tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post3967736150876709335..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Why I'm Voting For the NomineeSteve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-37729346351502341552016-11-13T18:54:56.047-05:002016-11-13T18:54:56.047-05:00wow!Thank this meaningful http://awriter.org/essay...wow!Thank this meaningful <a href="http://awriter.org/essaytigerscom/" rel="nofollow">http://awriter.org/essaytigerscom/</a><br /> and helpful post !And I like help people make research paperAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10621840571358752793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-11283209436395105162016-02-25T21:55:58.825-05:002016-02-25T21:55:58.825-05:00Another point of contention that has been bugging ...Another point of contention that has been bugging me is the essential, profound differences between Bernie Sanders and the rest of the current Democratic party in terms of how these politicians understand the cause, and therefore remedy, to our nation's problems. To Bernie, Wall Street is the ultimate evil, and therefore, regulating and taxing Wall Street to support social programs is the ultimate solution to literally every single one of our problems, in his view, as far as I can tell. This is problematic, never mind the fact that a Tobin tax alone won't generate enough revenue to support all the programs Bernie Sanders wants to fund, yet he's not talking about his plans in regard to income taxes or capital gains taxation. Even if that were not an issue, there is a deeper problem with this. |<br />The rest of the Democratic party just does not agree with him on this. <br />Now, I have no issue with philosophical diversity within the Democratic party. There is philosophical diversity within it already, and I think that is a good thing. <br />However, in this case, something just irks me. When Hillary Clinton says that she believes in breaking down barriers, plural, she's not just regurgitating a campaign slogan, although it's that too, ad nauseam. What she is doing here is drawing a distinction between herself and Bernie Sanders. Between the Democratic party as a whole, and Bernie Sanders. There's a reason most of the Democrat senators, representatives, and governors who have so far come out in support of a candidate, have come out in favor of Hillary, and I think it has to do with a lot more than this being a matter of the Democratic establishment supporting an establishment candidate. I think they are saying that they are uncomfortable with Bernie Sanders' ideology. And I think I have to agree with them. <br />I don't inherently hate democratic socialism, Marxism, or any other leftist theories that deal primarily with economics. In fact, I often agree with socialists about particular policy stances. But I take issue with their claim that all social ills emanate from capitalism alone. And I think Bernie Sanders' obsession with Wall Street is too similar to that ideology. When he calls himself a socialist, I don't think he's just talking about social programs and biting back at right wing rhetoric. I think he means socialism in the traditional sense, and I haven't seen enough Democrats taking that seriously. <br /><br />I don't think Bernie Sanders will prioritize "cultural issues" enough, such as gun violence, systemic racism, and institutional sexism. I think the rest of the Democratic party has a firmer grasp on these issues than he has. When running against Madeleine Kunin, he called women's issues a distraction from real politics. Unfortunately, I don't think his opinions have evolved on this issue, and I just don't trust him to be lead the national discussion on these issues, at a time when really talking about these problems has become so critical. I can't imagine him delivering a satisfactory State of the Union Address the way I can imagine Hillary doing it, based on her talks in Beijing and with the UN Human Rights Council. It's scary to me that Donald Trump has a better understanding of the importance of Planned Parenthood than Bernie Sanders has. I never thought I'd see the day, but I've seen it. And it is severely off putting. <br /><br />Please excuse the fact that this comment was, like, basically the size of a damned novel. :P Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-76640486427413834312016-02-25T21:55:00.651-05:002016-02-25T21:55:00.651-05:00"But having said that, because I'm voting..."But having said that, because I'm voting for the nominee, I'm also, in essence, voting for the Democratic party as it is currently constituted. Not as I wish it were constituted. Not as a perfect liberal dream of a Democratic Party, but also not as an obstacle to be overcome."<br /><br />See, this is why I don't want Bernie to be the nominee. I completely understand where you are coming from here, and I actually think Bernie is probably a mostly nice guy, who has the best intentions, and has some fairly noble attitudes towards politics. However, this being said, the man has a notoriously antagonistic attitude towards the Democratic party. I worry that he won't be cooperative with either the Democrats or the necessary Republicans in order to push for policies the Democratic party has been trying to accomplish. I worry that he has been to antagonistic toward the Obama administration. I worry that he doesn't really want the Democratic party to succeed, and that he cares more about pushing his own personal ideals than cooperating. I recall that he once said that there is no difference between Democrats and Republicans, that they are Tweedledee and Tweedledum. <br /><br />I want to see a continuation of the gains of the current administration, even though this process is lengthy, frustrating, and a constant uphill battle. But I believe in this constant uphill battle more than a quick populist revolution, and I believe in the probability of winning this uphill battle for the long haul, while I don't believe there is any suitable justification for the constant antagonism coming from Bernie Sanders. <br /><br />It's not that I don't sympathize with the guy and his supporters. I understand and empathize with the frustrations with our two party system. But saying that Democrats are just as corrupt as Republicans, or that the two parties are essentially the same, is misleading and deeply insulting to the stark differences in ideology and the goals each party has. <br /><br />With all the rhetoric coming from the Bernie camp, all the negative things to say about the Democratic party and President Obama's administration, which are very damaging to this party in that it turns impressionable idealists against the party, I often wonder why Bernie Sanders even bothers running as a Democrat at all. He never has before. The only reason I can think of is that he knows his chances of being the nominee would be very slim if he were a third party candidate. But the odd thing about that is, he talks as if he's above adapting to partisan politics for the sake of accomplishing his goals. His idealism and rhetoric seem to insinuate that he would never stoop to that level-- the dirty Democrats. Yet, here he is. Running as a Democrat. I just don't get it. I feel like he's doing more damage than good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-84497307764150396142016-02-22T00:38:21.486-05:002016-02-22T00:38:21.486-05:00Not that Obama gets any credit from the purity bri...Not that Obama gets any credit from the purity brigade for the amazing amount of stuff he has accomplished.Never Ben Betterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814767173601107270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-90401858715871531052016-02-21T20:23:39.839-05:002016-02-21T20:23:39.839-05:00Well, that's tendentious, ten bears. I'm n...Well, that's tendentious, ten bears. I'm not calling for show trials. I'm simply observing that in a political system like ours, which is a two party winner take all system for the presidency, with many chokeholds and two houses of congress plus the supreme court <i>no single individual, acting alone</i> can effect change. You have to be working with other people. You have to be working in coalitions and you have to be working systematically to effect change. Despite all the bernie revolution talk there is not going to be a revolution from the top. If Obama couldn't effect one Bernie can't. But Obama did show us, and HRC and Pelosi and Reid are quite capable of, complicated maneuvers to get blood out of turnips and turn sawdust into wine. aimaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956073425680585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-68810230989201106952016-02-21T19:04:14.244-05:002016-02-21T19:04:14.244-05:00The Party, flawed and dysfunctional though it is, ...The Party, flawed and dysfunctional though it is, is much more important than the individual.<br /><br />Wasn't that a Soviet slogan?Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594307610015584119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-63406420634721789582016-02-21T14:43:30.438-05:002016-02-21T14:43:30.438-05:00Yes, absolutely--the party, flawed and dysfunction...Yes, absolutely--the party, flawed and dysfunctional though it is, is much more important than any individual candidate. (And I'm very skeptical of any candidate who doesn't acknowledge that.)<br /><br />And I agree generally with your approach to picking a candidate.Tom Hiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17575511424823512042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-45101548665091785342016-02-21T14:10:47.612-05:002016-02-21T14:10:47.612-05:00Agreed. If our nominee does turn out to be Sander...Agreed. If our nominee does turn out to be Sanders, I will work just as hard for him as for Clinton, but none of his grand promises will be fulfilled (assuming he even makes it past the right-wing attack machine to win the election), he'll probably get even less accomplished than Obama, and the passionate fans will turn on him as furiously as they did on our current President when he fails to deliver on their dreams.Never Ben Betterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814767173601107270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-19090195811105182512016-02-21T13:56:03.725-05:002016-02-21T13:56:03.725-05:00Thank you, thank you, thank you. And I say that a...Thank you, thank you, thank you. And I say that as a Bernie supporter in the primary -- but in a state that votes so late, it's OK for me to express myself until the nomination is made and the rubber meets the road. GO NOMINEE!!!Auntie Socialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12517289221001357051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-86468504105185857792016-02-21T13:34:39.962-05:002016-02-21T13:34:39.962-05:00Thank you! Erik C.Thank you! Erik C.aimaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956073425680585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-59530474073934155842016-02-21T13:18:01.283-05:002016-02-21T13:18:01.283-05:00aimai, I think you might need to put a space after...aimai, I think you might need to put a space after that link in the midle of your post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09741578725880869865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-27425121252729717842016-02-21T12:57:56.499-05:002016-02-21T12:57:56.499-05:00" Not as a perfect liberal dream of a Democra..." Not as a perfect liberal dream of a Democratic Party,"<br /><br />Senator Professor Elizabeth Warren is Mine!oc democrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512390168078458602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-33711956493410562562016-02-21T12:56:53.809-05:002016-02-21T12:56:53.809-05:00Yeah, I'm with you, aimai.
Hillary has battle...Yeah, I'm with you, aimai.<br /><br />Hillary has battled these bigoted bastards for over two decades, and is unfazed by their hatred. Dare I say, "she welcomes it?"<br /><br />I like Bernie just fine, and he's done a good job getting her to move left, but I don't know if he's tough enough to handle the poo-flinging monkey's on the right on a daily basis.<br />She's shown me that she is.<br /><br />Bernie is a terrific shoe, but a Trump, Cruz, or Rubio victory would be a hard and horrible kick in the ass for 4 or 8 years.<br />We just did that 16 years ago.<br />And how'd that turn out?Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com