2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHi, I'm DanTex and I'm a DU-a-holic.
What a primary it's been. Historic. Emotions ran high, and some of us (e.g. me) got a little carried away in the moment. I'm back from purgatory (thanks Skinner, I promise I'll be good), and I probably pissed some people off here in the past, I apologize for that.
I hope we can unite and conquer Trump. It might not be easy, but we can do it. Bernie Sanders supporters have a lot to be proud of with the way he ran his campaign, the amount of support he got, going from a little-known outsider to a household name and inspirational political powerhouse. I have no doubt that Bernie and Hillary will make amends, and I hope that supporters in both camps can do the same. Bernie will have a long legacy, he's been saying a lot of things that Hillary supporters like myself agree with, most Democrats would be happy to see the party move in the Bernie direction. And given his spectacular performance with younger voters, that's the way we are going to be moving.
What looms upon us at the moment is the November election. Trump is not an option, he's not a possibility, he is not thinkable. It can't be Trump.
So let's do this, y'all. Trump goes down in November, the Dems take the Senate, we get a new justice that overturns Citizens United, we add a public option to Obamacare, we take back a bunch of state houses and undo the redistricting, we move the country towards a progressive future. It's on!
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,339 posts)I think we can do this unity thing, and I would like to thank you for this post.
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)Hillary is running a good campaign. Organized and smart. Trump is an idiot, so that helps. And DU looks like it's going to be a fun place to post and read now.
Gothmog
(145,129 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)I already forgot the new rules on how posts get alerted and hidden....best to keep our noses clean until we figure out the new rules.
Trump is going down!!!!
Trump already hates the sound of that breaking glass....it's time he learned to fear it too
DLCWIdem
(1,580 posts)I endorse your call for unity andto move forward to defeat Trump
sheshe2
(83,746 posts)Great OP.
Yes, we can do this, Hillary 2016.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)The cure for many problems we have is Democrats working to correct them.
Night Watchman
(743 posts)And I would even posit that we might regain the House!
Maru Kitteh
(28,339 posts)It's a great year to be a Democrat!
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)I look forward to a great election season...all of us united against Trump!
Let's do this!
cwydro
(51,308 posts)K and r.
And welcome back!
We Dems got some serious ass-kicking to do!
mcar
(42,302 posts)Let's all work together to dump Drumpf!
bravenak
(34,648 posts)We're gonna kick some Trump Rump!