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In reply to the discussion: What if we don't want Hillary Clinton as Democratic candidate? [View all]LWolf
(46,179 posts)Not that I think that will happen.
In '04, HRC and BO were last on my list of contenders. They were the candidates I MOST did not want. That always happens, though. The better candidates never do well in Iowa or New Hampshire, and the mainstream never votes for them. They get scared into voting for the candidate tptb declare "electable" instead of the candidate with the best position and record on issues.
By the time my primary arrived in late May, the nomination was a done deal. My vote didn't count for anything. I voted for HRC. Not because I wanted her to be nominated; it was partly a lesser of 2 evils vote, since she at least was better on public education, and partly a protest vote against the unofficial nominee. I never donated or worked for either one; neither earned it.
I've had it. I will never again cast a vote for a neo-liberal, and nobody is going to bully me into it.
You want my vote in '16? Nominate someone worthy of it. Otherwise, forget it.
I'll be there in the primaries, working for the best candidate I can find. The best candidate on ISSUES. I'd love it if the rest of the party would join me.
Give me Grayson, or Kucinich, or my Senator Jeff Merkley. Give me Bernie Sanders. Yes, I know he's too old and not a D. Give me someone worthy of my time and energy, worthy of my vote.