2016 Postmortem

Armstead

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28. Just like Sanders

Reply to MoonRiver (Reply #14)

Sun Jan 3, 2016, 12:27 PM

Jan 2016

So why is it okay when she does it, but when Sanders proposes things they are just "ponies"?

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Hillary proposes to double spending on Alzheimer's research to $2B yearly. [View all] pnwmom Jan 2016 OP

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IMO you are been deceived by the Rethugs and their media aides. nt pnwmom Jan 2016 #2

I know so many people who are dealing with this issue. MADem Jan 2016 #3

Me, too. And the burden usually falls to people who are themselves pnwmom Jan 2016 #4

Yes. It's a terrible thing to see the thousand yard MADem Jan 2016 #13

Amen. nt AikenYankee Jan 2016 #16

" The thousand yard stare" sheshe2 Jan 2016 #29

'would be paid for by changes in the tax code' Eric J in MN Jan 2016 #5

I haven't found the proposal itself, but it sounds like she was. nt pnwmom Jan 2016 #6

Yeah. She sounds good. elias49 Jan 2016 #7

Where is Bernie's proposal? Or any other candidate's? It's much easier pnwmom Jan 2016 #8

Trump has proposals up the butt, too elias49 Jan 2016 #15

What is the point you are trying to make? MADem Jan 2016 #17

It isn't MY thread. elias49 Jan 2016 #19

It sure isn't your thread!!!! MADem Jan 2016 #21

It is not clear to me either. Can you please elaborate? DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2016 #23

All Bernie has is proposals. That's all any candidate has. pnwmom Jan 2016 #37

How will she get it through a GOP Congress? Armstead Jan 2016 #20

She has been raising money to elect more Democrats, and fewer Republicans MADem Jan 2016 #22

Well you sing a different tune than many supporters of Clinton Armstead Jan 2016 #25

How is Bernie NOT raising any money for other Dems, and yet certain pnwmom Jan 2016 #43

Why raise money for politicians wgho have already been bought by his opponent? Armstead Jan 2016 #67

Please read your first sentence, then your second. NCTraveler Jan 2016 #75

that's what I meant Armstead Jan 2016 #76

She's raising it by doing rubber chicken dinners. Same as everyone else does. MADem Jan 2016 #65

Sanders has his hands full building a grassroots campaign and trying to gain visibility Armstead Jan 2016 #66

No, no and NO. He AGREED to do this. Don't tell the teacher you didn't have time to do MADem Jan 2016 #68

He has stated his healthcare agenda and, no, it wouldn't automatically pnwmom Jan 2016 #38

Get back to me when it's more than a proposal JackInGreen Jan 2016 #9

And what does Bernie offer beyond proposals? pnwmom Jan 2016 #10

A career of progress in his state JackInGreen Jan 2016 #11

You don't know much about her then. Her constituents in NY were very happy pnwmom Jan 2016 #12

The state that abandoned a single payer concept because MADem Jan 2016 #24

Which demonstrates a fatal flaw in Obamacare Armstead Jan 2016 #26

That's funny. I wonder why Bernie voted FOR the ACA then. pnwmom Jan 2016 #39

He held out until almost the last day and was politically smart... Armstead Jan 2016 #63

HUH?????? No one is "tossing it to the states." MADem Jan 2016 #80

There has been no real leadership or salesmanship on it from the political class Armstead Jan 2016 #81

"Talk" and "sales" doesn't create "money" where there is none or not enough. MADem Jan 2016 #82

You have half a point Armstead Jan 2016 #83

Hillary Clinton started that "salesmanship" thing re: universal health care back in 1991. MADem Jan 2016 #84

And... Armstead Jan 2016 #85

You ARE 'snarking at me specifically.' MADem Jan 2016 #86

I respond in the tone of posts Armstead Jan 2016 #87

I have not gotten personal with YOU--ever. You refuse to afford me the same courtesy. MADem Jan 2016 #88

Because the state.... pangaia Jan 2016 #27

Because the state said it would crush business and tax people out of the state. MADem Jan 2016 #77

Vermont is TOO FUCKING SMALL !!!! pangaia Jan 2016 #78

Small was supposed to be an "asset" to test the premise. MADem Jan 2016 #79

She can't do more than propose things MoonRiver Jan 2016 #14

Just like Sanders Armstead Jan 2016 #28

I have never put down Bernie's proposals. MoonRiver Jan 2016 #30

The circumstances are not all that different Armstead Jan 2016 #33

Economically this country is nowhere near the Great Depression. MoonRiver Jan 2016 #35

Sanders hasn't made Alzheimers research a priority at all, given the pnwmom Jan 2016 #41

I suppose because he hates people with Alzheimers... Armstead Jan 2016 #48

Maybe it's because he's been so busy TELLING people exactly what they need pnwmom Jan 2016 #49

I suspect the potholes on my street are off his radar too Armstead Jan 2016 #53

Unbelievable that you could compare Alzheimers to potholes on the street. pnwmom Jan 2016 #55

My point is that there are many many individual issues..... Armstead Jan 2016 #72

Name one that is as expensive to care for as Alzheimers, as life-threatening, pnwmom Jan 2016 #73

I'm not going to get into a "which disease is worse" test for political purposes Armstead Jan 2016 #74

Like free college for everyone? nt MADem Jan 2016 #18

KnR sheshe2 Jan 2016 #31

"Below the radar, Clinton is connecting" TWEET about this ... riversedge Jan 2016 #32

A very strong preventative measure for Altzheimer's. PyaarRevolution Jan 2016 #34

you are fortunate that you have pot as a preventive measure in your arsenal. wish Karma13612 Jan 2016 #59

One thing I really like about Clinton BlueCheese Jan 2016 #36

Why just Alzheimers? There are a multitude of diseases that we need to be funding research for. Live and Learn Jan 2016 #40

We already have single payer for the group most affected by Alzheimers. MEDICARE. pnwmom Jan 2016 #42

What you said postatomic Jan 2016 #45

Medicare is not single payer. Not everyone is eligible to Medicare and Medicare, Live and Learn Jan 2016 #47

Single payer is a method of paying for healthcare costs. It wouldn't address pnwmom Jan 2016 #50

It is a step toward it. First we have to get medical costs under control and Single Pyer would. Live and Learn Jan 2016 #54

No. We don't have to do other things first. We can make Alzheimers an immediate pnwmom Jan 2016 #56

So where is she on the other priorities? That is what I am asking. nt Live and Learn Jan 2016 #57

We need a reevaluation of our research system Armstead Jan 2016 #51

I agree. n/t pnwmom Jan 2016 #52

+10,000 nt Live and Learn Jan 2016 #58

let's just hope the supposed medicinal cure is affordable. We all know how Karma13612 Jan 2016 #60

I agree. I think that any drugs made possible by government research pnwmom Jan 2016 #61

Hmmm, I like that idea. Eom Karma13612 Jan 2016 #64

Facepalm. PyaarRevolution Jan 2016 #70

I did. But you didn't include a link for research. n/t pnwmom Jan 2016 #71

Thank you postatomic Jan 2016 #44

Haha. She's been 'developing proposals' for 30 years! elias49 Jan 2016 #46

Alzheimer�s is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States � #HillaryInNH Jan 3 riversedge Jan 2016 #62

Yet, opposes single payer. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2016 #69

Sounds great. Orsino Jan 2016 #89