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In reply to the discussion: I've noticed some "progressives" seem to think Hillary owes them something [View all]BainsBane
(53,031 posts)and that argument was posited as a justification for overturning the votes of the majority of primary voters in order to install him as the nominee despite his huge vote deficit. (Did I hear that from you even this week? Not sure, but I have heard it from others in the past couple of days).
As I said, I'm not responsible for what you hear. I make my own points, and I never made that argument. In fact, I explicitly said I didn't think supposed electability a reason to vote for someone because that tends to sort itself out by who wins the majority of votes in the primary.
I've always voted based on who I think was the best candidate in terms of ideas and qualifications. The older I've gotten, the more carefully I research candidates and focus more on their record than rhetoric. In many previous years, the candidates I favored ended up not being the nominee. Those are the breaks. I certainly never complained about it ad nauseum after the GE. Kerry was my very last choice in 2004. I still worked damn hard for him and organized voter turn out in four precincts. When he lost I didn't go online and tell everyone they should have voted for Howard Dean like I wanted. I just moved on. Unfortunately, some aren't taking that approach this year.