The likes of Rahm Emmanuel keep telling us that moderate Democrats are the ones “who get things done,” but the only things getting done are because Bernie Sanders is pushing for them.

Aug 13, 2021 · 1:13 PM UTC

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We need to stop calling them moderate Democrats and call them what they really are moderate republicans
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The only thing "moderates" have successful at is maintaining the status quo and stealthily promote republican policies. People tend to forget the many destructive unfinished Reagan policies Clinton signed into law.
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Hey, let's not undersell moderate Dems too much. They helped get us into two wars! Talk about getting things done.
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As a baseline, both parties carry forward the agenda and policy imperatives of corporatism. It just keeps getting more and more entrenched and inflexible.
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If CoriBush can sleep on the capital steps to protest and get things done then why can't other politicians do the same?
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Things get done because of Bernie and Progressives, otherwise, the dragging of feet would continue. Emmanuel, old, old, old school, and we all know what that means. "Let's be friends with Republicans who never want good things for the People"
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When the so called ... "EXTREEME" ... pushes really hard ... it actually moves the ... "MIDDLE"... without the EXTREEME ... the MIDDLE would never move!
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Getting things done like pipelines & new fracking? Bernie would have shut that down in a heartbeat!
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First off, there’s nothing “moderate” abt them. They are considered far right in every other modern industrialized country, & should be considered that here. Secondly & as you said, if it weren’t for Sanders they wouldn’t even be passing the bare minimum of what Biden promised.
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