2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: It's one thing to ask Sanders people to support the ticket...that's fair and legitimate... [View all]BainsBane
(55,205 posts)That's the first thing I did when he announced his candidacy. He got a Vets bill passed and two post offices named.
I understand that his former supporters place high value on rhetoric, but I do not share the view that qualifies as accomplishment. In this election season, he raised key issues of economic inequality to the national level and had an impact on the platform. That is a indeed significant, but I know of no role he played in the healthcare battle of the early 90s.
You're obviously very defensive about this. These are precisely the kind of responses I got in the primary, anger that I dared to even ask.
The fact is you chose to get defensive merely because someone pointed out that Clinton led the fight on healthcare in the early 90s. The point was a simple one: Too many ignore Clinton's efforts to get universal healthcare passed. It requires no attribution to Bernie.
I'm glad you're supporting Clinton and willing to work for the party, but I am not going to spend the rest of my days attributing Clinton's efforts to Bernie. Her history of public engagement is her own.