It's the only way Obama can say things like "Don't let them take away your democracy" while the DNC actively rejects things that are undeniably popular among a majority of all Americans, let alone people who register as democrats.
It's the only way Obama can say things like "Don't let them take away your democracy" while the DNC actively rejects things that are undeniably popular among a majority of all Americans, let alone people who register as democrats.
Lieberman was basically the 60th vote that gave them a supermajority. They didn't even need to put pressure on him, they could have just gotten rid of the filibuster and ended the stupid concept of a supermajority. They could have done whatever they wanted while still having up to 9 conservative Democrats refusing to play along.
apparently it was more like 15. lieberman was the guy willing to take the blame publicly but the public option had 15 no votes from the Ds. this is why the continued emotional investment everyone here has in the party is so fucking useless.
The moral of the story is that the outcome that occurs will always be the only outcome that could have occurred in the capitalist society we have. Also applies to Bernie running for president. If they didn't stop him the way they did, they would stop him another way, which we actually saw with them priming people to accept super-delegates stopping Bernie at the convention, which they didn't end up needing, just like they didn't end up needing those 15 or more potential nays to stop the public option.
or by throwing the general and campaigning for Trump in all but name. or doing what labor did in the UK and lying to Corbyn about whether they were running his strategy or not. or. or. or.
or just assassinate the geezer :grinning squinting face: