2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why Bernie can't drop out? Because he is being deceived. Repeatedly. [View all]Demsrule86
(68,504 posts)You talk in the language of ideas but have no way to implement them...we have a GOP Congress and unless that changes, nothing will get done except courts because we do have a good chance to get the Senate if you Bernie folk would just stop.Oh you say, we will have a revolution...take to the streets...I doubt it really. I saw occupy fizzle out and was deeply saddened. But even if you did, do you think House Republicans care about what you think? The GOP reps are in gerrymandered districts. You all have lost touch with reality. You listened to Bernie and thought he could do those things right away. If anyone lied to you, it was Bernie. He made promises he could never hope to keep and now is insisting on 'concessions' that are meaningless if you live in the real world. Consider this, Obama used an executive order to stop business from paying people 20,000 salaries and forcing them to work overtime without pay. There was no way to get this though Congress nor is there any way to get a$15.00 minimum through congress...a president will have to be very creative to get anything done because as soon as the election is over...the debt ceiling comes back...and all the other GOP bullshit.There is a gerrymander lawsuit winding its way to the Supremes that I have high hopes for...so we shall see...who doesn't want the things Bernie talked about which by the way 100's of Dems have talked about over the years...remember John Edwards and the two Americas? Remember Howard Dean? So time to climb aboard the 'beat Trump like a drum' train or get out of the way.