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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAll Hillary Basher's can celebrate today
Watching the Supreme Court that should not exist (these justices I mean) completely annihilate this country in every way.
Scrivener7
(50,773 posts)Wonder how those who "just weren't excited" enough by her to vote for her feel today.
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iluvtennis
(19,757 posts)GoodRaisin
(8,885 posts)So much for excitement. How about day to day life?
wryter2000
(46,016 posts)Roe goes next
peggysue2
(10,811 posts)JohnSJ
(91,946 posts)Wednesdays
(17,248 posts)And I have always supported Hillary.
inthewind21
(4,616 posts)avoid, as well as to not comment on a post you think serves no constructive purpose.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)And if I may say so this thread serves a very important fucking goddamn purpose, its s to hopefully convince those fucking people to wake the fuck up and stop bashing Democrats because theyre still doing it.
Thank you again for your post.
Oh and PS, instead of youre right those of us who bashed her were wrong and we apologize you never see that do you, do we?
I havent seen it once. I keep hinting to Randi Rhodes that she might want to apologize, but clueless.
mopinko
(69,806 posts)LoisB
(7,072 posts)betsuni
(25,122 posts)Nixie
(16,920 posts)Thank you.
JustAnotherGen
(31,681 posts)We are good, they are evil - that's all I have time for.
Aroundabout23
(69 posts)Soooo fucking much this.
mcar
(42,208 posts)Paladin
(28,202 posts)Meowmee
(5,164 posts)The majority. Narcissists.
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)But thanks for the heads up bruh.
Patton French
(704 posts)Samrob
(4,298 posts)W_HAMILTON
(7,813 posts)Never forget.
And never let it happen again.
It happened in 2000 and it happened in 2016: our so-called allies on the left shitting on the Democratic candidate and thus directly leading some of the most disastrous presidencies (Republican, of course) in our nation's history. A few hundred votes in one state in 2000 and less than 100,000 votes spread over three states in 2016.
I, personally, will stop calling out the assholes that led to these election outcomes when we stop having to endure the terrible legacies we are all now burdened with because of them. So, I'm guessing you can check back with me in a couple of decades, at the earliest...
Cha
(295,899 posts)💙💛
honest.abe
(8,556 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(143,999 posts)moniss
(3,949 posts)and also why we saw so much big money flood those willing to sell their souls to achieve their goal. In exchange the big money folks got their massive tax breaks, elimination of regulations, elimination of DOJ/FTC investigations etc. Putin got his desired damage to the US and also got his desired damage to the EU by funding (along with other big money interests) the Brexit scam.
JustAnotherGen
(31,681 posts)And it's on the ballot in 2022 too.
Mark me - if Biden gets another SCOTUS appointment and Mitch Please is the Senate Leader - he will NEVER get to make the appointment.
rogue emissary
(3,147 posts)Mitch doesn't give a damn about norms, or precedence.
Samrob
(4,298 posts)Some tried to warn to not go too far too fast. Some warned about throwing out the good in pursuit of the perfect. We were roundly heckled, suspended, banned, ridiculed and accused of being trolls. So, here we are.
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)if there had been an HRC presidency. Much different than it turned out, eh? Yes, indeed!
usaf-vet
(6,094 posts)It has been reported that Gore wanted to honor.
The swearing-in ceremony allows for the peaceful transfer of power from one President to another. It formally gives the "power of the people" to the person who has been chosen to lead the United States. This oath makes an ordinary citizen a President.
How HAS THAT peaceful transfer of power from one President to another WORKED OUT FOR US 16 YEARS LATER?
Ford_Prefect
(7,817 posts)AND the DNC leadership decided not to support any challenge rather than look like sore losers.
IMO the DNC leadership has much to answer for in Both elections, among them is why they were so unwilling to do the brave thing and risk offending their corporate funding.
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,644 posts)The supreme court has been partisan for a long ass time and they screwed voters and Gore Big time and it was total and complete bull shit!!
But the DNC has a role and has never really stood up and said so.
Roberts, Kav and Barrett also had a role in that garbage. I highly doubt they would have their current job without participation in that previous job.
Ford_Prefect
(7,817 posts)by certain members of Corporate America.
Things as they are in SCOTUS, including TFG and his many pernicious permutations and effects, are without question the intended result of corporate influences on Congress, both national parties, and the residents of the White House.
Demsrule86
(68,347 posts)do it again in 24.
betsuni
(25,122 posts)Why does anybody think the Democratic Party is corrupt? Why would corporations want the American economy to fail? Both sides. Evidence.
certainot
(9,090 posts)that buzz was so pervasive a lot of democrats absorbed it too
betsuni
(25,122 posts)The Hillary-hate supposedly coming from the left was completely different from that coming from the right.
certainot
(9,090 posts)and then there's all the hillary hate and for instance, weeks of unchallenged attacks on anita hill and christine blasey ford to get those shits on the supremes, etc.
the 2010 election was another good eg of the astounding stupidity, incompetence, and irresponsibility of ignoring rw radio. the new dem voters fell for the national rw buzz that obama considered himself a messiah who could bring everyone together but he couldn't close guantanamo, couldn't get us single payer, etc, so why vote. and a lot of naive purist idiots didn't so we lost congress. limbaugh led 1500 radio stations making sure no republicans could cooperate with obama/dems and at the same time sold that shit. only ignored rw radio, free for the GOP/ALEC/federalist society and endorsed by many of the universities a lot of non voters were going to, could do that.
the social media attacks, with russian help, on hillary, piggybacked years of rw radio repetition. i was seeing some of that coming from democrats/liberals on liberal blogs, repeating that same highly exaggerated crap, whether they were really bernie supporters or trolls.
roscoeroscoe
(1,369 posts)... There ain't no short-handled shovels, no axes saws or picks...
comradebillyboy
(10,119 posts)Supreme Court, bro. /s
The so called dems who stayed home or voted for Jill Stein helped put Trump in the oval office.
housecat
(3,121 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Until then, they get to live with the MAGA's revolution, and IT'S ALL THE DEMOCRATS' FAULT!
JustAnotherGen
(31,681 posts)Yes - I do remember a certain segment of voters believing this would bring the 'revolution faster'.
Shame on them.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)And determinedly.
Remembering their sads at our big gains during the 2010 midterms and passing of the giant bipartisan infrastructure bill, and crowing at any losses as ALL THE DEMOCRATS' FAULT.
Shame on LW authoritarian faux progs, all right, but what's wrong with them won't let them know it. Like the MAGAs.
yardwork
(61,414 posts)It came down to that. Women and men who couldn't bring themselves to support a woman for president. Saw it very clearly in the way she was treated by so-called journalists.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)The election was so close that many oppositional efforts were big enough in themselves to throw it to tRump, but misogyny was probably the biggest single element, uniting opponents across the electorate.
Btw, I'm remembering the election following the "Year of the Woman" when some here were noisily hoping to defeat women candidates, some of whom had just been elected. Misogyny's normal to both populist and authoritarian attitudes, heavy in RW versions, lighter in LW, but always part of their nature. Regardless of what they may claim, we see it again and again.
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Nixie
(16,920 posts)this. Progressives is not a term they get to use when you look at this backwards march.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)No shit, right!
And heres why I wont let it go, most of them are still doing it to mainstream Democrats.
All you have to do is tune in that Nicole Sandler person to get a taste of it, and unbelievably people listen to her and dont realize the damage it does to hear that shit 24 seven.
She has a small audience, so shes not relevant necessarily but its the overall bullshit that never ends.
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,861 posts)Anything to the left of you isn't the problem. Let's all look to the right.
Nixie
(16,920 posts)was warned about it, but whining about billionaires was more fun than reality.
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,861 posts)please don't act surprised when the progressive left doesn't take the beating and ask for another. The people to your left are on the same side as you in social issues (and probably more progressive since they are to your left). This is not the time to alienate us.
Nixie
(16,920 posts)others into accepting a failed revolution. Soon you will be calling me a corporate democrat or the other petty nomenclature used against my party, all to the glee of Republicans. Why on earth would you continue to threaten not voting for Democrats. Look at the headlines. This is what giving Republicans power has gotten and doesnt look to stop.
Willto
(292 posts)doesn't show up and vote for Democratic candidates because they don't pass their ridiculous purity tests then where is the danger in alienating them? Are they going to double not vote? Can you not vote for someone twice in the same election?
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,861 posts)So I don't know where you getting your straw from.
But it doesn't take a genius level approach to human interaction to know that shitting on and blaming a group that is an ally is going to decrease that groups desire to work with you.
And it's rich that mainstream Dems would talk about purity tests from progressives.
Nixie
(16,920 posts)campaign manager. Why would Bernie allow someone from his campaign to split Democrats?
Willto
(292 posts)If you think it was centrist Democrats shitting on progressives then you must not have been around for the Democratic primary in 2016. Talk about EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE.
I did not see a SINGLE mainstream Democrat say they would not vote for Bernie in the general election if he won the Democratic nomination. I did not see a SINGLE mainstream Democrat advocate for voting for Jill Stein in the general election. I did not see a SINGLE mainstream democrat saying crap like maybe it's best for Trump to win so it will bring on the revolution. That wasn't centrist Democrats booing civil rights icons like Elijah Cummings while he spoke at the Democratic convention. That wasn't centrist Democrats protesting outside the convention hall and destroying any hope of party unity.
It has never been centrist Democrats showing our ass in such a fashion. So why then is it always us that have to kiss the ass of those who do act that way? We MIGHT need them to win elections (although we still manage victories without them) but here's a newsflash for you. Without the vastly larger mainstream of this party the far left couldn't get someone elected hall monitor at a 3A sized junior high school. So why are they never chastised for how they act towards or speak about us? Why is it only centrist democrats that are told they have to just shut up and tolerate this childish tantrum bullshit for the overall sake of the party.
From what I've seen you can move twenty miles in their direction to try and appease them and they will just move the goal post again and still refuse to vote for you.
inthewind21
(4,616 posts)The time to look to the right was for oh, the last 40 years. Grabbing the water hose AFTER the house has burned down does no good.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)to share most of our ideals and goals in order to draw idealists to them. We're not talking about people who consider themselves mostly Democratic voters, and they are not ours to lose.
Look for deception and dissonance, and you'll identify them. People who think the progressive party that produced 81 million voters for its progressive plans in 2016 needs to be defeated, instead of worked with, are not what they say or imagine they are.
Demsrule86
(68,347 posts)Sympthsical
(8,934 posts)All people.
And all of their choices.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)Sympthsical
(8,934 posts)And it would be an odd thing to think so.
Meowmee
(5,164 posts)They chose to murder my father and millions more and they dont give a damn. I always voted the right way, every time for many years.
Peacetrain
(22,836 posts)demigoddess
(6,640 posts)getagrip_already
(14,238 posts)Just start a thread with the title "Hillary planning to run in 2024 if Biden bows out".
You will find a lot of Hillary Basher's in that thread. A LOT of them.
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Magoo48
(4,659 posts)yet did, of course, vote for her.
TwilightZone
(25,342 posts)Including many on this website. Some of them formed another website and bragged about not voting, not voting the top line, or about supporting Trump.
A few of them are still there, though it seems to have mostly withered on the vine. Maybe some of them have seen the light.
DURHAM D
(32,595 posts)Just A Box Of Rain
(5,104 posts)so I got curious and paid a visit.
What did I discover? All-in for Vladimir Putin and backing his genocidal war on Ukrainian "Nazis."
What fuck-heads. Not "progressives," that's for damn sure.
We missed out in many ways in 2016. HRC would have been a very fine president and the Supreme Court would be in good hands.
My blood still boils.
betsuni
(25,122 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)Hekate
(90,189 posts)
. there was a pizza parlor in DC where she personally ran an operation that stole and ate babies!
Thirty years of GOP hounding and persecution and lies, plus a very cleverly-targeted campaign in swing states based on the Electoral College map brought her down.
It was here at DU, all except the pizza parlor I stopped arguing the merits of the individual and started simply writing SCOTUS SCOTUS SCOTUS in the reply line. But the haters would not be dissuaded: HRC was both evil and dull.
betsuni
(25,122 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)AND the antagonism-stoking of the populist leader. "Bernie tells it like it is!" Half of the people who came to Bernie Sanders' rallies may not have been registered to vote or able to explain coherently just what "it" was and what he'd do, but they came looking for a leader to cheer.
Hillary's crowds listened to her talk about what she intended to accomplish as president, and why and how. She WAS "dull" compared to authoritarian leaders -- reflecting us and what we want in those we put in power.
867-5309.
(1,189 posts)I'm not sure if your issue is only with those who didn't vote for her? Or does it include those who criticized her or weren't totally enthusiastic yet still voted for her?
Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)Who made sure everyone around them knew they had to hold their nose to vote for her etc.
Look at the number of people who did not vote or voted third-party because of hearing that shit from both sides.
867-5309.
(1,189 posts)I doubt it was because they heard someone else say, "I'm voting for her but I wish there were better choices" or something to that affect. A few may followed the lead of the Susan Sarandons of the world - disgust with her is well placed.
betsuni
(25,122 posts)867-5309.
(1,189 posts)People using that type of description probably didn't, and deserve our disdain.
betsuni
(25,122 posts)"establishment" and "I don't want to see the American people voting for the lesser of two evils" -- they discouraged voting for the Democratic nominee and will never be forgiven.
867-5309.
(1,189 posts)I think that was a legitimate point of dissent during the primaries. But to carry on about it during the general election campaign serves no good purpose, imo.
betsuni
(25,122 posts)quakerboy
(13,901 posts)They literally are celebrating.
Mr. Evil
(2,746 posts)They figured out they were being exploited and deceived and took care of it 233 years ago.
I don't know about everyone else but, this country is literally being destroyed right before our eyes in broad daylight by the NRA, the evangelicals, giant corporations, most billionaires and the Party of Death. And they're not going to stop until we all submit and are all compliant. Who wants checkpoints? Who wants compulsory church attendance? Who wants forced pregnancy? It wouldn't surprise me if they allowed rape if it was deemed to be for impregnation purposes.
I won't have their sickness forced upon me. Their dark vision is ultimately untenable. Decent people will have to eventually become indecent to right these wrongs. It isn't just democracy that's at stake, it's also our humanity.
edhopper
(33,191 posts)Fuck you to every MF who didn't vote for her or stayed home because they were concerned about this bullshit faux scandal.
And a big FUCK YOU to James Comey.
usonian
(9,419 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=termsofservice
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I have suggested various ways of messaging, and read the analyses, but always recommend the links above!
Various messages I have posted:
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The "Election Integrity" grift is pure felony theft.
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These, and the fake elector plan might peel some people loose from the "Party of Nothing"
Martin Eden
(12,802 posts)... is that we failed to elect Jill Stein.
Justice matters.
(6,873 posts)That's the real problem.
And some electronic voting machines...
xocetaceans
(3,870 posts)All the OP does is serve to create disunity on this site. People have legitimate personal reasons to prefer their own choice of candidate in the primary, but the Democratic Party selected Clinton as the candidate. It went from there, and most Democrats voted for Clinton.
If such an OP is needed to soothe dismay, it should be kept in mind that the post is also simultaneously an act of self-righteously casting indirect blame on people here.
No one here probably likes what the Supreme Court is doing. Casting blame here will likely not improve this community's spirit and certainly will not change the terrible outcome of the 2016 election.
Wednesdays
(17,248 posts)Exactly the point I was making.
Skittles
(152,964 posts)it needs to be pointed out that VOTING MATTERS
people holding a grudge against Hillary helped to get us here
xocetaceans
(3,870 posts)Many things brought the country to this point.
Not focusing on sufficient campaigning in swing states was one of the tragic errors made in that campaign.
The most important thing is to get out the vote in the next election cycle. If the best imagined strategy to do that is to browbeat people, perhaps rethinking the strategy would be wise. This toxicity of overbearing self-righteousness will not help anyone but the opponents: that's why no campaign with a hope to win an election ever puts up posters saying "If you don't vote for me, you're a complete moron."
Skittles
(152,964 posts)the anti-Hillary stuff was bullshit at its worst and it has cost us greatly
xocetaceans
(3,870 posts)We just absolutely have to change things now.
MrsCoffee
(5,801 posts)The toxicity came from the Hillary bashers. If someone feels a little browbeat over something like this OP, maybe thats a good thing. Maybe they need a good kick in the ass to keep them from fucking us all over again.
The overbearing self-righteousness of history strikes again.
Nixie
(16,920 posts)constant irony never end?? Running on a revolution against incumbent Democrats just to espouse some unrealistic political purity standards is the very definition of toxicity of over-bearing self-righteousness.
Noticing the results of that toxic strategy is called reality the reality of those toxic actions. Look at the headlines! This is the reality weve all been dragged into. No one has gotten a damm thing from the revolution. Quit browbeating people into being quiet so no one feels bad. Its time for accountability and self-awareness.
And more irony about helping opponents. Helping opponents is the whole reason we didnt get Hillary.
Scrivener7
(50,773 posts)PS: It's not self-righteousness. It's grief.
xocetaceans
(3,870 posts)n/t
yardwork
(61,414 posts)It's still here as another election approaches. The Hillary bashing continues. This thread isn't rehashing anything. It's about what's happening right now.
betsuni
(25,122 posts)mcar
(42,208 posts)Emile
(21,891 posts)mcar
(42,208 posts)Torchlight
(3,233 posts)that pointing out preexisting conditions is an act of creation any more than shining a flashlight on a sink full of dirty dishes created those dirty dishes.
PatrickforB
(14,514 posts)choice - I had supported Bernie. But when she became the nominee, I voted for her. While this is true for most Democrats I know and associate with, I fear there were more 'never Clinton' votes than 'never Trump' votes among independent voters, which substantially outnumber both Dems and Republicans.
That wasn't her fault, either. She spoke of a 'vast right-wing conspiracy,' and that is true. She was excoriated steadly by right-wing talk radio, and television (Fox, Sinclair Network) from 1992 on, and by the time 2016 rolled around, this was significant.
In addition, I have often stated on here that we can never underestimate the stupidity and ignorance of the average American voter. Most people don't even THINK about the election until the week of, and as to due diligence, forget it! They can tell you all about the latest reality TV show, or their favorite sports teams, but when it comes to making an actual intellectual connection between who is president and its consequence on the Supreme Court, forget that too!
I can hold up two of my first cousins and my wife's four siblings - they all had substantially negative viewpoints around Clinton, and actually voted for Trump because several of them naively believed that introducing an outsider would 'shake things up.' My analogy was, "So, you're going to hire a plumber to fly a 767?" Didn't work, though. No matter what arguments we advanced, they still voted Trump. For them, voting for Clinton was a hard 'no.'
Would Clinton have been a better president than Trump? Oh, yeah. For sure. Absolutely. And, three of my wife's siblings as well as one of my first cousins had voter's remorse as the disastrous cancer that was Trump attempted to pull this republic down around our knees. But by then it was too late.
I am 63 and have participated in 10 presidential election cycles. In those, I merely voted in 7 of them, and participated more deeply in the last three. Based on these experiences, my 'take' on the whole primary thing is that the Republican primaries tend to force the sane candidates out because they have to cater to their crazy base.
For Democrats it is, fortunately, better, but we must all be mindful that once the party faithful - the people active in their caucuses, local party, and primaries - choose the nominee, that nominee has to face a general election in which the voting populace has often fallen prey to sloganeering (GOP is GREAT at that), smear politics (GOP also great at that), grossly negligent ratings-driven media 'coverage,' and just plain ill-informed ignorance.
I know that some years ago, Mark Udall, who was a US Senator from Colorado, ran against Cory Gardner, who is a right-wing extremist. Fortunately, Hickenlooper beat Gardner last time around, but Udall should NEVER have lost. He did though, because frankly, he was very poor at messaging. In the end, Coloradans voted for Gardner because Gardner had good (if slanted right) messaging, but people wondered what Udall actually stood for.
My message to all here: WE NEED, AS A PARTY, TO GET WAY BETTER AT MESSAGING. The arguments on this site are often vociferous about whether centrist or progressive candidates are better (i.e. can they win?), but my take on it after experiencing the Trump horrorshow, as all of you did, is the message, whatever it is, needs to be STRONG, repeated OFTEN, and focus on several simple talking points. For example, I volunteered the very first time in my life for the Obama campaign in '08 BECAUSE HE CAMPAIGNED ON HEALTHCARE FOR ALL AMERICANS. That is a GREAT message that will get votes.
Legalizing cannabis? A winning message.
Abortion access for all women? A winning message.
Affordable, debt-free college? A winning message.
And why don't corporations pay their fair share of taxes? Right now individuals pay in 86% and corporations only 6.8% of the government's tax revenue. Why is that? We could develop some REALLY STRONG slogans around that.
But universal healthcare? That is the winningest message of all because it is a huge kitchen table issue. What if I get laid off? I'll lose my healthcare! How will I afford the premiums? How will I afford the financially crippling copays? If everyone had Medicare, then a) businesses across the board wouldn't have that massive cost center, b) the 29 million Americans that don't have health insurance, of whom 11 million are working, would have, and c) if you lost your job you would STILL have healthcare. THIS IS A WINNING KITCHEN TABLE ISSUE. It is. I know I harp on it, but people want that.
And gun control? Surely we are creative enough to come up with a good message on that. For example, we could ask why is your right to carry a gun more important than the lives of our children?
Just saying. Sometimes I get frustrated with the Dems, though I have been in this party and have participated in every election for decades, as well as other political events. We really need to get better and much more hard-nosed about our message. This will help us win, regardless of who we stand up as a candidate.
betsuni
(25,122 posts)867-5309.
(1,189 posts)They don't all stand for the same things, though directionally they're all similar.
betsuni
(25,122 posts)It's the both-sides, Democrats don't stand for anything/do nothing/are corrupt because of a campaign contribution attack.
PatrickforB
(14,514 posts)our voting power. The Republicans put out 'talking points' and stick to those.
Be mindful too, that while many of the things we all variously stand for are quite important, we need to message based on what will attract the most voters. Like healthcare. Social Security. Economic and social justice. Unfair taxation.
While I get that many of us are really tuned in to one or two issues, we have to be mindful that US Senators represent all the people in their states, and members of the US House all the people in their districts, and the president is president of everybody.
Based on your logic, it should quite have been enough in 2016 if we all simply said - Supreme Court! And we did. But that didn't work out too good for us. To win elections at local, state and national levels we really do need good kitchen table talking points. For instance abortion is a wedge issue, packed with passion, but for most people it is a back-burner kind of thing until the decision actually comes down and it is all of a sudden illegal. Same with LGBTQ rights, and particularly trans rights. Most people are generally in favor, true, but may be more worried about other stuff. As to the horrible injustices in law enforcement that grew the BLM movement, and the horrible injustices that spurred the 'me too' movement, same thing. Unless directly affected by some of those issues, as I and members of my family have been, people don't really think about them. Not because they aren't important, either, because they are. I'm not saying that at all.
What I am saying is the Indy family that might decide to come vote in an off year election like this one, they are probably concerned with a) inflation and their depleted purchasing power, b) losing their healthcare if the interest rate hikes bring on a recession, c) finding a way to put their kids through college without burying themselves in a mountain of debt. And please don't shoot the messenger here - this is really true.
For example, I care deeply about access to abortion and other reproductive healthcare for my daughters and granddaughters. I care about gay marriage being upheld. I care a lot about trans rights. I care as deeply about gender equity, and about social justice for everyone. I care a lot about getting rid of the institutional racism. But the thing that touches me every single day, that I worry about every single day is healthcare costs and how I'm getting nickel and dimed to death by corporate profit gouging.
867-5309.
(1,189 posts)I agree the Sarandon types made a big mistake. I suspect some regret it.
I believe in vigorous primaries and efforts to push the party left, yet voting D in the general. And you're right, some withhold their vote without anticipating the broader ramifications.
PatrickforB
(14,514 posts)anyone who withheld their vote is now reaping a horrible whirlwind of right-wing nut-job fanatics dictating EVERYTHING. The rights of my wife, my three daughters, and my two granddaughters have been ripped back 50 years.
I'm pissed. Not only did I vote in the primary, and will I FOR SURE vote, as I always do, in the general election, but I will be on the phones trying to get votes for Democrats. This is a total disaster.
PatrickforB
(14,514 posts)The Indy voters may try to keep up with news or may not, but are generally too busy to think about political issues until the week of a presidential election, and generally do not vote in off year elections.
And, the registered Republicans, some of whom are bat-s**t crazy, to be sure, but who get a steady diet of lies from hate-talk radio and Fox.
Many of the people in our big tent are also unlikely to vote in most elections.
The people on here tend to be policy wonks. At least I am if you've seen my numerous posts. And there are a number of others as well. We tend to be pretty well versed in the issues and party platform. It really is a stretch to think that of the average American, though. Think David Letterman's 'person in the street' interviews where people couldn't pick countries out on a map, or tell who their US congressional delegation was. This is MOST Americans, sad to say.
That's why we need to POUND the message across with a constant drumbeat.
kcr
(15,300 posts)I'm guessing maybe that number is higher than we think. I remember what the primary wars on here were like.
yardwork
(61,414 posts)I'm about your age and I hear discouragement from younger people. How do we get the DNC to improve its messaging?
PatrickforB
(14,514 posts)absolutely POUND ON day after day, week after week, month after month. We need a supermajority to either pack the court, OR implement a justice rotation system. We have to overturn this bullshit.
ArnoldLayne
(2,060 posts)Skittles
(152,964 posts)it was sickening seeing the propaganda against Hillary didn't just work on repukes
Hav
(5,969 posts)Propaganda works great when it plays right into your biases and grievances. For the same reason, magats believe the dumbest shit. They weren't the only ones being played by Russian bot farms.
mcar
(42,208 posts)"vagina voters" was more important than human rights.
JI7
(89,173 posts)Those trashy people still exist and they make money pretending to care about " progressive" causes while doing everything they can to help Republicans win .
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(143,999 posts)honest.abe
(8,556 posts)I know these people are not stupid or ignorant or evil.. so I just do not get what is going on in their heads. They were so wrong yet they wont admit it.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)just as big a problem as the cons (this is what they say.)
Problem is NONE of them are as far to the left as I am and I can prove it, the difference is I UNDERSTAND how the TWO PARTY SYSTEM works and they dont.
Nixie
(16,920 posts)America. Its just a waste of time to engage the simpleness of the favorite revolution attacks.
LetMyPeopleVote
(143,999 posts)dalton99a
(81,065 posts)Jason1961
(413 posts)The Bernie supporters that refused to support Hillary because their guy lost are to blame for this
We had a 100% fair primary, Hillary won, Bernie lost
VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO
Emile
(21,891 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(143,999 posts)Kaleva
(36,146 posts)Those old threads make for interesting reading.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)Since most of the stuff about both Women is made up bullshit, that is.
Kaleva
(36,146 posts)betsuni
(25,122 posts)Demsrule86
(68,347 posts)was over. Hillary and Bill campaigned for Obama none stop. Obama was not told it was his job to win Hillary supporters over.
Kaleva
(36,146 posts)I made a post once listing such comments. If I can find that, I'll post a link to it.