5.There has been a lot of discussion in the Democratic primary contest about pragmatism vs. idealism.
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6.The conventional wisdom (at least in some quarters) is that Bernie Sanders’s goals are unrealistic, too ambitious to get enacted.
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7. Hillary, in contrast, would be able to get things done because she is a realist and a dealmaker. A pragmatist.
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8.What I think this fails to take into account is that in politics, perhaps more than other things, you have to take gravity into account.
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9.Whatever you aim for, whatever you aspire for, you have to expect to fall short of your goal, and for that reason you need to aim high.
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10. If you aim for “good enough”, you will get “mediocre”. If you shoot for the basket, the ball will bounce off the rim.
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11.I assume Bernie Sanders knows that his most ambitious proposals have no chance of making it through the gravity of a Republican congress.
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12. He is aiming for a spot *above* the basket. Gravity will pull the ball down. That *is* pragmatism.
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13. And whatever else you can say about him, Sanders knows how to sink a basket. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjgjZ336fDKAhUIVyYKHV6gC_IQtwIIIDAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DC2Xojil-P6o&usg=AFQjCNHgLxY6D1WM2XdxqhsuS5uLHN2qDw …
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14. (So
@HeerJeet, did I do it right?) /Fin.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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