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2016 Postmortem

Armstead

(47,803 posts) Wed Jan 27, 2016, 08:18 PM Jan 2016

There is a middle ground between Ideals and Pragmatism

Bernie is there. He may be somewhat more to the side of Ideals, but he's also Pragmatic.....Because without Ideals there is nothing to get done pragmatically to improve people's lives and steer the Ship of State on a better course.

These claims that Clinton is the Pragmatic choice ring hollow to me. All they are promising is a holding action against the GOP. And that's what we've had since 1980.....Often unsuccessfully, because we have allowed the GOP to drive the agenda on core issues.

We stay mired in and Impractical Ineffective UnPragmatism because we have surrendered our ideals,. And that's why I support Bernie.

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