Reply to Sanders can't win the general election--why are people so blind to that?

Forum Index » Political Discussion

Reply to "Sanders can't win the general election--why are people so blind to that?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  This is the basic flaw in logic I see with many of Sanders' supporters.  If the problem is money in politics, a near-oligarchy of big money and special interests, which was caused in large part (or at least greatly facilitated) by the Citizens United decision, then why don't Sanders' supporters think through how that decision came about.  That decision is due to Republican-appointed justices on the Supreme Court.  Republican presidents can do a lot of damage-- especially the lunatics leading the pack in this election.  If you're so concerned about maintaining our democracy and protecting the social safety-net, why is defeating the Republican candidate not THE most important thing?  The Supreme Court is almost evenly divided now, what would happen with another conservative justice?  What would happen with a Republican-controlled Congress and president?  If you think things are bad now, just wait and see.  Democrats need to be much more pragmatic and strategic or else we are truly going to hell in a hand-basket. [/quote]
If defeating the Republican candidate is the most important thing than supporting Sanders IS the best option.  Sanders beats HRC head-to-head against the various Republican candidates.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics