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In reply to the discussion: Five Reasons No Progressive Should Support Hillary Clinton [View all]raindaddy
(1,370 posts)Pretty sad state of affairs when the major reason to vote for the Democrat's candidate for President is, "we're pretty certain there's still a measurable difference between Hillary and Jeb Bush". That's going to excite the base to the polls and entice young voters back into the party.
"If nothing else at least on social issues." Even this point has become pretty much theater. Hillary will run as a populist in the primaries because she knows she needs to run on sound Democratic principals, act like she's siding with the middle class and poor against the "too big to fail" banks to get the nomination. Like the Clinton's have ever done anything but take $$$ from Wall Street and protected their interests.
Jebby on the other hand will run as a social conservative because he needs to appeal to religious conservative white folks. Like the Bush family and the 1% really gives a shit about gay marriage, women's right to choose etc....
No wonder less and less people turn out to vote every election cycle. It's become like watching the same episode of an 80's sitcom a dozen times in a row. Sooner or later even the biggest fan gets tired of watching the Fonz say, "sit on it", especially when you discover you've been sitting on it for the last thirty years.