2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Skinner: DU switches to general election mode on June 16, 2016 [View all]glowing
(12,233 posts)they were lied to about the e-mail situation saying they are stunned that they were lied to (when many of us who have read the random report here or there that has actually covered the e-mail situation in news reports have said its apparent she's lying and the media isn't doing its due dilligence and the party is making a horrific mistake in allowing someone to run for President who is under FBI investigation in the first place)... It's such a damned mess!!!
Honest to God, I can't understand why there isn't a parade of Democrats in the states to still vote and from the House and Senate, not saying to the media everytime they are in front of a camera, that they would hope for the sake of the party and the election in November, that Clinton should drop out now... No, instead you have Jerry Brown, Boxer, and Feinstein endorsing her candidacy and defending her actions in running the State Dept. seriously, Senator Feinstein, the most pro-war Democratic female Senator, who has in the past, been incredibly concerned with national security issues, stating that the e-mail issue involving Hillary is nothing, no big deal, nothing to see people.
AND if the FBI doesn't conclude there's enough for and indictment or the DOJ doesn't want to pursue criminal charges, then every right wing talking point from here to there, will be saying that President Obama's DOJ is politically protecting "crooked Hillary"... And it will only make President Obama lose favorablity in the eyes of the public. AND be the one scandal that has or may actually have occurred under his watch... And isn't it interesting that it's a Clinton, again, bringing scandal into the Executive Branch of govt... Will the American people trust her to do the business of the people for them? People thought Bernie was being "tough" on her, the Republicans know one thing, and that's how to win; they can't govern for shit, but they sure know how to attack relentlessly, unfairly, and often lie to win elected seats.
This scandal is only going to drive people out of the Democratic Party. And if enough of new people who entered the party only to vote for Bernie, and politicians who identify as progressive, decide to form a new party, a people's party, the Democratic Party might as well consider closing its doors for good. We already have a pro-business, pro-corporate party. We don't need two.