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In reply to the discussion: So does it come down to this - the best candidates for our principles "can't win", so we must [View all]brooklynite
(96,882 posts)20. Why do you claim the game is rigged?
Are you claiming that your candidate is so popular that the only way he could lose if the election was rigged?
As much as YOU may not like her, Hillary Clinton is polular with a wide range of Democrats. And other than he dreams of some people here, I've seen no evidence that Bernie Sandees is approaching that number (hint: he'll need as many voters as Obama got in 2008).
But even if we assume he wins the nomination, there's this thing called a General Election where they let Republicans and Independents vote. Hillary Clinton has appeal to the middle of the road voters she'll need in addition to the Democrats she'll get; no rigging required.
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So does it come down to this - the best candidates for our principles "can't win", so we must [View all]
NRaleighLiberal
May 2015
OP
since you have said this repeatedly, so, if sanders does not win, you advocate NOT voting dem?
seabeyond
May 2015
#31
Sanders is the greater candidate for me - but there is a daily barrage of
NRaleighLiberal
May 2015
#3
That would only be true if Senator Sanders ran in the general election as an Independent
leftofcool
May 2015
#4
Real people are already suffering, and many of us have been holding our noses and voting.
ladyVet
May 2015
#65
You seem to put much more value in what you read on the internet than your preferred candidate.
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#7
The game is rigged for those with huge money - and since the money controls the media...
NRaleighLiberal
May 2015
#22
The only way to change the rules is to change the Supreme Court or the Constitution
brooklynite
May 2015
#39
National elections have a broad electorate, thus very left candidates stand no chance.
MohRokTah
May 2015
#24
They CAN win, IF we stop listening to this nonsense which we have been doing for far too long.
sabrina 1
May 2015
#40
it's ironic that may duers who bash poor people for voting "against their interest", support
Doctor_J
May 2015
#41
Part of being the "best candidate for our principals" is being able to implement those principles.
NYC Liberal
May 2015
#44
Liberal? She and Obama or corporate conservatives and global interventionists. What is moderate?
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#53