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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie supporters are so creative: Fantastic poster: Not Me Us [View all]DUbeornot2be
(367 posts)14. If by...
...pony you mean a President who didn't take a hard turn toward the center the moment he hit the White House...
...well then yeah.
That is why it's important for Democratic candidates to keep fighting for the voters after the votes have been counted instead of immediately capitulating to the monied interests. Had President Obama taken a hard stand for the left there would have been plenty of support in the mids... He lost a lot of us by taking investigating 911 off the table and then bailing on a public option for healthcare...
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