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In reply to the discussion: Obama says Sanders' supporters helped undermine Obamacare [View all]lapucelle
(18,438 posts)My point exactly. Third party voters cost Democrats the elections both in 2000 and 2016. That's why Clinton, Obama, Gore, Michael Moore, and even Sanders begged the spoilers not to do it again. They didn't listen. They have little (if any) right to complain now. There's a reason why they're sharing the blame.
Now, on to something else. Someone said both of these things on the same thread:
"So he (Sanders) voted for the last, best offer... He voted for what he could get when he could get it.
and
"And some would rather feel superior and mock the change makers, who are the only ones who have ever changed society. Rosa Parks didn't fight to sit in the 'middle' of the bus. Gandhi didn't fight for freedom just for the upper castes. Debs didn't fight for slightly less degrading conditions of work.
Many political leaders work for major changes incrementally, pragmatically, strategically in steps and stages. Only some are vilified as "sell outs" by fiery progressives and their followers for doing so.