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In reply to the discussion: Many Democrats prefer Clinton over Warren for president because the Clinton name is already [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)We want a CHOICE and someone that isn't already "preselected" and "blessed" by the corporatist America types like the Koch funded DLC group that the Clintons started when Bill became president.
If it gets down to Hillary, or a Republican, it is pretty stupid to think that any of us would pick a Republican over Hillary. But the big question is whether we can do better than Hillary. We've been given artificial choices to prop up the corporate empire like last election where we basically were pushed by corporate America in to the following choices:
1) a woman who when pressed had more moderate or corporate serving choices. Corporate America wanted us to pick her because she was a woman. Not for her positions on issues. They cared about her serving THEM.
2) a man of color who when pressed had more moderate or corporate serving choices. Corporate America wanted us to pick him because he was African American. Not for his positions on issues. They cared about him serving THEM.
3) a man who espoused more progressive positions in the open than the first two choices, but one that they knew had a "secret" that allowed them to pull the plug on him at any time, which they did after the primary season established "the leaders" as these three, but right before the big Tuesday in primary season before any other candidate could enter the mix.
Every one else was pushed down the visibility list. If the plug was pulled on person three in this list, a candidate like Dennis Kucinich might have gotten the voters concerned about issues that candidate three got, and stay as a valid alternative choice the more the first two candidates avoided taking any real progressive stances as the primary season went on.
We need to establish a choice of a REAL progressive candidate that can stay in the race through the whole primary season that lets us as voters pick them on their positions on issues, not their "notoriety", or their "identity". If we don't, we'll fall into the same trap and have another do nothing president if we have a Democrat, or a Republican bent on destroying the government and democratic rule.