Examples of things that are "politically impossible"

lambert's picture

1. The end of chattel slavery.

2. Votes for women.

3. Votes.

4. Gay marriage.

5. The Bill of Rights.

6. The rule of law.

Just saying.

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First black POTUS

That's the most hilarious part: too many on the "left" are ridiculing our efforts to get a solution on the table, even deeming it "not serious," just after the country elected the first black president. For fuck's sake!

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I have one...

Nationalizing the auto industry. Wink But seriously, that would not have been possible two years ago.

Also, I call it "marriage equality".

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