tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post8326084738799999167..comments2024-03-22T10:49:51.766-05:00Comments on Horizons: Can a President Lead a Revolution?Nancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-27062963699151955452016-01-22T10:07:41.646-06:002016-01-22T10:07:41.646-06:00Bernie basically makes the same mistake that Repub...Bernie basically makes the same mistake that Republicans do: you can't campaign on the fundamental broken-ness of the system, and then take office and make it better as part of the system. You will at the very least be philosophically disinclined to execute the duties of your office, and there stands a very good chance that, once you're in, you'll start seeing that the system makes more sense than you thought it did (or at least, the system ended up as it did because of trends and tendencies that you can't bully pulpit away).King Beauregardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04043228078537079759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-74619655565642085902016-01-22T00:25:42.309-06:002016-01-22T00:25:42.309-06:00I have some hope that if Barack Obama is willing t...I have some hope that if Barack Obama is willing to lead OFA, the next Democratic president will have better support than he did. MaryAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06742671242643555970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-23183715574065168852016-01-22T00:25:30.541-06:002016-01-22T00:25:30.541-06:00I have some hope that if Barack Obama is willing t...I have some hope that if Barack Obama is willing to lead OFA, the next Democratic president will have better support than he did. MaryAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06742671242643555970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-4164942127416492892016-01-21T19:34:42.826-06:002016-01-21T19:34:42.826-06:00I guess Bernie never heard of OFA(Organizing For A...I guess Bernie never heard of OFA(Organizing For America) the grassroots organization that led to getting President Obama elected in 2008 and 2012. sjterridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14887277213751712599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-28462670919484891242016-01-21T14:32:42.029-06:002016-01-21T14:32:42.029-06:00'Afternoon, Nancy
"it is important to rem...'Afternoon, Nancy<br />"it is important to remember that those battles were LONG (my emphasis)". From where I sit, that has been and continues to be one of the chief problems right there. No matter how often and how he would and has attempted to define it, that "we" thang....If any number of us had some significant money for every time we heard how "disappointing" PBO has been. You presented it BEAUtifully. For many, he was elected and they were DONE. He was/is supposed to do everything else. Just had a very little back and forth with an interesting guy you'd like on FB. He put up some, to me, hit piece and then said: "He didn't take care of his base" My response was: "At bare minimum, we didn't vote in the mid-terms. "We" didn't take care of HIM". You've noticed, too, that Bernie is taking a bit of heat for this ad because minorities didn't show up until well into it. An additional problem for Bernie is, and I agree with this assessment, how T. Coates sees him (the result of his weaving and bobbing from Coates' request to talk with him). Bernie's a radical who, looking at his career, one wonders if he even knows how to spell "pragmatic"(Coates points out that, while Bernie, re: Reparations and guns attempts to sound pragmatic - 'it's too divisive and would never get through Congress' - the exact same thing can be said for just about all of his platform) Therein, your cohort Martin raises some very good points about who does he have around him who, currently, can additionally explain him? An EXcellent question you raise. Bernie's temperment (and record) to me show that he's a much better railing firebrand and leading that way (which, also, is all Trump can do) does not translate into solid governing ability.Blackmannoreply@blogger.com