2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: For those saying you won't vote for the Democratic nominee [View all]BostonBob
(18 posts)To ensure a Democratic president, I've decided to vote for Bernie. While Hillary or Bernie would make identically great presidents, I fear that Hillary is unelectable. The starry-eyed, unicorn-worshipping BernieBros view Hillary as a corrupt tool of Wall Street and greedy multinationals. They assume she will betray them on TPP and keystone XL simply because she was for those terrible ideas until 2 months before Iowa when she "flip-flopped." They say that she voted for the disastrous Iraq war - trillions wasted on killing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. That after replacing Saddam Hussein with Isis she pushed to invade Libya and replace Qaddafi with Isis there. They feel she's addicted to mindless, counterproductive destruction abroad which will leave no money for anything constructive at home. They view Kissinger as a War Criminal and think anyone would be insane to listen to a thing he says. Her obvious pride in Kissinger's approval is a deal breaker for these Bern idealists. They even worry that her "saber-rattling belligerence" toward Russia could trigger a nuclear war. These under 30 unicorn types are just never gonna show up for "Shillary" as they call her. They'll write in Bernie or go and vote for Jill Stein of the Green Party out of spite. They are not smart enough to see that electing a democrat is Job 1. The result will be President Trump/Cruz/Rubio and a Democratic Party that gets shellacked in down ballot races. And there goes the Supreme Court as well. Now the savvy clear-eyed Hillary supporters understand that uniting after the primary is essential to beat back those dastardly republicans. With Bernie we will have a coalition of realists and idealists, of old and young. Working class and middle class people of all races. This election is too important to risk the imminent fracturing that will occur unless we nominate Bernie.