Clinton doubles down on Sanders criticism, warns that he's promising 'the moon'

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49. "...if you promise the moon and you can't deliver the moon.."

At what point will people realize Bernie is utterly full of shit and can't deliver on his promises? Seriously, how many times does it have to be pointed out. When your Mom or Dad told you Santa wasn't real did you try and argue with them. Or did you think, 'Yeah, that seems to be a bit stupid.' 'No one can deliver toys to every boy and girl in one night.' 'The logistics aren't there.'

Look at just one lump in the pile of excreta Bernie has promised. From hippy rag Mother Jones. Named for Mary G. Harris Jones. 'A union organizer, community organizer, and activist. She helped coordinate major strikes and co-founded the Industrial Workers of the World. - wiki

BTW...it notes Bernie is promising free electricity by 2035. He promised something similar in his 1974 Senate run. The people who believed in him then and voted for him have waited 46 years and still no free electricity. Believe him now and that will be you.


Bernie Sanders Gets a D- for His Climate Plan

"If you’re going to propose a massive, $16 trillion plan, the first thing you should do is get as many people on board as possible. Instead, Sanders practically revels in pissing off as many stakeholders as possible. He’s going to tax the rich. He’s going to hobble the fossil fuel industry. He’s going to ban nuclear power. He’s going to nationalize electric generation and turn it over to the federal government.

And then there are the absurd promises. He’s going to create 20 million new union jobs. (No he’s not, unless he also creates 20 million new human beings.) He’s going to eliminate fossil fuels by 2030 at the latest. (I don’t think even the most optimistic environmentalist thinks we can build out solar and wind that fast.) Electricity will be “virtually free” by 2035. (Oh please.)

And there’s the spending. Two trillion dollars to weatherize homes. Another two trillion to allow people to trade in their old gas burners for electric vehicles. Half a trillion to replace school buses. A trillion dollars for public transit and high-speed rail. I’m open to expert opinion on this, but everything I know about climate change tells me that this is an enormous amount to spend on things that will have only modest impacts.

But at least Sanders will also dedicate huge amounts to R&D, right? He says right at the top that he’ll make “massive investments” in new research. But down in the details, R&D appears to get $800 billion, only a little more than he’d spend on school buses. This is a wild mismatch. Sanders appears to be more interested in creating a huge federal jobs program than he is in seriously taking on climate change.

The Sanders plan looks to me like the worst kind of kitchen sink proposal: a “plan” that avoids making any hard choices by simply saying that we’ll do everything. Call me cranky, but I’m tired of this stuff. It’s a box-checking exercise designed to appeal to every possible lefty constituency rather than something that has even the remotest chance of building the public support needed to get it passed through Congress.'

https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2019/08/bernie-sanders-gets-a-d-for-his-climate-plan/

If you think Bernie is on the level, you're deluding yourself. It's all empty promises. Ask the hippies.