Politics is a thing.

Flint · 04-20-2016, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Bernie for Vice President?

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Originally Posted by Griff

He needs to be back in the Senate holding their feet to the fire.

What if any reasonable proposal in congress would result in gridlock, anyway? Could someone making an attempt to nudge American politics a few degrees back from the far-right leaning course it's been on since the 1980s possibly make more of a contribution to society by having a national spotlight to change the dialogue?

Doesn't Bernie need to hold the Executive Branch's feet to the fire, so that all of the left-leaning concessions Clinton has made as campaign promises (and we all know the value of those) might actually continue forward as ideas that are being talked about, past the primary season?

Griff · 04-20-2016, 08:24 PM

Maybe so but people tend to disappear in the Vice Presidency. I don't suspect HRC will be listening to her Vice President in any case.

Flint · 04-20-2016, 08:29 PM

Yes, but he'd have access to TV cameras, and maybe, just maybe he could maintain people's interest, that he's been able to generate for the lifelong issues he's been advocating. Man, it's all wishful thinking at this point.

Griff · 04-20-2016, 08:33 PM

I hear ya.

tw · 04-22-2016, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Doesn't Bernie need to hold the Executive Branch's feet to the fire, so that ...

Bernie is playing people as fools using the same techniques that Trump and Cruz are using. He promoted soundbytes that appeal to all. But view the details. That means each proposal must take pages of text to understand. What he says is not only impossible. In many cases, it would even destroy jobs and enrich the rich.

Most of us do not grasp or demand details (always demand numbers). Most of us only hear soundbytes that also proved cigarette improve health and that Saddam has WMDs to threaten America. In both cases, only a minority (the educated) knew otherwise.

04-20-2016, 08:24 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Maybe so but people tend to disappear in the Vice Presidency. I don't suspect HRC will be listening to her Vice President in any case. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-20-2016, 08:29 PM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Yes, but he'd have access to TV cameras, and maybe, just maybe he could maintain people's interest, that he's been able to generate for the lifelong issues he's been advocating. Man, it's all wishful thinking at this point. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-20-2016, 08:33 PM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I hear ya. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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