2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: For those saying you won't vote for the Democratic nominee [View all]joshcryer
(62,265 posts)Dean famously said that he wanted to attract guys driving around with the confederate flag.
Most people who won in in 2010 and 2012 were the ones who embraced Obama. The people who lost ran against him, going so far as to running against the ACA itself. Bel John Edwards, an anti-choice guy, ran and won, and he signed into law ACA expansion that literally saved lives. Do I agree with Bel John Edwards on everything? No. And I didn't agree with Dean over his confederate flag flap at the time.
But you're not electing a pro-choice person in Louisiana. It was then down to an anti-choice person that wouldn't expand the ACA there or one that would. It's a nobrainer. Lives literally saved. This sort of nuance doesn't even exist on DU anymore. People can't disagree with someone yet still support them. I disagree with Sanders on his support of the drone program (and to an extent his attitude on the F35 basing; but I understand where he's coming from), that doesn't mean I magically don't support him. A lot of his supporters disagree with him on Israel (I happen to agree with his stance on Israel), that doesn't mean he goes under the bus.