2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIt's about the destruction of The New Deal and who best to help restore it
I am voting for Bernie Sanders because he is NOT part of the problem and in fact is sensible in his desire to return to the principles of FDR.
Consider the revolving door between Washington and Wall Street, which drew so much public outrage in the early days of the Obama administration or the revolving door between Washington and Silicon Valley, which has been turning briskly in recent years without much public notice at all. Or the deal the pharmaceutical companies got as a result of the Obamacare negotiations. Or the startlingly different ways in which Obamas Treasury Department treated beleaguered bankers and underwater homeowners. Or the amazing double standard his Justice Department seems to have erected for dishonest mortgage financiers and dishonest mortgage borrowers. Or the way office-holding Democrats of nearly every rank throw money at the people they call innovators while telling working-class Americans that little can be done about their ruined lives.
http://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/feb/16/the-issue-is-not-hillary-clintons-wall-st-links-but-her-partys-core-dogmas
Many thanks to RiverLover for inspiring my post:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1254925
GreenPartyVoter
(72,381 posts)TDale313
(7,820 posts)tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)TDale313
(7,820 posts)gyroscope
(1,443 posts)a suitcase full of money (or several) is one way to gain an endorsement.
Ninga
(8,277 posts)would take a few moments to learn about the true differences between the candidates, they would find they are in danger of backing the wrong one.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)when membership votes, Sanders wins; when the leadership decides, the endorsement goes to Clinton
GreenPartyVoter
(72,381 posts)ananda
(28,877 posts)Better to have a bleeding heart than no heart!
Donkees
(31,465 posts)Skwmom
(12,685 posts)Ninga
(8,277 posts)LBJ was the last liberal President and Carter was the very beginning of the neoliberal movement that was embraced by Bill Clinton who was one of the founders of the conservative DLC - Democratic Leadership Council. Read the blog found at the first link:
A few days ago I posted about this very topic:
"Why Bernie vs Hillary Matters More Than People Think"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511247679
Here is more analysis from the same author
"Why Bernie Sanders is More Electable Than People Think"
http://benjaminstudebaker.com/2016/02/10/why-bernie-sanders-is-more-electable-than-people-think/
kristopher
(29,798 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)You either want a corporate/elitist centered administration or a people centered administration.
The choice is clear.