tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post9078986159590108373..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: What Sanders Means When He Says That the System is RiggedNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-41644958383276750552016-01-28T13:57:34.605-06:002016-01-28T13:57:34.605-06:00Blue Dogs are (by definition) Representatives not ...Blue Dogs are (by definition) Representatives not Senators, and the House passed an ACA with a public option, so yeah. If we could somehow weaponize the mythology the Left has built around the public option, we could conquer the mysterious Planet X in about four hours.King Beauregardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04043228078537079759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-33582074477731423752016-01-28T12:29:17.684-06:002016-01-28T12:29:17.684-06:00I can't help but notice that Sanders and his s...I can't help but notice that Sanders and his supporters are preparing the narrative for a possible loss already: Sanders did not lose fair and square; "the Establishment" (capital E is required) stabbed him in the back. My own choice of words is quite deliberate. That really is what I'm hearing. I find it particularly disturbing as a Jew. Or should I say as one of Sanders' fellow Jews. Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05488549160544951639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-86002973795681172102016-01-28T12:25:51.927-06:002016-01-28T12:25:51.927-06:00It's definitely an article of faith among Sand...It's definitely an article of faith among Sanders' supporters that the public option failed because the Blue Dogs turned against it.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05488549160544951639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-11586736676243471872016-01-28T07:45:52.976-06:002016-01-28T07:45:52.976-06:00"His view is that the gridlock we are witness..."His view is that the gridlock we are witnessing right now is not a result of ideological differences. It is because big money is in charge and that makes Congress oblivious to the needs of the American people."<br /><br />So Big Money is this overwhelming monolithic force that somehow cannot get anything done in Congress. Because somehow Big Money is paying Democrats and Republicans to resist one another's proposals. Because, as the Left loves to say, it's "kabuki theater".<br /><br />I have a simple rule: any time somoene says "kabuki theater", what they're really saying is, "the facts themselves are lying".<br /><br />I also wonder how Bernie could have been there in the Senate, watched how the public option failed, and fail to notice that the Democrats were all in favor and the Republicans were all against it. Nor is the public option the only example, but it's sure as heck a memorable example and one that came very close to giving Bernie his beloved single payer (or something that would be functionally equivalent to it with high enough enrollment).King Beauregardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04043228078537079759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-74175980225629368032016-01-28T07:45:46.293-06:002016-01-28T07:45:46.293-06:00I don’t see where Bernie gets this “The Democratic...I don’t see where Bernie gets this “The Democratic Party is UNFAIR to me! Boo Hoo!” Bernie is not a Democrat! Why should he expect the Democratic Party to use its resources to help him, if he won’t even join the party. He wants to have his Socialist cake, and eat the Democratic Party’s cake, too!tony in san diegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17610599999844228511noreply@blogger.com