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In reply to the discussion: Jane Sanders: We're Going To Hold Clinton Accountable After Endorsing Her [View all]That Guy 888
(1,214 posts)The reasons I dislike the fact that Hillary Clinton will most likely be the President didn't have anything whatsoever to do with Bernie Sanders. A very loose analogy would be how the republicans felt about willard romney.
She and the DNC paraded out speakers at the convention who very much want more (30 years) war, and more trade deals, and more business friendly Democrats. It undermines (to me, admittedly) her half-assed unity efforts. Then when she put Debbie Wasserman-Schultz onto the 50 State Strategy as honorary chair, that said to me: "You're either with us or against us. If you don't like it, fuck off."
So for me anyways it has nothing to do with Bernie Sanders.
To further identify my position, no I am not saying vote for trump . This might be my time to take the second part of the message above though and "fuck off" from a party whose leadership is interested in more war, trade deals that undermine workers rights and environmental laws, as well as limiting access unless you can pony up the kind of cash that major corporations can and making the Democratic Party(which I've belonged to since I could vote) into a business friendly, center-right, moderate republican party.
Are you aware that was a satirical Dave Barry op-ed, or are you just hoping no one else is?
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/dave-barry/article91579192.html
Many of us ask how Clinton will enact her policies since what was true for Sanders is true for Clinton. How will her policies pass a republican House and Senate? No doubt it's that Clinton charm... like when Bill "ended welfare as we know it" fuck it, why not? Poor people don't vote anyways.)
Like it or not there are legitimate reasons to doubt Clinton's commitment to anything that wasn't invented here(as in her plans and what the DNC agreed to before the primary started) Many of the people who will vote for Clinton will just be holding their nose and blocking trump... whatever it takes to win right?