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In reply to the discussion: What message would we send if we quickly rejected Bernie and crowned HRC? [View all]dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)so your response to me was misguided. I do not agree with the OP's position on the SCOTUS.
The most compelling argument I've seen for supporting Hillary is that we must not let a Republican make appointments to the SCOTUS. It is rather desperate and sad when a candidate's supporters need to pull the SCOTUS fear card to show a reason to support him or her, but I agree that the SCOTUS is important. That is, however, an argument for supporting her in the general election, if she gets the nomination, not an argument for supporting her in the primary.
I have confidence that Bernie can and will win the general election if he gets past Hillary in the primary.
Hillary supporters seem to use an argument of "electability" for supporting her. First, I don't agree that she is more electable than Bernie, she has a lot of problems in the electorate, and a lot of corrupting influences in her campaign war chest, which will greatly diminish the value of getting her elected. Also a lot of the country hates Clintons, perhaps as many as hate Bushes. Bernie is an honest public servant, we know who he will be working for, ad he will win over a lot of voters that Hillary cannot.
I see little chance that he beats Hillary in the primary, for all the wrong reasons. I will work for him, so will others, we could use more on our side, stranger things have happened, let's run on our principles and our values for once rather than holding our nose for someone who is better than a Republican but not by much.
Democrats have clearly shown that they don't fight back hard enough against corporate-friendly policies when a Democrat is pushing those policies.