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In reply to the discussion: Is Howard Dean right? "Dem leadership is 'old and creaky'" [View all]still_one
(98,883 posts)Same thing in Wisconsin, and the other critical swing states, and yes, it made a difference, and enough of that difference was because of self-identified progressives who refused to vote for Hillary
I think Noam Chomsky said it best:
"Progressives who refused to vote for Hillary Clinton made a bad mistake"
"Chomsky attacked the arguments made by philosopher Slavoj Zizek, who argued that Trumps election would at least shake up the system and provide a real rallying point for the left.
[Zizek makes a] terrible point, Chomsky told Hasan. It was the same point that people like him said about Hitler in the early 30s
hell shake up the system in bad ways.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/noam-chomsky-progressives-who-refused-to-vote-for-hillary-clinton-made-a-bad-mistake/
Difference was, 99% of Hillary supporters would have voted for whoever the Democratic nominee was, the reverse did not apply.
In fact, many of those same folks are threatening the Democratic party if Keith Ellison is the elected DNC chair.
As for me, I have no preference who is ELECTED the DNC chair, as long as that person does a good job.