Hillary Clinton
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders raising money off of false hopes - why aren't we SCREAMING about this? [View all]Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)He didn't grow the Green Party. He didn't really create a viable grassroots coalition. And when the Green finally caught wind of this and realized that it was all about Ralph Nader and not the party, they all but chased him out of it.
The thing that has bothered me about the Sanders "revolution," is that unlike Nader, Sanders and his followers have alienated segments of the population. He himself (and his wife) wrote off voters in the South and other RED states simply because they didn't vote for him. And yes, I saw that as a subtle racist dig. But when he won RED states made of mostly white voters, he claimed to have a pathway to the nomination---knowing fully well that that is a LIE!
Rather than work within the bounds of the Democratic Party institutional rules--working to influence a change, he arrogantly alienated and created a hostile environment. For instance, he believes that after having insulted most of the Democratic Establishment, including the President of the United States, that somehow the super delegates are going to abandon ship? Some people say that he's delusional. I say he's a fucking liar because he knows damn well that super delegates aren't going to so any such thing.