Many of the 2,000 Alabama households impacted had already seen the funds credited to their accounts and will have to pay the money back on their next bill.
That is correct, the people supporting Bernie were optimistic it would just pan out and didn’t put in the effort needed to get the movement going. Obama’s campaign did put in the work with a positive progressive message (hope and change) and that worked out pretty well.
Unfortunately nothing was learned from that success and the Dems went right back to trying to appeal to moderates instead of embracing Bernie or another progressive.
The way I look at it is that there was a fire in 2024. The firemen were old and fat and not doing a very good job. Instead of jumping in and actually helping the firemen, a lot of folks thought they were helping by calling the firemen bad at their job.
That is correct, the people supporting Bernie were optimistic it would just pan out and didn’t put in the effort needed to get the movement going. Obama’s campaign did put in the work with a positive progressive message (hope and change) and that worked out pretty well.
Unfortunately nothing was learned from that success and the Dems went right back to trying to appeal to moderates instead of embracing Bernie or another progressive.
The way I look at it is that there was a fire in 2024. The firemen were old and fat and not doing a very good job. Instead of jumping in and actually helping the firemen, a lot of folks thought they were helping by calling the firemen bad at their job.