Being against a corrupt system that does not work for the people has NOTHING to do w/a purity test.

[Skwmom]

Though speaking of purity tests... you corporate Democrats surely seem to have one...

[Renew Deal]

1. "fantasist who’s at passionate war with reality"

[Human101948]

6. The reality is we have an oligarchy and Hillary is it's Queen

Researchers concluded that U.S. government policies rarely align with the preferences of the majority of Americans, but do favour special interests and lobbying organizations: "When a majority of citizens disagrees with economic elites and/or with organized interests, they generally lose. Moreover, because of the strong status quo bias built into the US political system, even when fairly large majorities of Americans favour policy change, they generally do not get it."

http://www.businessinsider.com/major-study-finds-that-the-us-is-an-oligarchy-2014-4

[Renew Deal]

21. I don't know how you sleep believing this stuff

If she was the queen, Bernie would have been deposed long ago.

[Armstead]

14. Reality is that we all die and nothing lasts

Wanna maker that a campaign meme, if you're so "realistic"?

[Renew Deal]

20. That's the current republican slogan

"we all die and nothing lasts"

[SHRED]

2. K and R

[JoePhilly]

3. Some one has a sad today.

[Armstead]

16. I always pictured you as a macho kind of guy. Baby talk does not become you.

[JoePhilly]

22. Why are you "picturing" me at all.

Kind of creepy.

[Armstead]

23. Its an automatic response to have a mental image of other posters....You never do it?

But don't worry , I really don't give a damn who or what you are.

[BreakfastClub]

4. I don't get this argument. Do you need Bernie to dismantle the "corrupt"

system in order for you to be happy? Or is it OK if he just rails about it a lot? What is the objective? There doesn't seem to be one. Pragmatism is not Bernie's strong suit.

[Skwmom]

11. To clarify: I am sick of the stupid, grade school arguments, such as a purity test.

[Armstead]

17. We need a party of people with his values and goals

It is not pragmatic to idly sit by while Corporate Monopolioes, Wall St. Bankstyers and 10 percent of the population uses the political system to help it suck all the money out of the 90 percent

[ThePhilosopher04]

18. Yes we do because nobody else has the balls to do it

We need someone with big balls go fight Wall Street corruption.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

5. What does voting to prevent fascists from taking over the government have to do with purity?

[Human101948]

7. They are already in control...

Depends on whether you want the candy coated version or not.

Researchers concluded that U.S. government policies rarely align with the preferences of the majority of Americans, but do favour special interests and lobbying organizations: "When a majority of citizens disagrees with economic elites and/or with organized interests, they generally lose. Moreover, because of the strong status quo bias built into the US political system, even when fairly large majorities of Americans favour policy change, they generally do not get it."

http://www.businessinsider.com/major-study-finds-that-the-us-is-an-oligarchy-2014-4

[Jackie Wilson Said]

9. So Obama is a fascist. No surprise there. This is ugly.

[ibegurpard]

10. what would you call

86ing a public healthcare option in favor of transference of public funds to private insurance companies? Government support of private schools? Favoring corporate profits over labor in international trade agreements?

[Jackie Wilson Said]

13. So Obama is a fascist. No surprise there. This is ugly.

Real ugly.

[ibegurpard]

15. again...what would you call that?

[ThePhilosopher04]

19. They call it pragmatism, we call it fascism & oligarchy

Pragmatism is for weasels.

[Human101948]

12. How do you respond to the fact that policy decisions almost always favor the oligarchs?

That's the issue.

I like President Obama a lot but I think he is, no matter what his personal desires, constrained by the "realities" of the Congress controlled by the wealthy, whether corporations or individuals.

It's like a twelve step program. You have to admit you have a problem.

[felix_numinous]

8. It's a weak retort

meant as an insult not as a logical answer to policies. At some point the debate became a volley of unnecessarily hurtful insults. We all note the absence of political content because there isn't any answer to corrupt practices.

The only response is to keep telling the truth, that is what they fear the most--an educated populace.