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In reply to the discussion: Stunning polls show Sanders soaring while 'TrumpCare' crashes [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)"lapses" and attacks on the rights of party voters by one of the campaigns--but not the other; repeated lies about election tampering by the party that never happened--by one, not the other; phony lawsuits against state parties, both actually filed and only threatened but all abandoned as soon as the cameras moved on--by one but never the other; the attempt to have the Democrats' popular vote set aside by superdelegates--by one but not the other; electronic files stolen from one of the campaigns (and lawsuit filed against the party when caught)--by one but not the other; and others.
We really need to destroy the billionaire class, not "reform" the Democratic Party by tearing it apart and transferring power to new leaders who have proven willingness to misuse it in ruthless pursuit of goals. I agree entirely with him on two things: That he is not one of what he likes to consider us corrupt corporatist Democrats, or any kind of Democrat except temporary, and that we really need to do better.
We're the party protecting our democratic republic and the rights and wellbeing of the people, currently the ONLY one. We are the one, blessedly good choice American voters have these days, but to be good we and our leaders have to be good, to be honorable and true to our avowed principles. As we have been to a really impressive and reassuring degree, as demonstrated by all the stolen files from the DNC and the Clinton campaign, and above all from Clinton herself.
I've already considered myself independent at heart and I was was never really proud of being a registered Democrat until this year, when our party's and our candidate's generally scrupulous integrity and pursuit of a wonderful and potentially achievable agenda was proven over and over again.