 #44

Right now Peyton Manning is very popular, but he'd never get elected President. George II Feb 2016 #49

Whatever the fuck that means. frylock Feb 2016 #51

Well said!! SHRED Feb 2016 #21

Disaffected liberals are only part of his coalition firebrand80 Feb 2016 #24

I have been waiting my whole life to vote for a Sanders SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #25

The pebbles are moving RoccoR5955 Feb 2016 #26

And where has Bernie Sanders been for all those years? liberal N proud Feb 2016 #27

And? dana_b Feb 2016 #33

My country has been gradually compromised away since Reagan. Half-Century Man Feb 2016 #29

Thanks largely to Gary Hart and Gennifer Flowers. ieoeja Feb 2016 #50

"Strong people don't need strong leaders" Ella Baker Half-Century Man Feb 2016 #56

I agree for the most part, TIME TO PANIC Feb 2016 #34

I totally agree! Stevepol Feb 2016 #41

Yeah, the establishment did not see this coming. TIME TO PANIC Feb 2016 #46

Well said, thanks. nt Zorra Feb 2016 #38

Every time a Republican says to me, with a shit eating grin, mountain grammy Feb 2016 #39

Indeed! Fast Walker 52 Feb 2016 #52

I guess I'm not part of "a lot" wolfie001 Feb 2016 #43

Good post - Here's a piece from Bill McKibben that addresses 'the process' and GoneOffShore Feb 2016 #45

cool-- thanks! Fast Walker 52 Feb 2016 #55

We've been waiting for a REAL Democrat since Carter. Cheap_Trick Feb 2016 #48

You nailed it. NowSam Feb 2016 #53

Like, trust, and respect, for the POTUS can help the public favor our platform Babel_17 Feb 2016 #58

Yes! Utopian Leftist Feb 2016 #61

The problem is everyone has bought the idea what's good for Wall Street is good for Main Street.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #64

Nah, it's just misogynistic berniebros, who make up lies about Hillary voting for the IWR and stuff Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #65

Sanders is a direct consequence of Obama: he started as Rahm's "icebreaker" in Springfield MisterP Feb 2016 #66

Excellent piece. Thanks dpatbrown Feb 2016 #68

My feelings exactly Armstead Feb 2016 #69

Well considering where Hillary Trump is going with this. PatrynXX Feb 2016 #70

Proud FDR, JFK, RFK Progressive Democrat here! Dont call me Shirley Feb 2016 #71

Will he be able to win in November? AbsoFUCKINGlutely Vincardog Feb 2016 #72

Very simply, I support Bernie because Bernie Marie Marie Feb 2016 #73

K&R. Great point about how crucial his running-mate selection would be. bullwinkle428 Feb 2016 #75