I absolutely love that quote. American politics is dominated by social issues which eclipse all other matters, including ones that are in many ways "more" important. Now I don't believe that means we must completely dismiss such issues: Indeed, I find civil rights issues to be quite important and many find abortion to be quite important. But there are indeed issues which both sides do agree on, and they are topics that everyone should indeed work together to solve.

Sadly, I doubt that will ever happen, as it will mean that whichever party is in control at the time will get "credit", and the other side (be they Democratics or Republicans) will almost certainly not allow that.

I do not think that Sanders was suggesting we dismiss or table issues such as abortion or gay marriage. What I imagine he was trying to convey is that maybe these should not be the sole or decisive points upon which someone determines who they are voting for.

Do you agree that issues such as abortion and gay marriage should be dismissed

Seems rather silly to ask if we should stop discussing the topic that the Supreme Court ended the discussion on decades ago and the topic that they just ended the discussion on. Yes. Discuss things that will fix the economy. Discuss things that will proptect the country.

In his Gettysberg Address Abraham Lincoln said "Government of the people for the people by the people", so if some of those people want to make same sex marriage legal their right to do falls within that criteria and they have the right to sustain discussion upon it for as long as they can sustain it or until it becomes law.

I think Bernie Sanders is a good bullshitter and is trying to say that forcing women to get pregnant even in cases of rape and/or preventing gays form the same privileges as straights is somehow not worth discussing or changing but his retarded ass brain doesn't comprehend that if it wasn't violently fought for these thigns wouldn't have been changed and the gay marriage thing is still not 100% working out in many states.

Barnie Sanders is a Socialist but you Leftist love Socialism do you not ?