In his address to Congress, President Trump ignored the concerns of working people and boasted about his billionaire-run government. In a response, Bernie Sanders says while the fight for a progressive future may feel hopeless, “despair is not an option.”
he does not. He’s arguing for collective action, once that is on the table blue or red will have to answer to demands of the many. So, no, he’s not asking to vote blue, he’s asking to grab pitchforks… that guy is Independent and caucused with dems but he never shied away from lambasting Dems.
Bernie is my hero and he deserves better than to be fighting still at his age.
Right now, he’s not asking to vote blue because it’s not an election. He’ll be singing a different tune in about a year and a half
is there a party capable of carrying the election outside of the two? I can guarantee that if viable party was formed with progressive program he’d dump Dems… As it stands american electoral system forces him to support one of the two evils. For goodness sake they’ve torpedoed him twice now… so I don’t think it’s alegiance… it’s sheer pragmatism.
They didn’t torpedo him, he was a sheepdog from the get go. Every election since Reagan, the DNC has had a party sheepdog to keep disenfranchised voters herded up and contained in the party with the illusion that they will someday have a seat at the table.
Then where is that version of Bernie been the last four years?
erm… he bid for presidential chair twice, got torpedoed by Dems twice… he’s been punching above his weight all the way, considering he’s Independent and Dems have no obligation to listen to him at all, they have actually ended up following his lead as he was putting progressive items on agenda that others had to copy. For a single man he’s done a LOT. For a guy outside the party to get support that he’s got within the party is already an accomplishment.
JFC, your takes are absolute dogshit, but this syntax gave me a stroke. I weep for the species.