Bernie Sanders doesn’t get how politics works
baby its cold outside :
Michael A. Cohen
Bernie Sanders doesn’t get how politics works
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/01/18/bernie-sanders-doesn-get-how-politics-works/GYDR7MTl0Vu3TSAHRMWipJ/story.html?p1=Article_Trending_Most_Viewed..
By Michael A. Cohen January 18, 2016
Sunday night, I watched the fourth Democratic presidential debate so you didn’t have to.
Initial impression: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and democracy won. This was a substantive debate, devoid of the histrionics, name-calling, and fact-free pronouncements that are pro forma in the Republican presidential confabs. Both of the leading candidates did a good job of playing to their respective bases of support. Clinton came across as the pragmatic, level-headed, won’t-rock-the-boat candidate; Sanders as the passionate reformer who wants to start a revolution. As for Martin O’Malley, he seems like a nice man who has no chance of being elected president.
Now for my deeper impression of the debate: even with his rising poll numbers in Iowa and New Hampshire, I find it increasingly difficult to take Sanders seriously as a presidential candidate.
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Maybe it’s that Sanders finds a way to answer virtually every question by turning it back to another predictable and one-dimensional attack on Wall Street and big money.
Maybe it’s that he gets away with proposing unrealistic policy ideas that have little chance of being passed even by Democrats in Congress, let alone Republicans, and then gets praised for being authentic. Sunday night Sanders finally released his single-payer health care plan, which is all of eight pages and provides little detail on how he’ll implement a complete restructuring of the US health care system. That’s at least an improvement over his plan for breaking up the banks, which is four pages and just as short on detail...............................
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BY MICHAEL A. COHEN
Trump ran circles around all of his opponents.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/01/16/donald-trump-big-winner-debate/jdp6C9LJzU6VVuZ4i2kHOO/story.html
I love the days following debates, every hack from Timbuktu to Sheboygan is trotted out as some kind of "expert".
I know I can't wait to hear how the guys at work would have done everything differently if they'd just been on that field!
And hey, the guy did gush on about how awesome Trump was so why not listen to what he has to say about Bernie?
Someone working in a think tank must know more.
For the sarcasm impaired >>----->
If something seems too good to be true, it may require effort- and that would be hard. So we might as well keep what we got. At least they toss us a bone every once in a blue moon.
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Remember when GWB stole his first presidential election? Well, there was a very short time right afterwards where no one articulated that it was theft. Then Vincent Bugliosi said it, and enough people jumped on it that he later came out with a book.
Not long after, a huge number of people began viewing that election as a theft.
Well, somebody has to articulate that we, too, can have social programs like universal health care. Other countries have it. In fact, we stand alone as the only major country with such a poor healthcare system. Is that too much to effing ask? Is that too much to imagine?
Wow, if it is, this country is a lot farther gone than I thought it was.
Cher
Some say Berniecare would increase total federal spending by at least 55%
Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2016/01/18/bernie-sanders-incredible-28-trillion-plan-to-replace-obamacare-with-single-payer-health-care/#2715e4857a0b759bb8091bba
How many elections has hillary made it through......and successfully
