2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What Hillary Supporters Know but Are Having Difficulty Accepting... [View all]PatrickforO
(14,516 posts)With all due respect, it seems like you are assuming that Americans will do what we have done for at least half a century, and that is get all worked up for the candidate, vote them in, and then step back, cross our arms and wait for the newly elected person to make all this change happen.
Bernie has never said that. He's calling for us to get active in our local political process, stay abreast of issues and hold the feet of those we elect to the fire so that they propose and pass legislation that helps us instead of the top 1/10 of 1%. He calls this a 'political revolution,' but the reality is he's asking us to do nothing more than assume the responsibility we've always had as citizens of a republic.
So...will he compromise 'just like Obama did?' Not if we do what we're supposed to do and should have been doing all along.
And, you know, I get pretty sick of the 'unicorn' meme. You could have said that about FDR too, and I'm sure people did. But he brought about real change that made the American middle class the envy of the world - for several decades. Obama was the candidate we all HOPED was the new FDR. Bernie IS the new FDR.