Bernie Sanders

Free said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

and you call gern an apologist. jeez.

Whatever dude.

I'm just saying that no matter what bernie does, whether it's joining the democrats to run, to endorsing hillary once he lost, you have a reason/excuse for. because of this "good fight" you perceive he's waging. which I agree with, but I'm just saying you could easily be painted with the same brush as you painted hillary supporters.

Free said:

Americans overwhelmingly support Bernie Sanders’ economic policies — so how’d we end up here?

http://www.salon.com/2017/01/14/americans-overwhelmingly-support-bernie-sanders-economic-policies-so-howd-we-end-up-here/

How did we end up here? Because Democrats consistently lose the messaging war on progressive policies. This writer is delusional if she thinks a single payer system, replacing employer delivered health care, would be overwhelmingly popular in practice. Obama never won the message war on partial gov't supported care. How do you win a full blown socialist replacement? You don't.

Raising taxes is NEVER a political winner. No one thinks they are rich, so yeah, tax the rich. Until you see the numbers. There's a saying "Don't tax you, don't tax me, tax that guy behind the tree". So arguing for an increase in the payroll taxes past $118 or increasing taxes above 250 will not win an election.

Last, she is making the argument that repealing SS is a political loser. Well duh. Bush lost that argument and Trump NEVER raised it for one second. So her argument is completely moot.