| Disco King |
11-12-2016 03:07 AM |
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Originally Posted by JESUSNEEDSAHIT
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yeah election 2020 you knuckle draggign ape. bernie suspenders movement has just now starting. fact remains obama is extremely popular. the problem was not the dems it was just clinton. if obama had been running he would have knocked trumps dick int he dirt.
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This is probably true, but also speaks to how the electorate seems to focus more on personal qualities of candidates than their policies. Clinton and Obama are very similar in terms of policy. There are some differences, of course. Clinton is a bit more hawkish on foreign policy, but a bit further left on some other issues (she was once for single-payer healthcare, just like Sanders, and still sympathizes with it, though she didn't run on it). Both are very centrist and corporatist, with ties to the financial sector, and willing to play nice with conservatives. Yet people love one and hate the other, particularly the sort of regular-joe moderates who don't pay much attention to politics save for election time.
As for the aims of the protests, hopefully a movement comes out of them that focuses on holding Democrats in Congress to account and getting them to properly oppose the Republicans, putting pressure on state governments to pass legislation to respect the popular vote, striking down voter-suppression laws, and ultimately getting somebody like Ellison or Warren elected president in 2020. No more conservative Democrats.
I guess what I'm most worried about is executive orders. Congress might be able to protect things like Obamacare, but Trump can remove a lot of environmental and safety regulations all by himself.
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