Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumThey’re terrified of Bernie Sanders: Fox News, Hillary surrogates and Wall Street get extra-nervous
The Supreme Courts Citizens United ruling established what the SCOTUS Blog refers to as the personhood of corporations. As a result of equating corporations with people (allowing unlimited donations to PACs), some voters feel the need to compromise their value system in order to win the White House. The game is rigged and ideals become a liability when billions of dollars are at stake; better to jettison cherished principles in the short run and win the presidency in the long run. After all,$2.5 billion doesnt grow on trees and money trumps sincerity in todays political climate.
Also, Yahoo News writes that Donald Trump donated to Clintons Senate campaign as well as the Clinton Foundation, so while poll-driven candidates for president joust over issues only Congress can resolve, mainstream Democrats and Republicans are united under Citizens United.
Income inequality in America is the highest its been since 1928, yet Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill wants you to know that some people are just too liberal and extreme to be president. Many Americans still arent comfortable with confronting Wall Street greed, even if the 2008 financial crisis cost the United States over $12.8 trillion, 2.6 million jobs, and resulted in a Washington Post headline titled U.S. Forces Nine Major Banks To Accept Partial Nationalization. According to the Levi Economics Institute, the 2008 financial crisis resulted in a Federal Reserve bailout commitment in excess of $29 trillion.
McCaskill and other Democrats should ask Henry Paulson and Timothy Geithner about socialism before accusing others of being too extreme.
The phrase too far left is used not only by Fox News to frighten voters, but also by Democrats convinced that any candidate willing to break up the banks is doomed in a general election. Like Senator McCaskill warns, America just isnt ready for a Democratic-Socialist, even if the six largest American banks have assets equaling 60 percent of U.S. GDP. Weve been taught to fear the influence of large campaign donations, and while standing up to the billionaire class is nice, pragmatism is paramount since corporations now have the same freedom of speech in elections as the average American.
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http://www.salon.com/2015/07/13/theyre_terrified_of_bernie_sanders_fox_news_hillary_surrogates_and_wall_street_get_extra_nervous/
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Stevepol
(4,234 posts)pacalo
(24,721 posts)sarge43
(28,946 posts)And they should be.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)Babel_17
(5,400 posts)More serious people must be sent forth to lecture us on the dangers of ordering off menu.
But once the people discover that they can have what's on the secret menu ...
http://qz.com/241826/the-real-story-behind-secret-menusis-the-key-to-hacking-them/
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)He's just the tribune, as he frequently says. His campaign is not about him, it's about everyone screwed senseless by predatory capitalism for the last 35 years.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)jalan48
(13,894 posts)Bernie represents a more liberal/radical approach to dealing with the country's problems. If Hillary is the nominee, which I think she will be, it will be interesting to see how Progressives deal with it. Bernie has said he won't run as a third party candidate but there may be overwhelming support for him to do.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Clinton has to choose a Western State running mate or she will take a whipping. Once you cross the Continental Divide,that changes the game. Western U.S. in a different animal much like the South. There is only two ways,very liberal or a bunch of tight asses. This is were Sanders has really changed the debate,sounding more like FDR and talking truth to power is even changing the many Republicans mind sets. When you talk pocket book issues,and mean what you say,you have a winner.
FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)but Claire McCaskill would make a good poster child for the decrepit turd way politics of the DEmocratic party establishment.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)When you vote for Hillary, you vote for the right's candidate
peacebird
(14,195 posts)and breadwinner, Hillarys top aide?
How pathetic.
http://www.salon.com/2015/07/13/theyre_terrified_of_bernie_sanders_fox_news_hillary_surrogates_and_wall_street_get_extra_nervous/
MisterP
(23,730 posts)not that it shows him as a resounding "ex-Republican" weasel-man but that he knows all the ins and outs of how people are "Roved"
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)Babel_17
(5,400 posts)Take money out of it and we'd be left with sensible investing and responsible journalism. Anathema to those whose snouts are in the trough.
raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)To an actor, all the world is a stage.
erronis
(15,371 posts)tavernier
(12,409 posts)of anyone running on the dem ticket.
Go Donald, Go Donald
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)This calls for maniacal laughter . . .
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Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Now the TV has an angry old white male on it.
They know their audience is too stupid to remember the "Dem" part.