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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "I got to stamp my feet and refuse to vote for Hillary." [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)64. Sexism plays a role, but not among people on the left, for Goddess sakes.
Why would you assume that people who wanted a more progressive candidate than HRC ONLY did so because of gender? Given that sexists are almost always to the right of non-sexists, how does that even track logically?
The feelings towards the nominee on behalf of the Sanders people who haven't decided to back her yet would be exactly the same if her name had been Henry. It was the issues and it was and is trust.
We've done a fair amount of work addressing the issues. She needs to find the way to address the trust question in her acceptance speech.
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As if our government was ever corruption free - but at least we won't be living Mad Max with Hillary
ehrnst
Jul 2016
#54
Wait, did you just say "kids?" How very un-PC of you. Those people are adults!
MoonRiver
Jul 2016
#48
People who preferred Bernie to HRC(a group that included a lot of women)did so on the issues.
Ken Burch
Jul 2016
#72
A now unified party thanks Bernie and looks to overthrowing the Repub Congress. #StrongerTogether
L. Coyote
Jul 2016
#29
I'm glad she didn't choose Sen Warren, but she could have chosen someone with a personality
MidwestTech
Jul 2016
#49
Look, I myself am voting for Hillary, mostly because Bernie was able to move the party
JCanete
Jul 2016
#53
This is so common I have made a guess. If the daily bashing of Sanders supporters continues
Todays_Illusion
Jul 2016
#79