General Discussion

House and Senate. What's the difference? Really, tell me.

Bernie's socialist platform--which I agree with theoretically--has no chance of ever seeing the light of day. Why? Because neither Congress nor these United States are made up of too many Bernie Sanders. So again, it's easy for Bernie to sit and write articles and blogs complaining about Obama when Bernie represents a very progressive, homogenous state. It's altogether different when you are forced to reconcile many different points of view, political philosophies that are diametrically opposed to yours.

My post was deliberately snarky to prove a point:

No one here--and certainly not me!--blames Bernie Sanders for not being able to get his single payer bill through the Senate.

No one here--certainly not me!--blames Bernie Sanders for being unable to push through his Patriot Act repeal through the Senate.

No one here--certainly not me!--blames Bernie Sanders for not being able to get ANY of his legislative items through even committee, let alone subcommittee.

We all understand that he is up against unchanging winds. We all understand that he has to deal with people who do not share the same political philosophy.

So why can't Bernie understand what Obama is up against? Why does he continue to blame the president for not being able to get a jobs bill through Congress when he should know damn well what this president is facing. He should know that the Republicans are deliberately trying to sabotage the economy. They want to destroy not only President Obama, but the Democratic Party as well. Surely Bernie knows this? I'm therefore baffled why he continues to let the Republicans off the hook, instead writing these asinine articles about how Obama isn't doing this right or doing that right. Surely Bernie Sanders isn't that naive or oblivious. He knows what's going on because he witnesses the behavior every single day!

Again, I would like to see him point the finger at the willfully destructive Republican Party. I would like to see him single out the Democrats who aid them. I would, for once, like to see him put the blame squarely where it belongs: at the feet of Mitch McConnell and the Republican Party.

That. is. all.