"Bernie Sanders’s attack on reality"

[Dawson Leery]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bernie-sanderss-attack-on-reality/2016/02/12/e0656e04-d1b1-11e5-b2bc-988409ee911b_story.html

"Ms. Clinton, pointing out that Mr. Obama had to fight tooth-and-nail even for relatively centrist solutions such as the Affordable Care Act, draws the lesson that the next president must have a strong sense of practicality and realism; big rallies cannot wish away the complex politics of Congress. Mr. Sanders, by contrast, claims that Mr. Obama had insufficient revolutionary zeal. That’s why he proposed that the incumbent Democratic president be challenged by a primary opponent in 2012."

The difference, Hillary = Action, Bernie = Broken Promises.

[SunSeeker]

1. K & R

[Treant]

2. I can't believe it's working

as well as it is. Would free solid platinum quality healthcare and free college be nice?

Sure, but how does that get done? Executive order? You can't do that, budget considerations are the sole consideration of the House. Congressional coattails? How? Invested political capital? Bernie doesn't have any and can't even get appreciable superdelegates or endorsements from Congress.

Besides, imagine the structural chaos during the changeovers--including things Medicare does not currently cover (like obstetrics).

[FloridaBlues]

8. Makes you wonder why his "co-workers" aren't standing with him

When it comes to some voters they hear "free" and tune out everything else that's reality based

[upaloopa]

3. Why wasn't there a revolution during the worse

recession since the Great Depression?
Was it Obama's fault?

If he would have said come on gang let's march against the war and for free education and health care, we all would have stopped being key board warriors and joined occupy and the anti war marches?

Or is that a matter of taking personal responsibility?

[Thinkingabout]

5. He has been influenced too long by the revolution of the groups like

Sandinistas. Those have not worked into utopias. Having everyone pulling their weight will work better for a longer time.

[Tommy2Tone]

4. Yes of course.

We all know only Bernie has the magic fix it mojo. Geeze the arrogance of this man.

[72DejaVu]

6. No Biggie

Reality is getting ready to give Senator Sanders a good kick in the ass.

[FloridaBlues]

7. His entire old stump speech is not based in reality of here and now

Thanks for posting good read.

[pandr32]

9. Bernie Sanders is following his own fantasy

...and most of us know that fantasies should just stay fantasies

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

10. This is exactly why I support Hillary over Sanders. n/t

[Cha]

11. So ironic that Hillary has to strongly defend President Obama from attacks by the other

challenger in the Democratic Primary.

My money is on Hillary and the President.

Thank you, Dawson!