2016 Postmortem

mindwalker_i

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7. I think it's not just Hillary

Mon Feb 29, 2016, 06:04 PM

Feb 2016

The people who rabidly support her do so because she's the magic (D). Look at their attacks on Bernie and specifically how they indignantly say he's not a democrat. It seems to me that most people on this board support democratic ideals. Sanders supports those a lot more than Hillary, hence the huge divide between "camps." Also, a lot of us don't like government spying on us. To the people who have faith in the democratic party, they bash republicans who support government spying and absolutely loath anyone who shows a democrat doing it.

So a lot of their "arguments" are motivated reasoning. It's obvious, and it also makes it really hard for us to claim that democrats are better or more reasonable.

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I'm not on team blue just because I dislike the color red. [View all] revbones Feb 2016 OP

K/R. VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #1

There is a qualitative difference between Hillary supporters and the rest mindwalker_i Feb 2016 #2

We are witnessing the power of the Cult of Hillary... Raster Feb 2016 #3

I think it's not just Hillary mindwalker_i Feb 2016 #7

There definitely could be some type of cognitive dissonance at play. Raster Feb 2016 #13

Well, it is her turn... Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #29

trifecta! Raster Mar 2016 #30

Wrong. nt BreakfastClub Mar 2016 #36

That was a really insightful comment, you have convinced me completely! mindwalker_i Mar 2016 #39

We have very different notions of what integrity is, Hortensis Feb 2016 #4

I"m not sure how to take that revbones Feb 2016 #5

you aren't very good at this yet... snooper2 Mar 2016 #32

Or the commenter just needs to be a better writer revbones Mar 2016 #35

I thought about it, but blah blah, both sides in this election cycle are fucked snooper2 Mar 2016 #38

For me it was the Robert Kagan endorsement. MelungeonWoman Feb 2016 #6

I had to look him up geardaddy Feb 2016 #11

I am sick of... SoapBox Feb 2016 #8

So I guess we should start asking ourselves.... Blue State Bandit Feb 2016 #10

Berniecrats TheSocialDem Feb 2016 #22

I'm down with Berniebros.... Glamrock Mar 2016 #26

She did come around on $15 an hour @Town Hall before SC... Blue State Bandit Feb 2016 #9

indeed -- at what point does excessive pragmatism kill any claims to principles? stupidicus Feb 2016 #12

Her & Bill aid and abet the GOP's Operation Incarceration.... Yurovsky Feb 2016 #14

Kicked and recommended to the Max! Enthusiast Feb 2016 #15

Principles and facts should also tell you Bernie, or Hillary are the only alternative to fascism JCMach1 Feb 2016 #16

So you're saying if the one honest person running isn't picked revbones Feb 2016 #17

You think there would be fewer wars with trump than with Hillary? gollygee Mar 2016 #33

Well, aren't Hillary supporters making big assumptions too? revbones Mar 2016 #34

There are lots of people making lots of assumptions on DU lately gollygee Mar 2016 #37

I don't understand how your favorite group is Hillary Clinton. nt valerief Feb 2016 #18

Weird. Didn't see that until you pointed it out. revbones Feb 2016 #20

Hillary supporters are like Trump supporters revbones Feb 2016 #19

Sad but true. FailureToCommunicate Feb 2016 #21

Thanks nt revbones Mar 2016 #24

This Of Us Who Have Stood With Him From The Beginning, Didn't ChiciB1 Feb 2016 #23

Facts and principles do matter, and you have made a compelling case for that. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2016 #25

K & R GoneFishin Mar 2016 #27

k and r! bbgrunt Mar 2016 #28

Hilary has survived all the scandals for the same reason that the Banksters that caused the Lorien Mar 2016 #31