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In reply to the discussion: "This site only welcomes people who voted for HRC in the GE." (EDIT: Skinner clarifies his comments) [View all]chwaliszewski
(1,514 posts)I'm not being dismissive of zipplewrath's points as it is always helpful to listen to other opinions, whether you agree with them or not. In '08, people voted Hillary in the primary, then Obama in the GE which makes complete sense. Unless you're trying to sabotage the Dem nom process, why vote for the Dem candidate if you're not going to vote for the Dem nom in the GE? The same applies here. Why vote for Bernie or anybody else for that matter in the '16 Dem primary if you're not going to vote for the Dem nom in the GE? Spitefulness? Boo-hoo.
I voted Bernie and then Hillary because if I cared enough about the country as an Independent voter (sorry, I've voted Dem every election since 1990 but I'm not a registered Democrat) to determine which party I wanted to influence so their potential candidate would win the GE, then it would be stupid of me to not finish what I set out to do and that is, see to it that the party I chose to back would have their candidate win the GE.
I tend to not be too harsh on anyone who voted Bernie or other non-Hillary candidate in the primary but did not vote in the GE at all or just didn't vote for the presidency, if that ever happens. I don't agree that if you didn't vote for Hillary then you voted for Trump. That's BS. A vote for Trump is a vote for Trump just as a vote for Hillary is a vote for Hillary. Both sides could make the same exact argument; if someone didn't vote at all then essentially they voted for both candidates, hmm?
If I could play devil's advocate for just a second...
What is your opinion of anyone who voted in the Dem primary for someone other than Hillary that then voted for Trump in the GE? Is your opinion equally harsh to all guilty of this atrocity? Or is it not as bad for someone who did this in a state that she won? Just something to think about. I'm beyond pissed that we have the moronic baby-man as POTUS but I find myself more angry with the turncoats in the battleground states that Dorito Mussolini won than with the turncoats in the states that she won or had no chance in hell of winning for some reason. Your thoughts?
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