Elections Have Consequences - BY Bernie Saunders

[kpete]

This country, which has paid its debts from Day 1, must pay its debts. Anyone who says it is not a big deal for this country to default clearly does not understand what he or she is talking about. This is a nation whose faith and credit has been the gold standard of countries throughout the world. Some people simply say we're not going to pay our debt, that there's nothing to really worry about. Those are people who are wishing our economy harm for political reasons, and those are people whose attitudes will have terrible consequences for virtually every working family in this country in terms of higher interest rates, in terms of significant job loss, in terms of making a very unstable global economy even more unstable.

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One of the most important lessons in all of this is that elections have consequences. Many people now are beginning to catch on to that. It is no secret that our right-wing Republican colleagues did very well in November 2010. They captured the House of Representatives.

If you believe that we have to start investing in America and creating the millions of jobs that this country desperately needs, elections have consequences. If you believe that we have to address the deficit crisis in a way that is responsible, in a way that asks the wealthy and large corporations also to play a role, in a way that calls for cuts in defense spending and bringing our troops home as soon as possible from Afghanistan and Iraq, you have got to be involved in the political process.

In my view a group of people in the House whose views represent a small minority of the American people are holding this Congress hostage. It is time for the American people to stand up and say, enough is enough; the function of the United States Congress is to represent all of our people and not just the wealthy and powerful.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-bernie-sanders/elections-have-consequenc_b_899378.html?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=071511&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BlogEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief

[Doremus]

1. Love you, Bernie.

Would that we could clone about 49 more of you. sigh.

[MadHound]

2. Yes, elections have contributed to this country being in the position it is in,

Elections where one is forced to vote for the lesser of two evils, never any good. Lather, rinse, repeat for five decades, and voila, here we are.

Voting for the lesser of two evils is not progress, it is simply a slow motion way of getting screwed.

[ProSense]

3. Elections:

Mitch McConnell: We Must Rewrite The Constitution Because ‘Elections’ Haven’t ‘Worked’

Get off my lawn!!!

[MadHound]

4. So you're taking the word of McConnel now over verifiable historical fact?

Sad, truly sad.

[ProSense]

7. Me?

Weren't you the one who said "elections have contributed to this country being in the position it is in"?

I agree with Sanders.

[MadHound]

8. You're the one quoting McConnel to support your POV

Sad, truly sad.

[NNN0LHI]

5. Makes no difference if GOP religious fanatics end up running this country?

For any younger DUers out there this is the exact kind of thinking that put the Taliban into power in Afghanistan?

Don

[MadHound]

6. The only difference is the speed with which this country collapses.

Put Dems in office, we're still at war, we're still moving to the right, the country is still headed towards that cliff. The only difference is that we're approaching it at a slightly slower speed.

Frankly, at this point, I'd almost rather hand it all over to 'Pugs so they can destroy this country quickly, then the quicker we can get to rebuilding this country in a better way.