2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: DU is making me sad. [View all]stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)Listen, there is CLEARLY a very high risk that the Democratic Party is going to fracture in the near future. Both Party's Establishments have disregarded a large part of their base for a very long time.
HRC supporters believe many Bernie supporters are bluffing. They openly state this with mocking derision over and over. It very well might not turn out that way this time. HRC, her husband, her daughter, and her surrogates have made it part of their campaign to insult Bernie supporters. Have we ever seen that as a prominent part of a Democratic nominee's campaign before (outside of Hillary's '08 Obama boys meme that is)? Hillary is horrible, and many people in "my" Party seem to be thrilled with her. I think it's very possible I may be in the wrong group.
Many Bernie supporters are not going to be able to vote for a candidate they perceive as a neo-con on foreign policy and is a corporatist on domestic economic policies. We are potentially going with an Establishment candidate that is one of the most hawkish on foreign policy (has neo-con support, in fact) and who has been thoroughly corrupted by Wall Street and corporate interests (in our opinion).
If my fellow Democrats rally behind this person, then perhaps I'm not a Democrat any longer.
I'm not saying I'm definitely not going to vote for HRC right now. I'm saying there is a good chance I'm not, and if that becomes the case I'll gladly leave DU.