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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Supporters - Honest Question - Are you a Center-Right Democrat? [View all]Chan790
(20,176 posts)19. I'm just going to say what I said in 2012 and 2008 and 2004.
"There's never going to be a good Presidential electoral cycle to withhold our votes from the increasingly-right-wing Democratic candidates to make it clear that we know and no longer accept that they have, factually, divorced and lost the Democratic party base. They do however know this, don't care, and believe they have us captive to their selling-out of us for personal gain.
The American center-left and left is a hostage in its own party and will remain so until they realize, much like the end of Fight Club, that they're the ones holding the gun in their own mouth.
The American center-left and left is a hostage in its own party and will remain so until they realize, much like the end of Fight Club, that they're the ones holding the gun in their own mouth.
So, it is what it is, we are where we are...and there's a real chance this is the election when the American left decides to pull the trigger and spatter the electability of fake Democrats all over the floor, then watch out the window as the false American political landscape explodes to the atonal opening notes, lone guitar riff, and chirpy vocals of Black Francis on Where is my mind? by The Pixies.
You see doom. I see a beautiful metaphor for our liberation from the likes of Hillary and the saving of the Democratic party by those brave enough to act sanely in the face of mounting insanity and our own oppresson. They're the heroes of the Democratic party, not anarchists or libertarians...they're the only sane ones left in the tent because when they were children, their mothers read them The Lorax by Dr. Seuss and they remember:
Caring makes acting necessary. The consequences of caring lies with our enemies, including the malign right inside the Democratic party. If Hillary loses and we end up with President Trump...it will be the faults of her supporters for being allies and backers of a political hostage-taker. All the left would be doing is acting in self-defense by blowing-up her Presidential aspirations.
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Hillary Supporters - Honest Question - Are you a Center-Right Democrat? [View all]
quantumjunkie
Mar 2016
OP
I would say Hill supporters are left-ish on a handful of social issues - on the rest it isn't clear.
reformist2
Mar 2016
#14
That would be anti-establishment Democratic Party, which is more republican than Democratic
RiverLover
Mar 2016
#16
I'm more of an observer, but this: "Bernie supporters are genuinely on the Left, unquestionably
ecstatic
Mar 2016
#7
And anyone that holds the treat of the Supreme Court over others heads to garner support
A Simple Game
Mar 2016
#26
Howard Dean was, right up until DU tossed him under the bus and ran over him a few times. nt
Hekate
Mar 2016
#95
Efforts to place a self avowed Socialist smack dab in the center of the Democratic Party is farcical
Trust Buster
Mar 2016
#18
I don't think Obama is to the right of Bill Clinton, tho he's far from the progressive we hoped for
Martin Eden
Mar 2016
#82
So you think we have a more left-wing president than the 1990s but a more right-wing party?
oberliner
Mar 2016
#87
I was wondering when I would encounter the first purity post today. It took 4 minutes.
LonePirate
Mar 2016
#57
Nope, they're all Progressives. Dumb war hawkish, Wall Street/banksters friendly, bad trade deal...
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
Mar 2016
#66
Is this one of those threads used to call out people so you can put them on ignore? n/t
taught_me_patience
Mar 2016
#94