2016 Postmortem

Uncle Joe

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5. If Bernie is elected President against the entrenched powers and big money that he faces, his

Reply to liberal N proud (Original post)

Thu Oct 1, 2015, 01:07 PM

Oct 2015

mandate will be crystal clear to the Congress, such a victory would also insure long and strong coat tails, the political dynamic in Congress would change dramatically once it was realized that big money and corporate supremacy did not insure victory.

Thanks for the thread, liberal N proud.

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How Bernie Sanders would transform the nation - WAPO [View all] liberal N proud Oct 2015 OP

This is the key issue portlander23 Oct 2015 #1

In that Bernie is in agreement with the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Uncle Joe Oct 2015 #2

Ever More Bernie Bashing cantbeserious Oct 2015 #3

You think Hillary should be the only candidate bashed? moobu2 Oct 2015 #11

I've seen several Hillary hit pieces out in the mainstream media Cleita Oct 2015 #30

Why is anything anti Hillary allowed here? moobu2 Oct 2015 #43

You mean like discussing her policies and stuff? LondonReign2 Oct 2015 #46

"Sanders thinks student centers are a waste of government money. He’d make sure they didn’t get any" AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #4

Oh yeah, you would see how the bully pulpit works... to get laughs from GOP Reps. stevenleser Oct 2015 #14

You don't sound mean -- just narrow minded and rigid Armstead Oct 2015 #18

Defeatism AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #19

It's not defeatism if I tell you that you shouldn't jump off a tall building and expect to fly stevenleser Oct 2015 #20

It's cowardice AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #24

State governments would pay for student union bldgs and stadiums Eric J in MN Oct 2015 #28

If Bernie is elected President against the entrenched powers and big money that he faces, his Uncle Joe Oct 2015 #5

I think you are right, Uncle Joe. hifiguy Oct 2015 #27

how familiar this all sounds to me.. DianeK Oct 2015 #6

who is this columnist? never heard of him. grasswire Oct 2015 #7

He's not a columnist. Eric J in MN Oct 2015 #26

Is he related to the pajama wearing Aerows Oct 2015 #31

No, the WaPo writer's Twitter page says they're not related. NT Eric J in MN Oct 2015 #32

wapo is in for hillary restorefreedom Oct 2015 #8

I realized that WAPO was for Hillary when I posted but as an undecided liberal N proud Oct 2015 #9

its not a bad article restorefreedom Oct 2015 #10

What are the valid concerns in the article? Eric J in MN Oct 2015 #39

But Bernie does suck and will never ever be the Democratic party nominee. moobu2 Oct 2015 #12

Wow. Could you be more cruder and ruder, moobu? RobertEarl Oct 2015 #15

Do you say that to all the silly immature Hillary bashes on here? no. moobu2 Oct 2015 #16

Free education? RobertEarl Oct 2015 #17

This is a very interesting statement: "You do realize you are a teeny-tiny minority"? DanTex Oct 2015 #33

nice to see efforts to elevate the discourse here restorefreedom Oct 2015 #23

Not as much as your entitled Queen. eom Fawke Em Oct 2015 #47

In what way exactly does Bernie suck? Do tell LondonReign2 Oct 2015 #48

Totally. That's why they aren't chasing the bogus email story at all... DanTex Oct 2015 #36

Bernie could introduce another bill that has no chance of passing moobu2 Oct 2015 #13

The author is relying on the Cato Institute, which hates government Armstead Oct 2015 #21

from the Washington Post? When will the media blackout end!!!!! brooklynite Oct 2015 #22

This article is bogus. Eric J in MN Oct 2015 #25

This Article Is A Hit Piece. WillyT Oct 2015 #34

Can state colleges currently not use tuition money to build student centers? DanTex Oct 2015 #37

The way the bill is intended to work Eric J in MN Oct 2015 #40

Yes, but presumably what is currently the tuition stream will be replaced by the federal DanTex Oct 2015 #41

Yes, state colleges would be incentivized to focus on academics. Eric J in MN Oct 2015 #42

I agree, that sentence is wrong and misleading. However, it would be more difficult for colleges DanTex Oct 2015 #50

Here is the text Eric J in MN Oct 2015 #52

OK, thanks. Overall, I'm for free tuition, and I think the author of the article is DanTex Oct 2015 #53

If it is your view that everything is fine and dandy in the US Aerows Oct 2015 #29

Bingo -- Succincly sums up a lot Armstead Oct 2015 #49

The Washington Post established themselves as ridiculously anti Bernie jfern Oct 2015 #35

Curious that Bernie supporters have no problem with WaPo when it comes to email stories. DanTex Oct 2015 #38

I'd be more supportive if they left out the gossip from the emails Fawke Em Oct 2015 #45

Yes, pointing out that there's no evidence of any hacking that occurred, while during the same DanTex Oct 2015 #51

Well, Hillary got people to work for her. Fawke Em Oct 2015 #44