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In reply to the discussion: Warren, Sanders beat Hillary in poll of DFA members [View all]baldguy
(36,649 posts)I've said it repeatedly: I will vote for the nominee of the Democratic Party for President in 2016. I just don't think it's going to be Sanders. Or Warren, for that matter. ITOH, the people explicitly calling for purges & litmus tests want to get rid of the Clinton supporters.
They want to bypass the democratic process. They want to weaken the party. They want to alienate the great majority of the electorate. And they want to ensure a Republican victory on 2016.
Authoritarians do purges. Purists do litmus tests. Neither are in the Democratic Party tradition.
The people shouting loudest against Clinton & for Warren & Sanders mistakenly see the Democratic Party as hopelessly corrupt & in the pocket of Wall Street. What they don't see & really can't answer honestly is: If the Democrats are so hopelessly corrupt, why did their "liberal savior" Elizabeth Warren join the Party? Why is old uncorruptible Sanders looking to run as a Democrat?
I've never stated a preference for a candidate as yet. You can prop up you mistaken beliefs with unfounded assumptions based on your own biases & prejudices, but that won't change until we actually have some candidates.