2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhat's going to happen when/if Sanders drops out?
I will be sad that Americans were not ready for another FDR Democrat which is VERY SORELY needed now, and throw my support to Hillary, instead.
Either way, I'm voting DEM.
Laffy Kat
(16,377 posts)We all need to think like Triana. The country is at stake.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)votesparks
(1,288 posts)To reshape every County Democratic Central Committee in America.
pinebox
(5,761 posts)And people won't like my answer. Millions won't ever support Hillary.
What many fail to realize is that a lot of people aren't supporting the Democratic party. They're supporting Bernie Sanders. I see it all the time.
FrenchieCat
(68,867 posts)even if she only keeps Status quo (and with a Gerrymandered congress)
so would Sanders....
It's fucking better than what the Republicans will do; erase 8 years of Obama,
and give you a fist in the "you-know-what".....
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)Bernie has the fire in his belly and the conviction needed to actually fight for what he (and by extension, we supporters) want. Hillary on the other hand doesn't really seem to want to fight for much. Hell, she can't even decide if she's a die-hard progressive or a meek centrist/moderate.
Tortmaster
(382 posts)... so sure of themselves.
riversedge
(70,204 posts)fighting for us tonight--you were sleeping. Or in your Sanders bubble.
NanceGreggs
(27,814 posts)Name them.
Aside from the obvious (Republicans), who are the "millions" who won't support Hillary? Can you post a link to the polls/surveys where "millions" of Democrats have stated they won't ever support Hillary?
I wouldn't want to think you were just making shit up. Surely you have the evidence to support your statement.
Champion Jack
(5,378 posts)artislife
(9,497 posts)JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)NanceGreggs
(27,814 posts)... would providing proof of the statement that "millions won't support HRC" violate the TOS?
artislife
(9,497 posts)out s/he went.
NanceGreggs
(27,814 posts)Precisely how does providing factual back-up to a statement violate the TOS?
artislife
(9,497 posts)NanceGreggs
(27,814 posts)... for your remarks at all.
I kinda figured you wouldn't - but always nice to hear it from the horse's mouth.
pinebox
(5,761 posts)Seriously, you know what she's in reference to, don't play coy. Thank you. We're better than this.
NanceGreggs
(27,814 posts)She stated that providing evidence for a statement is a violation of the TOS.
I asked why - and how.
Simple question - apparently too complex to be answered.
Look up the Loonix thread. It was probably deleted though but that is what she's in reference to. The hashtag was posted in his post.
NanceGreggs
(27,814 posts)The poster can't use - "as proof" that millions won't support HRC - an on-line "loyalty oath" swearing to NOT vote for the Democratic nominee if it's anyone other than BS.
And I'm sure the signatories to that "loyalty oath" have all been thoroughly vetted, and are all legit voters - and don't include people who would never vote for the (D) candidate no matter who it was.
Got it.
pinebox
(5,761 posts)NanceGreggs
(27,814 posts)pinebox
(5,761 posts)Ok, sure, you know the hashtag I speak of and no I'm not posting it here either.
The Republicans, the greens, the Indy's...a large majority won't support Hillary. If you honestly think otherwise, look at polling in a GE and WHY Sanders has a lead. I see it repeated every day on twitter. Over and over again. By a ton of people.
You forget, Hillary's enthusiasm problem and also her numbers as far as people liking her. They are underwater by large margins.
NanceGreggs
(27,814 posts)In what universe?
pinebox
(5,761 posts)Keep in mind NOBODY has ever won the presidency with a negative rating. Ever. A net zero or a positive only.
NanceGreggs
(27,814 posts)... to win the Dem nomination. So whether he could or couldn't beat a GOP contender is a moot point.
Funny how polls saying HRC is ahead of Sanders are not to be believed - but polls saying Bernie could beat the GOP are above reproach.
pinebox
(5,761 posts)and I showed you. And now it's "Sanders doesn't have enough support". So moving the goalposts now? He does. He has the American people and we've come full circle. Now you know why those people will never vote for Hillary. They're sick and tired of candidates who don't represent them and who have literally hurt them badly. Millennials are the first generation in history to make less than their parents. They are sick of the same old system which has failed them. This is why Bernie is different. We've tried all the other ways, Bernie supporters want something new. He brings that for them.
I've never said polls saying Hillary is ahead aren't to be believed. In a GE though, Bernie does better against a Republican opponent than Hillary. It is what it is.
NanceGreggs
(27,814 posts)Hardly.
The fact is that more Democrats support HRC than support BS.
The support of the majority of Democratic voters IS the goalpost - and always has been. That's how one gets the nomination.
Is this news to you?
Bernie does better against Republicans according to what? Polls? I though polls were unreliable.
-none
(1,884 posts)What does being a Democrat mean to you?
Kentonio
(4,377 posts)But we'll get a very good indicator in just a few more days.
Lorien
(31,935 posts)I won't ever vote for her. She'll allow big polluters to run amok and start a war with Iran. I want no hand in that. I won't vote for a Republican, or anyone who acts like and old school Republican but calls themselves a "Democrat". Deeds, not labels.
vi5
(13,305 posts)I'm a lifelong Democrat in my late 40's who has voted straight Dem ticket in every single election from president down to dog catcher, every year there is an election. For every single presidential candidate from Mondale up to Obama I have donated money, I phone banked, and when the conversation comes up or someone is on the fence I vigorously defend, support, and explain why our candidate is the best and why that person will move us forward and be good for the country.
I will likely still pull the lever for Hillary, but she will not get anything more than that for me and definitely none of the other things I typically do for our candidates. So yeah, you can probably put that in your "support" column based on the vote but compared to what I have done for the past 30 years of my life......far from it.
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)The party will have left me, that's for sure.
politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)can be an attractive alternative to Trump for Independents. The changes that Bernie is running for are worth fighting for. It's just that I don't believe we can get there in one bite, particularly with the GOP controlling the House in 2017. The way that the GOP treated President Obama convinced me that the GOP was willing to destroy the American economy in order to take it back for themselves. The GOP House is controlled by the TEA Party and the Senate has no moderates. The GOP is not going to turn over the White House to Bernie Sanders in 2017 no matter how he defines Democratic Socialist. They will define it their way,the way Claire McCaskall did and Independents won't go near Bernie.
With the GOP controlling the majority of governor's office in most of the states, and local state offices not only do I think Bernie will not be able to get his agenda through Congress, the Dems could probably lose more seats for even nominating him as the Independents will probably go with Trump because they would be convinced that the Dems only want to raise their taxes and create more entitlement programs that they feel the country cannot afford.
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)FrenchieCat
(68,867 posts)especially when there are so many who say,
if they can't get their Bernie, then they are taking their ball and going home!
Forget the hard times that others might experience under a GOP administration....
guess they don't really count!
This election is key to the Supreme court....
and for me that means a whole lot!
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)I think you're going to see some shit-losing that makes the 2008 PUMA phenomenon look like peanuts, in comparison.
Yes, we should all support the nominee.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)There is going to be a series of meltdowns that make fukushima look tame by comparison.
You know it.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)The person who would have trouble pivoting is Bernie. He's not used to bashing Republicans.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Although when he talks about the mega-rich who control our political system, who is it you imagine he means, if not Republicans?
Surely you wouldn't think we have any of that in OUR party, right?
Why, that would be as ludicrous as imagining that the head of the DNC would ally herself with a Republican Billionaire like Sheldon Adelson, to fight to put sick people in prison for using medical marijuana.
"Inconceivable", as they say!
Thank Heavens I know that the Democratic Party - OUR Democratic Party- is better than that, because we all stand for something.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)That's basically his whole campaign, and before that it was Barack and how out of touch and possibly corrupt he is for backing the TPP, and before that it was half a dozen other gripes and before that it was Bill.
senz
(11,945 posts)He talks about the issues.
You seem to have a people magazine take on life. Believe it or not, not everyone enjoys yakking about other people.
cui bono
(19,926 posts)Say what??? You realize we're talking about Bernie Sanders, right?
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FrenchieCat
(68,867 posts)They have said it time and time again!
They have decided that once all of us are f*cked,
we'll join the revolution.....
These are folks with nothing to lose. They don't even care about the Supreme court....
they just want a revolution...
As though after the revolution is over,
it will be a utopia! They are in for a rude awakening...
cause there will still be disagreement and not everyone will get what they thought the were gonna get...
Ask the Bolsheviks!
FrenchieCat
(68,867 posts)I just don't want to be wandering in the desert for 40 years...
waiting for the revolution.
I'll vote, whether I believe we would lose are not! to do anything else
is being a Republican, cause that will get the leg up!
I've read more Bernie Sanders declaring that they wouldn't vote for Hillary,
even if she's the nominee.....not just on this forum.
I think they are mirroring the 2008 PUMA phenomenon this time around!
artislife
(9,497 posts)Throw in a few bangs for me.
AOR
(692 posts)until capitalism is addressed as the foundational problem regardless of who is elected. That some imagine that millions of working class people are not already struggling and being destroyed under the rule of both major parties - that answer first and foremost to the capitalist ruling class - is quite amusing. People can vote for whoever the hell they want, but to take part in the illusion that millions are not suffering hard times and will not continue to suffer hard times under capitalism and all its insidious tentacles is pretty damn delusional at best.
senz
(11,945 posts)We can live just fine with well-regulated capitalism after we break up the monopolies and big banks. Get some health back into the economy.
AOR
(692 posts)but what I believe is irrelevant. The proof is in the pudding and the material realities on the ground speak for themselves in regards to capitalism - unregulated or otherwise - for the whole. The results have been an unmitigated disaster for millions. Doesn't mean to give up and stop fighting back. Just means not to put all the eggs in the electoral basket. Organization of a mass working class political movement across divides that can command and demand is a must regardless of who is elected. It won't happen overnight, but the potential of such a movement is there. The seeds are there. The immigrants rights movement, Black Lives Matter, Fight For 15, the unions, Sanders movement activists ect. There is potential there but clarity of demands is needed.
senz
(11,945 posts)although I might welcome a dialogue with non-democratic socialists because I've never had one and it might further define my own views. I believe my views are essentially "liberal." I believe in "live and let live" and find it relatively easy to coexist with viewpoints, life-styles, personal choices that do not match my own. That includes allowing people who want to own and run small or medium-sized businesses for their own profit to do so (and few things bore me as deeply as business, profit motives, materialism, etc.). I respect entrepreneurs who want to express their creativity by that means. But monopolies, anti-competitive and predatory business practices should be forbidden in private industry, as they once were with the Sherman Antitrust Act, Glass Steagall, etc..
I see government as essential to protect minorities, the old, young, handicapped, unfortunate, "different," from predatory or discriminatory behavior -- and to provide all the services we use collectively. I believe strongly in the "commons," as well; in fact it's hard to imagine a civilized, livable society without public parks, libraries, beaches, wilderness, schools, healthcare, prisons, etc., none of which should be privately owned or operated for profit.
I believe government should be a force for collective well-being but not oppressive to happiness, fulfillment, and individuality.
AOR
(692 posts)in regards to capitalism and it's effects in making impossible economic and social justice for ALL citizens. There are times to discuss this, but now is not the best time under the umbrella of a Democratic Party forum and neoliberal Clinton supporters posing as leftists co-opting leftist analysis to attack Sanders. Let's see how this Sanders movement pans out in the end. As a leftist... I've reached a point where I don't think the continuous leftist critique of Sanders while ignoring Clinton and Republicans is doing leftists (anti-capitalists) any good or gaining us any traction. I'm sure other leftists don't agree but that's how I see it right now.
senz
(11,945 posts)but can't say for sure, as I've never had the pleasure of sitting down and talking with him.
My starting points are the 18th century enlightenment ideas of our nation's founders (democratic governance, checks and balances, prevention of oppression by majority and minority groups, inalienable rights, individual liberties) and the "trust the people" attitudes that underlie Aristotle and Milton in their freedom of speech writings. These are core for me.
I could never support massive government control over human activity. I'm okay with the slowness and messiness of democracy.
AOR
(692 posts)but the end game of what Marx and Engels envisioned was never massive government control over human activity. The state of a working class government in control to replace the capitalist ruling class government in control was never meant to be the endgame. It was meant to be the transition period between the end of control by the capitalist state to the withering away of the state and class distinctions entirely. Obviously, the Soviet Union was never able to realize that transition as Marx and Engels envisioned. An objective discussion of the why of that would be a mass undertaking that could only be discussed sans the mountains of capitalist propaganda that has been drilled into the heads of the citizens of capitalist society for ages. I'll leave it at that.
As for massive government control over human activity... I'm not sure how what we are living under doesn't qualify as what you fear. An oligarchy of unimaginable amassed private capital and wealth expropriated from the working class, and controlled by a very small minority ruling class, is being protected by a massive state apparatus of government control beholden to that ruling class of capital.
The endgame of Marxists is not what you imagine senz. Does this below sound like massive government control over human activity senz ?
"The society that will organize production on the basis of a free and equal association of the producers will put the whole machinery of the state where it will then belong: into the museum of antiquities, by the side of the spinning wheel and the bronze axe."
-- Friedrich Engels
merrily
(45,251 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)DanTex
(20,709 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies.
Great fucking song.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)but I can do it.
Live and Learn
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JI7
(89,248 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)She's been living, breathing, grasping for it for years. I hope they'll keep an eye on her when/if it happens.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)A keyboard in every pot.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Ooooooo, BERN.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)reducing income inequality, criminal justice reform and especially getting better liberal representation in Congress.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Nanjeanne
(4,959 posts)If that happens. Won't work for her though. Just pull a lever . . . Very slowly!
I will work my ass off to not have to do it.
But im afraid the newly registered and young voters will sit this one out.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)Let's hope the Latinos don't suck this time when they have a chance to vote against Trump, but many don't bother to vote.
toshiba783
(74 posts)The media lets him get away with egregious statements that reveal his total lack of knowledge (let alone all the bigotry) - there's absolutely no serious pushback (other than "lolz trump being trump" . Once he wins the nomination he's going to pivot to the center and his celebrity will be a real threat.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)The media knows this is what their audience would look like if they tried to take on the Donald regarding the truthfulness of his statements.
senz
(11,945 posts)It's hard to imagine a more contemptuous, bordering on nihilistic, debating technique.
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)Maedhros
(10,007 posts)I have no loyalty to them.
FrenchieCat
(68,867 posts)whether you claim them or not.
cui bono
(19,926 posts)Why would anyone choose someone who is so close to Republican policy over him? It is Hillary supporters who are choosing the Republican party because being a centrist she supporters a lot of what they support. And because she is less likely to win in the general election.
And if you really cared about the Supreme Court, which you mentioned above, you would support Bernie because he will appoint actual liberals to counterbalance the extreme right wingers on there now.
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Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)draa
(975 posts)No need to give anyone a target.
Lorien
(31,935 posts)is very, very generous of you.
senz
(11,945 posts)most of the time, too.
Depaysement
(1,835 posts)Nice
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)Any candidate who wants to step up to the plate and deliver will get my vote.
Nyan
(1,192 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)Lorien
(31,935 posts)then they obviously don't want ANY voters who are left of center!
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)cui bono
(19,926 posts)What kind of defeatist attitude is that?
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hopemountain
(3,919 posts)i refuse, you hear me? i refuse to go there. here's another $100 for bernie's campaign. not for me - for us.
draa
(975 posts)John Poet
(2,510 posts)and Satan's shadow minions will come up, take hold of her and drag her off to hell!
Oh, wait, that was in a movie I saw...
All in good fun, folks, all in good fun!
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)As usual we won't have much choice if we don't want a Trump, Cruz or Rubio Presidency.
Fearless
(18,421 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)CNN gave her the red carpet treatment and somebody got her all jazzed up, polished, rehearsed, and speedy as alka selzer (or is that gonzolez?) for her big red performance, and now we're talking about the only candidate who's not bought and sold dropping out?
Premature.
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)Remember my fellow DU'ers. After Bernie wins, be kind to all those HRC supporters. They mean well, but they will be in such a state of shock. They will need our kindness and compassion. Offer them a hug, or a cup of hot chocolate and a cookie to help soothe them while they work through their emotional crisis.
riversedge
(70,204 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)then the United States would have either Hillary or some other Republican as president.
So I might start wondering what it would be like to live in one of those European socialist countries, perhaps in the south of France. Or Spain, if it's socialist. Or Italy. And I'd get up every morning and put on a soft, semi-full calf-length skirt with a peasant style blouse and sandals and walk down a cobble stone street to the cafe where I'd sit out on the terrace with my fresh baked slice of bread and coffee and read one of the English newspapers about the extended suffering of the American people and then I'd think about a worldwide revolution and maybe see about joining an ex-pat group who cares about helping them because there has to be a better way for a once-great people to live. Screw the oligarchs.
JustAnotherGen
(31,818 posts)That's not going to happen. He's not going to just up and quit. Not gonna happen.
Re FDR Democratic President.
I'm not ready for that.
It's 2016. I want to start in this century and move forward. This country is radically different than it was in 1932, 36, 40, 44 . . . It is different for me - and for a lot of people like me.
Old times should be forgotten.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Considering Hillary's past it's unsurprising that forgetting the past is one of your goals.
Hillary seems to have a very vivid recollection of the past..
JustAnotherGen
(31,818 posts)My first and only choice is O'Malley.
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mythology
(9,527 posts)I hope his supporters find other local, state and national candidates that inspire them to remain part of the process and work to get them elected. We have far too many Republicans elected at all levels. The House is so gerrymandered because of Republican work in the 2010 election at the state level. To reverse that, we need to work just as hard, if not harder.
I hope they don't get discouraged or think that the system is pointless. I want them to fight for what they believe in.
Gothmog
(145,173 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)and go back to the Senate with exponentially increased clout. That's if he wants it.
Vinca
(50,269 posts)The voters who don't bother coming out during midterm elections will stay home. If Hillary is lucky and Trump is the nominee on the right, she will probably get the votes of Republicans who decide she's far enough right to be better than a total lunatic.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Aspire to inspire.[/center][/font][hr]
Attorney in Texas
(3,373 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts)And the shit will continue to get worse until...
... we all know what happens then, and it isn't pretty.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Zorra
(27,670 posts)probably for the rest of my days.
Call me if there's ever another revolution.
VulgarPoet
(2,872 posts)and then prepare for my lifestyle to become criminalized. I was brought up by criminals, and really? I'm ok with going back. Can't expatriate for another four years as is; but I'll be getting my affairs in order.