My detailed take on why NOT Bernie Sanders [View all]
OK, sounds like some are trying to make the case that people who are voting for HRC don't have real reasons NOT to vote for Sanders.
Here are mine
1. The "revolution" lacks any practicality and details which Sanders has had over a half a year to outline... such as
- How is Sanders going to make doctors, hospitals and pharma accept half of what they're being paid now under his SP plan... otherwise we just keep the high HC cost and switch who were paying HCI premiums to.
- How is Sanders going to get any of this revolution agenda past congress?! (HRC isn't calling for revolution inside her own party, that's Sanders cross to bear)
- Sanders Wall Street plan doesn't fix the effects of Sanders horrid CFMA vote, what the hell!!?? Factually HRC is correct, her plan goes further into the root of what hurt America then and is hurting Europe now in regards to the commodities deregulation Sanders Voted for.
2. Sanders wants a "course correction" and sounds like he wants to put asunder generations of democratic progress with his revolution just to start over on a lot of grounds. Tearing down the democratic establishment including Obama himself with his consummate bashing (NOT FAIR CRITICISM). Sanders has been an consummate DNC basher and a consummate Obama basher over the years, Sanders most disingenuous claim is Obama didn't bring the people with him after he got into office... I've gotten so many OFA emails I shut them off... Sanders isn't even rational in his bashing sometimes. His bash's even himself for taking Wall Street money or lobbying for it, but so has 99% of people who are involved in DNC...
3. Sanders "revolution" has too many asterisks by it that leaves out the supposed near instant equalization of marginalized groups (native Americans, Blacks, women) that he claims his revolution of changes could bring to SP to free college and to {free something else next week}. Sanders doesn't even try and reduce the horrid military spending.... he's "authentically" closed mouth with regards to his revolution on that issue. Look, Go hard or go home...or just stop calling it a revolution.
4. Sanders focus is narrow, he doesn't make any qualms about it. A total lack of foreign policy INTEREST ... not just experience... he isn't even interested... not by the least bit. I'm thinking what else is Sanders not interested in in regards to governing this historically powerful country?
*** Sanders is calling for revolution not Clinton, she wants t build on top of what Obama has incrementally... that's at least proven to work... slowly but surely.
Personal
1. Sanders came to this primary with an establishment mindset; that groups of marginalized people would join his revolution if they just heard about it vs building a relationship and finding out what said people needed...aka, taking even imperfect relationships with people for grated. Sanders had months to get out of the Northeast TYPE environment and into others environments where there was different TYPES of people but choose to stay were he was at and now his message is reaching the very people Clinton lost her 08 bid with. Recent polls have him in GOP. territory with his numbers in some marginalized groups.... This looks like he had good marketing to a narrow group of people.....not a revolution.
2. Sanders purity test is something even he can't pass. Instead of going hard against the DEM establishment he could've proposed his direction is better by proposing legislation or actions that would progress his revolution. No, it's mostly personal attacks on Hillary and others in the establishment for not being pure for something(S) he's done even in small measures in comparison. From the CFMA to his 94 vote to his gun immunity vote etc etc... don't just be slightly better while bashing everyone else.... propose something that actually works.... and no, 2 trillion people standing outside of Mitch McConnell's windows doesn't work, McConnell will just shut the blinds.
3. Sanders overall has never been the person he's bashed others for not being... Sanders doesn't have a PROVEN TRACK RECORD for revolution (aka big sweeping change by leading hoards of people towards a direction)... not in the least bit. John Lewis had a small point the other Day... "where his ass was at!?" (recited in same cadence as "where yah at" by future) all this time?!
Where Sanders ass was at when the left needed his revolution for
- Cops to stop murdering Americans for minimal causation of being sKeered?!
- Getting medicare for all past congress during the ACA fight
- Reducing military spending and pegging our resourses for relative little gain
- Reducing the threat gun manufactures and gun attitudes placed on this country
and last but not least
- Getting Single payer passed in VT..........................VT!!!
Your take?
tia
P.S. At the end of the day if the primaries DO work out FOR Sanders I will be busting my ass in call centers, one on one outreach and organization for him.
He's just not better than a republican, he's passionate about what he's down for and that MIGHT... MIGHT overcome all of the above.
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