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Sanders: First thing we have got to do is shut this President up (Original Post) yuiyoshida Mar 2020 OP
And you too Bernie! I like you & resoect you but your proposals cannot pass Congress. napi21 Mar 2020 #1
So we just give up? mvd Mar 2020 #2
FDR had a dem congress and senate and LBJ held huge majorities in both Thekaspervote Mar 2020 #4
BTW, K&R mvd Mar 2020 #3
Amen, Senator Sanders. Every time the Mad King opens his yap we sink further into trouble. Hekate Mar 2020 #5
I agree with Bernie we need to shut Trump up. 33taw Mar 2020 #6
 

napi21

(45,806 posts)
1. And you too Bernie! I like you & resoect you but your proposals cannot pass Congress.
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 01:15 AM
Mar 2020

Even if you're fortunate enough to get a House & Senate with a Dem majority. You can't get enough votes to pass most of what you propose. Take a BIG DEEP BREATH, apologize to your supporters, & tell them you're sorry but it just can't happen. Ask them to support our nominee and go back to the 0enate.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

mvd

(65,437 posts)
2. So we just give up?
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 01:28 AM
Mar 2020

They said Social Security couldn’t pass. They said Medicare couldn’t pass. Always fight for your ideas and then work with Congress. Nothing big passes without effort. There is often some compromise in politics so I like starting big.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Thekaspervote

(34,589 posts)
4. FDR had a dem congress and senate and LBJ held huge majorities in both
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 02:09 AM
Mar 2020

This is now... right now we don’t have that. Even if we did many Dems would not vote to increase debt several trillion dollars over 10 years.

Politics is not purity it’s compromise

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Hekate

(94,519 posts)
5. Amen, Senator Sanders. Every time the Mad King opens his yap we sink further into trouble.
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 03:30 AM
Mar 2020

Can't turn the sound on just now -- it's 1:30 am and sensible people are sleeping.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

33taw

(2,776 posts)
6. I agree with Bernie we need to shut Trump up.
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 03:57 AM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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