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2016 Postmortem

MADem

(135,425 posts)

15. OUCH!!!

Reply to ProudToBeLiberal (Original post)

Thu Jan 28, 2016, 02:07 PM

Jan 2016

Embarrassing...and brutally honest:

Mr. Sanders is a lot like many other politicians. Strong ideological preferences guide his thinking, except when politics does, as it has on gun control. When reality is ideologically or politically inconvenient, he and his campaign talk around it. Mr. Sanders’s success so far does not show that the country is ready for a political revolution. It merely proves that many progressives like being told everything they want to hear.

That's gonna leave a mark....

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Bernie Sanders’s fiction-filled campaign [View all] ProudToBeLiberal Jan 2016 OP

You might want to look up the word "Liberal" litlbilly Jan 2016 #1

something tells me noiretextatique Jan 2016 #2

Still better than Hillary n/t ram2008 Jan 2016 #3

Damn! A Washington Post editorial. Cali_Democrat Jan 2016 #4

Let's scrutinize the owner of the WaPo, who has some degree of editorial control JonLeibowitz Jan 2016 #11

Sanders would shift to the center if he won the primary KingFlorez Jan 2016 #5

There's absolutely no reason to believe that. winter is coming Jan 2016 #8

Perfect title. ucrdem Jan 2016 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jan 2016 #7

Jeez o' peas.... Number23 Jan 2016 #9

I mean, Jeff Bezos is the 4th richest person in the world, owns the WaPo, and supports "Reason" mag JonLeibowitz Jan 2016 #10

I'll focus on this lame crap: Jarqui Jan 2016 #12

Sounds like even Reagan would criticize the accountability today's banks have NOT had to deal with! cascadiance Jan 2016 #13

Rationing healthcare? Kentonio Jan 2016 #14

OUCH!!! MADem Jan 2016 #15