2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Explains How He Would Deal With An Obstructionist Congress [View all]GitRDun
(1,846 posts)I want to thank you for yet another ill-mannered BS supporter post. Your use of insult / bad language does nothing to convince me your position is the correct one. Maybe it just makes you feel good. I guess that's fine.
I appreciate the time and effort you put into your response. I do agree there were many that conspired to defeat single payer nationally. I also agree Bernie is a staunch supporter of single payer, always has been.
The whole point I've been trying to politely make is that back then Bernie was confronted with the same forces that Barack Obama was, e.g., he didn't have 60 votes for single payer so Bernie got screwed by the same people who our President has struggled with for now over 6 years.
He is on TV this past weekend purporting to have some strategy that will succeed in 2017 where Barack Obama failed, except he forgets to mention that...Bernie failed too!The reality is they didn't have 60 votes then and Bernie will not have 60 votes in 2017 if he wins.
IMO, that makes it a bad campaign tactic to try and raise his own stature by trampling on the President for the very same failure Bernie himself experienced. It would have been a much better tactic for him to propose changing Senate rules and leave the President be. If it doesn't work to trash Hillary, why would it be a good strategy to trash the President?