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In reply to the discussion: The Bernie Bros and sisters are coming to Republicans' rescue [View all]KPN
(15,710 posts)77. Then let's work harder at selling the
benefits to pocketbooks. Sell the damn bottom line for crying out loud. It's not rocket science.
Or, as I said to begin with, stick with the generalities -- universal/access for all -- and go from there once in a position to legislate. .... Anyone who isn't for single payer isn't a real progressive and really doesn't fit the traditional values of the Democratic Party. That's my view.
Re: no cuts to Medicare/aid, SS -- there's nothing new there. Infrastructure/jobs -- same thing -- we've given lip service to jobs for decades.
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Single payer supporters should get behind Rep. Conyers Medicare for All bill.
lapucelle
Aug 2017
#106
these people are trolls. they may use sanders name but their only goal is trolling and to help
JI7
Aug 2017
#13
Ding! Ding! Ding! Nina Turner fronts for anyone willing to give her money. She lost her race for..
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2017
#17
No, I am not. The specifics of how to pay for single payer is VERY important.
SunSeeker
Aug 2017
#55
Those 117 Dems are NOT demanding a single payer litmus test for all Dem midterm candidates.
SunSeeker
Aug 2017
#61
It is one thing to argue the merits of a policy, it is another to say a Dem is bought by Wall Street
SunSeeker
Aug 2017
#72
Maligning and misrepresenting Dems as "Establishment Dems" is not the best strategy. nt
SunSeeker
Aug 2017
#80
Dems. Why is it so important for you to label people? Regardless, this thread is about strategy.
SunSeeker
Aug 2017
#84
OK, so you're attacking "Bernie Bros" but insisting that everyone else must say only "Dems"
Jim Lane
Aug 2017
#86
I'm not attacking anyone, I'm questioning Our Revolution's single payer strategy.
SunSeeker
Aug 2017
#93
Good post! Thank you for taking the time to express such well-reasoned thinking on this.
KPN
Aug 2017
#41
It is easy to sell single payer. It is not easy to sell a tax on the middle class.
SunSeeker
Aug 2017
#74
Jim L might have a point if any of Bernie's handpicked candidates had actually won with his....
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2017
#103
Are you saying there haven't been any Democratic victories since the '16 election? If so....
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2017
#109
Just popping in to say how much I've enjoyed reading your posts in this thread.
femmedem
Aug 2017
#105
My point is the hypocrisy of decrying "divisiveness" but doing so *selectively*
Jim Lane
Aug 2017
#97
My point is that the hypocrisy was from the people doing all the dividing, and the outrage
Ninsianna
Aug 2017
#98
But I am not, and I've explained the false equivalency you're trying to engage in here.
Ninsianna
Aug 2017
#100
You say "false equivalence" because you refuse to respect other Democrats' views
Jim Lane
Aug 2017
#110
get RID of the DC consultants and talk to humans. better deal??? how bout FAIR DEAL?
pansypoo53219
Aug 2017
#20
So universal healthcare is a litmus test but women's choice and freedom isn't?
TeamPooka
Aug 2017
#25
NO cuts to SS, Medicare, Medicare; raise taxes on the rich to pay for infrastructure jobs.
SunSeeker
Aug 2017
#68