2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: 'Bernie or Bust' is not a tantrum [View all]mythology
(9,527 posts)You claim that Clinton doesn't inspire anybody and nobody is voting for her, just against something. But that is your subjective opinion. You seem to have confused that with objective fact.
You claim that Clinton supporters have attacked Sanders supporters, but neglect to mention that some Sanders supporters have behaved in the same fashion.
You repeat the same old whine about the DNC being biased but don't prove it. The same things happened to Obama with regards to the super delegates. They switched when it was apparent that Obama was the choice of the primary voters. That somehow didn't stop Obama from winning. Sanders isn't the choice of the Democratic primaries.
Complaining about the DNC response to the data breach is laughable. The Sanders team cheated and got caught. Getting slapped on the hand was more than deserved.
Saying that Sanders is the strongest outside candidate is silly given that he's been in Congress for years. If you want to talk about a strong actual outside candidate, it's Trump. Sanders is claiming the mantel outsider, but he's been in politics for decades.
Of course some Sanders supporters have a hard time with some criticism of Sanders. But you put up some very silly criticisms and ignore one about how he intends to pay for his proposals. Not every criticism of Sanders is as silly as the ones over him going to the Vatican conference.
And yes it's a tantrum when Sanders supporters say they won't vote for Clinton or that Sanders should be given the nomination so that his supporters don't get so upset they won't vote again because their preferred candidate didn't win. I didn't not vote again because Bush won in 2000 and 2004. If somebody says they will be so disillusioned that their candidate lost that they won't vote again, I don't have any patience for that attitude. Hard work is required to get things done. Pouting doesn't accomplish that.
Obviously not all Sanders are like that. Not even all of the ones who currently say that they won't support Clinton in the general election will hold to that. But some Clinton supporters in 2008 acted the same way. It was just as silly then.
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