2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Progressive Pragmatism versus Liberal Elitism [View all]Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)maximum and compromise there. Sen. Sanders is not some radical making outlandish demands. He is putting forward ideas that are absolutely mainstream in the world of modern western democracy. I doubt people believe that America can be transformed into a modern, liberal, western democracy over night or in one term or even two terms. Even Ronald Reagan came no where near accomplishing the Reagan agenda in his term, thank God. Much of it had to wait until a Democrat was in office but with a Republican Congress before they could make the major cuts in public assistance and regulation of Wall Street before they could accomplish some of their long term goals. Sen. Sanders can only be the beginning of moving our country forward.
Since I have NEVER said anything even remotely negative about Hillary Clinton on this or any other Internet forum - it seems to me that you are suggesting that the mere advocating of a progressive agenda or supporting another candidate counts as smearing Hillary 24/7. Don't you think that is just a bit over the top?