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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]mcar
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"This site only welcomes people who voted for HRC in the GE." (EDIT: Skinner clarifies his comments) [View all]
NurseJackie
Aug 2017
OP
Yes, while I was a strong Bernie supporter in the primary, voting for Hillary was a no-brainer...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Aug 2017
#261
That would be wise, but that's not the feeling I get from reading the comments of some here...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Aug 2017
#363
That is not what Skinner said...someone posted it yesterday and Nurse did above.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#381
Well... seeing that I started this thread, it's a safe bet that I wasn't fooled. :-D
NurseJackie
Aug 2017
#52
The "purity tests" that refer to Democratic candidates sticking with the Democratic Platform?
ehrnst
Aug 2017
#221
I'm not really concerned with non-Democrats. I get out the vote of Democrats who
MineralMan
Aug 2017
#170
We're in a solidly blue state and we have a dear friend who simply did not vote in
CTyankee
Aug 2017
#218
Rather disingenuous framing. Democrats vote for Democrats. You act as if this is some foreign
emulatorloo
Aug 2017
#99
The 2016 election will never die. Nonetheless pretending that criticism of the minority of Sanders
emulatorloo
Aug 2017
#137
One vote in one election in which their vote gave us Trump(R). I have NO problem with
Squinch
Aug 2017
#146
If you want to call it purity to be expected to vote Dem WHEN IT FU_KING COUNTED...
brush
Aug 2017
#165
Stop with the purity test crap. If they didn't have enough sense to vote for Hillary...
brush
Aug 2017
#155
Even after watching first hand what happened by not voting for HRC, you sit here
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2017
#229
Did those people vote for Trump, Jill Stein or skip the President selection? n/t
PoliticAverse
Aug 2017
#84
Anyone who voted for Trump is a POS...but they would not want to come here anyway except to disrupt.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#385
Good question. Voting for the Dem presidential candidate is the no-brainer of no-brainers.
brush
Aug 2017
#181
Putting aside whether the folks you know should be allowed here, I can't understand that decision.
D23MIURG23
Aug 2017
#285
If you didn't vote for the Democratic candidate for president...you are not a Democrat.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#384
16 was a different sort of year...and I have not seen any of the so called progressive (Greens)
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#463
I know 2 people who did that, and we don't really speak any more. One's always been an arrogant pill
Hekate
Aug 2017
#379
Those who did not vote for the Democratic candidate in the general are not Democrats.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#263
There has been a litmus test for quite some time... it's called the Democratic Platform
LanternWaste
Aug 2017
#80
Correct, every one who is on the left is welcome here. With just a couple of caveats
emulatorloo
Aug 2017
#160
Sigh...not voting for HIllary is not opposing some portions of the platform,
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2017
#232
Are you sure you're on the correct board for your political views? You are on DEMOCRATIC underground
ehrnst
Aug 2017
#82
One counterpoint would be that no one is obliged to share who they voted for.
D23MIURG23
Aug 2017
#289
no, no, no -- hell *dot com*. he just said they can go to another website, that's all.
unblock
Aug 2017
#15
Absolutely! She has the right to vote for whomever she wishes. But that is not what this thread is
lunamagica
Aug 2017
#81
Well, you have my respect, as a fellow Bernie supporter who also voted for Hillary in the primary...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Aug 2017
#366
You guys are getting splashed with a lot of blame meant for those who didn't vote for our candidate.
Hortensis
Aug 2017
#454
Exactly. Some 90%, at least of Bernie's GENUINE primary supporters voted Hill in the general.
Hortensis
Aug 2017
#449
That is correct. If you are a Democrat...once the general is over you fall in behind the candidate
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#386
That is it...as I have said before I voted for anti-choice Tim Ryan in Ohio
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#465
God, I hate this shit. Hey, let's pick a fight with each other, that will be so useful.
flibbitygiblets
Aug 2017
#20
They do in-fight. Plenty. But they don't give a platform to spoilers and saboteurs. nt
Maven
Aug 2017
#34
If you openly announce you voted for someone other than a Democrat...you are
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#388
If Sanders had won the nomination, I would have been happy to vote for him
Steven Maurer
Aug 2017
#31
I would vote for any Democrat who was the candidate. Some say Hillary was this or that.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#390
Too stupid to vote in your own self interest? You're part of the problem.
Steven Maurer
Aug 2017
#48
Say I made that horrendous mistake and came here after deciding to vote for Democrats.
Vinca
Aug 2017
#209
Well, it is what it is. IMO someone who voted for trump can't be that fucking sensitive...
brush
Aug 2017
#214
If you mean "DU voters," I don't think so. Persuasion outside DU is what MinMan does & all should do
Hekate
Aug 2017
#445
No doubt, many naive people will pretend the Democratic party platform is illustrative of your point
LanternWaste
Aug 2017
#88
We're not accommodating political blackmailers, spoilers, and saboteurs any longer.
Maven
Aug 2017
#112
Exactly, a new group turns 18 every year and only half the country votes anyway.
FSogol
Aug 2017
#129
BS! Stop ignoring the elephant in the election room. The election was stolen by...
brush
Aug 2017
#204
Maybe Skinner should just say: This site is for those who voted for the Democratic candidate for
OregonBlue
Aug 2017
#105
No one is criticizing the majority of Bernie voters, as we voted for HRC in the general
emulatorloo
Aug 2017
#120
I'm sorry did you just 'Brazil-splain' American Democratic Party politics to us? No thanks. (n/t)
FreepFryer
Aug 2017
#144
Stay or go, I don't care what you think and I care less for your presumption that it matters. (n/t)
FreepFryer
Aug 2017
#152
I'll think, "if only that Brazilian person had voted in our election illegally?" GIVE ME A BREAK.
FreepFryer
Aug 2017
#159
It's not xenophobia at all - it's not your place to presume to advise US on Democratic politics. Nt
FreepFryer
Aug 2017
#167
When we are talking about Brazilian politics I will listen gladly to your unsolicited opinion...
FreepFryer
Aug 2017
#175
Wow, really? Comparing me to the KKK for pointing out that Americans don't need your opinions ?
FreepFryer
Aug 2017
#180
Yep, and I'll call you more things if you insist in your xenophobic remarks. n/t
OBenario4
Aug 2017
#190
It's not xenophobic to ask non-citizens to avoid explaining Democratic politics to Americans.
FreepFryer
Aug 2017
#191
You should not speak for other citizens in telling this poster not to post here.
Judi Lynn
Aug 2017
#195
Great point, thanks! And, if you voted for HRC in the GE, welcome to DU! (n/t)
FreepFryer
Aug 2017
#276
Why would you mock this excellent, intelligent poster by saying 'Brazil-splain'? Hate-speak.
Judi Lynn
Aug 2017
#202
'"Mansplaining" is not mocking manhood, it's mocking presumptiveness & privilege.
FreepFryer
Aug 2017
#205
Sadly you've shifted the goalposts. . Of course we will try to convince them.
emulatorloo
Aug 2017
#151
No brass band, cake, and ice-cream? Oh, it means "This site welcomes ONLY those who...."
WinkyDink
Aug 2017
#116
I have no interest in winning them back ...this is not intervention underground but Democratic
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#392
Anyone could claim to be an Obama voter. People often lie. The people here in Ohio
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#470
You have no provable facts I can rip holes in the slate article as big as Texas...let's
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#475
If you look at the numbers, they don't work. About 7% more votes for Pres. Obama
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#488
I can't read through all the pros and cons. But if this site becomes an absolutist either/or
erronis
Aug 2017
#136
You understand that this is just an online forum and not the actual Democratic Party, right?
NurseJackie
Aug 2017
#138
Everybody who is progressive is welcome here. You see a post that insists on lockstep, alert on it
emulatorloo
Aug 2017
#171
The actual choices were as follows: Vote for Hillary, Vote for Trump(R), enable Trump(R).
Squinch
Aug 2017
#163
If a DU Member is not a 'Trump-enabling moron' and voted for our candidate in the election:
Raine1967
Aug 2017
#224
It's really just that simple, isn't it? All this hemming and hawing, whining, complaining...
NurseJackie
Aug 2017
#255
If you didn't vote for Hillary, you stood by and let a madman assume control
RhodeIslandOne
Aug 2017
#283
Personally, I think its a dumb statement. I understand drawing lines so that you can narrow or focus
JCanete
Aug 2017
#288
If they failed to vote for the Democratic candidate, they don't belong here.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#387
And some and we know pretty well who they are ...still at it...with snide comments about Democrats.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#471
Not sure if that is wise....People have been known tochange their minds....
alittlelark
Aug 2017
#306
I think the country is WAY too far gone for the ideal of coddling "like-minded liberals."
Sparkly
Aug 2017
#327
This is NUTS!!! How can you expand the vote the next time???????????????????????????????????????????
LAS14
Aug 2017
#315
The question isn't "HRC GE voters" the question is ideologically blinded people.
plimsoll
Aug 2017
#324
Am I correct in assuming this does not apply to non-US citizens, or ex-cons, or others
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2017
#328
HRC is the only legitimate candidate that won the Presidential election.
democratisphere
Aug 2017
#339
I'm just the "messenger"... I didn't say it, I just spotted it and brought it here.
NurseJackie
Aug 2017
#350
Good. If you were too much of a holy roller to stop the Klan-endorsed candidate, what use are you?
Starry Messenger
Aug 2017
#344
As a seen-the-light progressive who was until 2012 registered Libertarian...
TommyCelt
Aug 2017
#402
I will never forgive the Greens, Saradon,Jill Stein (personally)...and Nina Turner for the role they
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#483
They are smug and please with the outcome and continue to attack Democrats and the Party.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#491