2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I like Sanders, really I do......BUT... [View all]Martin Eden
(12,847 posts)Repeal of Glass-Steagall and bailing out banks too big to fail with no real strings attached and no prosecution of Wall Street fraudsters while average Americans lost their homes is good for some Democratic voters but not others under the Big Tent you describe?
A war based on lies that killed nearly 5,000 American soldiers and a million Iraqis and is costing US taxpayers $3 trillion while igniting the growth of ISIS and making the Middle East a much more dangerous place is good for some Democratic voters but not others under the Big Tent you describe?
Which Democratic voters benefit from the above, exactly?
That's a damned small tent, IMO.
Our electoral system is thoroughly corrupt and dysfunctional. Far too many politicians on both sides of the aisle represent the interests of the deep pocket campaign financiers, and far too many Democratic politicians play that game while taking Democratic voters for granted because the other party is too odious to consider and we only have one choice in a two party system.
There's a betrayal going on here, but not the one you're trying to spin. Loyalty must be earned, and when that loyalty is betrayed it is forfeit.