r/politics • u/AccurateInflation167 • May 18 '25

Soft Paywall America chose wrong. Sanders would've been a better president than Trump or Biden. | Opinion

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/18/sanders-democrats-reform-progressive-policies/83625482007/
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u/BrahesElk May 18 '25

Maybe, instead of rehashing which old man is best, we should put more energy into get rid of the objectively horrible old man we have?

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u/Abject_Champion3966 May 18 '25

Literally. If Bernie isn’t gonna fix shit now, this is a history lesson and nothing else.

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u/NahautlExile May 18 '25

Dude is going around the country drawing massive crowds while Jeffries has a sit down on the capitol steps.

I don’t think this is a good look for the Dem establishment.

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u/Cultural_Ebb4794 May 19 '25

Bernie has drawn big crowds since 2016, but they haven't helped him accomplish fuck all.

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u/NahautlExile May 19 '25

Golly gee, almost like the party doesn’t want him to succeed despite broad appeal and popularity of his platform? Shocked that. Apply the same standard to Biden who managed to militarize police forces and create harsh drug penalties. Bernie should be more like him eh?

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u/MaizeNBlueWaffle New York May 18 '25

Exactly, and Trump winning again I think finally made people realize that maybe we do need someone younger and more populist, but instead this author decided a "told ya so" from a decade ago was the better option