2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: It's not Bernie's fault that the Democratic Party is being split [View all]cui bono
(19,926 posts)Bernie is finally the person the left wing of the Democratic Party - the people who still hold dear all the principles the Dem Party used to stand for; unions, working people, democracy, SS, income equality, fair taxation, health care - has been wishing for but were not given due to the Dem Party leadership selling out to big money. Obama is from the right wing of the party, the DLC crowd, the Third Way gang. He and Hillary are of the same mindset of pleasing the banksters while Bernie takes them on in order to fight for the people.
There is a YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE difference this time. If the Dem Party establishment squashed the dreams of half its party there will be a split. And it will not be "sour grapes" it will be very real as it will come from the realization that the Dem Party is no longer the party that stands for the people. It will show loud and clear that they are the centrist party, that they embrace far too many moderate Republican principles and that anyone who wants a party that fights for them will have to go elsewhere.
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