2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Who else wanted single-payer universal healthcare over the ACA? [View all]Orrex
(63,424 posts)Winning the primary will take a miracle.
Getting onto the ballot thereafter will take another miracle.
Winning the general election will take yet another miracle.
Getting a hostile Congress to do anything to further his agenda will take an astounding miracle.
Getting that hostile Congress even to consider single-payer will take a miracle like nothing seen in recorded history.
You say that you're tired of being told that something's not possible? Too fucking bad. If you expect me to believe that Sanders can get it done, then you need to show me that it's not simply possible but actually feasible.
I see nothing to suggest that Sanders is as unrealistically optimistic as his supporters. With that in mind, it's easy to read his statements about single-payer and free tuition and all the rest as ultimately empty promises, red meat to rally the faithful.
But for someone who doesn't already "feel the Bern," it's little more than empty sloganeering.