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In reply to the discussion: Sorry, Bernie but the Democrats know whose side they are on and whose side they have always been on [View all]War Is A Racket
(28 posts)I meant before the primary...by all the comments I've read here and people over-analyzing or relitigating the primary it looks like people here expected people to line up behind Hillary before the primary was finished. But whatever...you ignored my points about Bernie running as a Democrat. According to people here he should've run as an independent because he didn't wear a crown with a big D on it. And criticism is fine...bashing is not you are totally correct but you're analysis is faulty in my opinion because the people being bashed are democrats some people prolifically label as too progressive or left wing. Some people forget they aren't special and they certainly don't own the democratic party which has existed long before they come along. I see this arrogance in many groups in life...always someone who comes along and after a few years think they can dictate to everyone and feel entitled to think they run things or are better than everyone. I see many op-eds here still bashing left wing democrats and blame them for things they should be blaming themselves for. Accountability is hard for childish people but time to be an adult. And nothing is static it's dynamic. People sound like a "love it or leave it" or "move to Russia if you don't like it" type of person when they state that people should either accept what some temporary leadership or outsider wants or join another party. That seems like a great way to get a republican elected. If some far left democrats did that I would politely remind them we are all together or we fall divided. Sorry but most people think the democratic leadership didn't represent the majority of Democrats and it's why we had historic losses in the House and Senate for years. And when that happens people don't get a brand new couch to lay on...they get fired. WE are the Democratic Party...there isn't some mysterious monolith that sends orders from the sky...they're confusing our party with Republicans. Maybe stop getting offended at every little critique and spending all one's time worrying about other Democrats loyalty to a party when we should be asking how much we ourselves care about the others trying to work together with us. If I see another person complain about trolling by trolling my head is gonna explode. I'm not looking back or blaming centrists I was convinced blew it again...we have bigger problems that are downright scary. And we need to fight as a team. I do believe most people did that anyway as I myself don't know a single liberal who didn't vote for Hillary in the general election. It would be asinine, absurd and beyond stupid to try and convince anyone to not vote for Hillary and I pity people too blind or agitated to see that. By the way, exit polling doesn't include provisional or early voting which is a good point. Historically my guess is there weren't as many of those as now. But aren't those categories also usually the most liberal voters anyway? I'd love to see a comprehensive study on this phenomenon. And thank you for your comments...I need to listen more too.