I'm a democrat.

[ThinkCritically]

I voted for John Kerry. I voted for Obama (once). And I have voted down ticket democrat since I turned 18. But I fear I may be changing my party affiliation after this election. I've been told it's not my party and I have no say in anything. Don't have a say in the rules for the DNC in my state. I've been told I'm sexist, racist, stupid, and violent now. Hillary and DWS have specifically stated they don't need us to win in November. So I'll let them live with that reality. After July, I'll no longer be on the party rolls.

People keep saying "All of my friends support Hillary now", which is understandable considering most Americans watch mainstream media which has smeared Sanders since January. But that's ok. You reap what you sow.

[griffi94]

1. Sorry to see you go

[StayFrosty]

2. Are you going to keep switching parties

Whenever they don't nominate a candidate that you don't like?

[anotherproletariat]

3. Have you tried to have a say in your state DNC? At least in CA it's pretty easy. There are regular

county meetings even in non-election years. I think most people who complain have not really tried to become a part of the process.

[upaloopa]

4. No, you reap what you sow

I take your last line as we somehow are responcible for what you are doing. At least that's the theme of others. It comes from Bernie I think. Everything is fault of somebody else.

That is very off putting and is one reason he is losing.

[pangaia]

6. No. She will reap what she has sown.

Except millions will pay the price.

[TheBlackAdder]

12. If it takes one vote to make the difference, then the candidate fielded is extremely flawed!

[mooseprime]

5. i completely get how you feel

but there may be at least one other way, and maybe more. if bernie said, i want all of you to go join your state's dem party and take over the whole organization, we could do it, i bet pretty darned fast, too. let's let it develop and just keep an eye on the whole thing.

[Dem2]

7. Lol

Kiss my butt or I'm leaving?

[wildeyed]

8. I find you choice of screen names

ironic.

[pansypoo53219]

9. i am just not giving up because kharma is a bitch. snatch it away at the last minute.

the media is JONESING for pResident drumpf.

[bobbobbins01]

10. Lifelong democrat here...I feel the same way.

I'm going to see how things shake out at the convention, then I'll probably switch to independent. They lost me this time and I really don't see me coming back.

[TheBlackAdder]

11. Stay! This is why it took 140 years for women to vote, 50 more for the CRA, and no ERA.

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The powerful elite control politics, co-opting one group after another to get their way.

As people age, they become more conservative, whether they are Republicans or Democrats.


Unfortunately, the Democratic Party had mutated into a TOP-DOWN organization just like the Republicans.
It is no longer a BOTTOM-UP organization that is shaped and influenced by the base, now the party elite
acts as the gatekeepers and the state and local party bosses maintain control at the regional level.

People bestow the virtues of pragmatism, which is really a Republican tool to maintain conservatism.
The Democratic Party never really embraced pragmatism, especially where they make it part of their platform.

We are seeing a growth of political polarity in this country, and yielding to immovable forces turns the party right.
A third party solution would be extremely difficult to pull of in this country, especially if it threatened both parties,
since the Reps and Dems would both gang up on them to retain their power base. The only way to affect
change is internally, within the Democratic Party--instead of just voting, become politically active.


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