2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: 'Bernie or Bust' is not a tantrum [View all]Maedhros
(10,007 posts)and we'll live forever in a twisted Libertarian dystopia. That's the "disaster politics" propaganda that the Democratic Party is selling, and I'm not buying it anymore.
Sure, in the short term we'll have to deal with a President Trump and that will not go well. However, America has had to weather some pretty bad Presidencies in the past and we're still here.
I'm looking at the long-term effects of your strategy, and so far it has got us into the mess we're in now: conservative Democrats who refuse to stand up to corporate over-reach and who are extending the Reagan Doctrine indefinitely. If we continue to do what you suggest - hold our noses and vote for increasingly conservative candidates - where will we be in 2024? 2032? 2040? Better to lose one election and get the Democratic Party back on track, than to win elections and lose the country.
As for the Supreme Court, the Democrats will have to learn how to block nominees like the Republicans repeatedly do. That's their job.
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