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The Pie in the Sky Revolution has begun


 

 

 

The fight is on! Little did we know it was going to be between younger vs older women. Words like bring out the vote, suffrage, the Voting Rights Act, Equal pay for equal work, Women’s Lib, Women’s Equality, the Lilly Ledbetter fair pay act…all of these resonate with women “of a certain age.” But not with college women. They are with Bernie.

 

 

 

And then there’s Barney Frank. Speaking of the Occupy Wall Street Movement, Frank had mused once, “Where were these young people when we were trying to pass Dodd-Frank?”

 
The next musing is from me: “Do they know how laws are passed? And do they really want a Revolution?” Because the candidate of Hope & Change that did cause quite a bit of political upheaval was Barack Obama. His hard-fought contest with Hillary ended with his election, and a contentious battle over Health Care (Obamacare), and the passage of Wall Street reform that became the Dodd-Frank Bill.

 Barney Frank again talking about the Tea Party Movement: : “These people did not just ‘parachute’ through the top of the Capitol Dome. They were duly elected and voted into office by their constituency. “
 

In other words, no matter how nutty or extreme they may seem to some, there is a constituency for these elected officials out there. People actually Voted for their extreme policies and their far-right agenda.

 

The actual definition of Socialism is: “A variety of social and economic systems characterized by social ownership and democratic control of the means of production; as well as the political ideologies, theories, and movements that aim at their establishment.” Therefore a Democratic Socialist is….please explain, Bernie.


 
The next time Bernie Sanders explains the reason that health care will be fine without the ACA, since there will be no monthly insurance premiums, please ask a reporter to follow up by asking what happens to the myriad number of insurance companies and exchanges that are in existence at this time.

 We are not going to start over. That is pretty clear. Even the head of the Democratic Caucus, Nancy Pelosi, the arbiter and Executor of all things Obamacare, has decreed that we are done trying to pass Health Care Legislation. So what gives?
 

Pie in the Sky vs Feet on the Ground.  The Generation Gap is showing. It’s not a Feminist argument, but rather a testament to the Exuberance and Passion of Youth. Who would have “thunk” that a rather dour looking 74 year old man would embody the hopes and aspirations of a New Generation of Dreamers?


 Not to mention the rest of the Revolution is now on hold. That being defined as the parts where the Immigration Bill, Black Lives Matter movement, LGBT rights, minority rights and Voting Right suppresion,  plus Roe v Wade and all the things that a Democratic Platform and ticket represent are all taking a back seat to the Income Inequality subject that a one-note candidate beats his drum for.
 
That is the price you pay for the Revolution. And if Michael Bloomberg chooses to throw water on a Democratic Candidate, all he needs to do is throw his hat in the ring and that will effectively give us the Ralph Nader/Ross Perot effect.



Meaning a President Trump may very well get a chance to build that blasted wall!

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