Hillary will most likely be the Dem nominee. That's just the fact. And she'd be DAMN good !

[beerandjesus]

31. What's incredible to me about the "inevitability" statements is the underlying self-pity.

These statements fundamentally presuppose the superiority of the Republican party.

These statements fundamentally presuppose that Democrats, in spite of the enormous popularity of our issues nationwide, are incapable of moving our party even an iota to the left--even though the Republicans accomplished the exact same thing on their end in less than five years.

These statements fundamentally presuppose that wanting something better is a luxury only Republicans can afford. Democrats have to take what we can get and had damn well better be satisfied with it.

These statements fundamentally presuppose that there's no point in hoping for a move away from the nation's rightward drift since the 1980s. As for fighting for it, forget it. We're no match for the Republicans, no matter how many Americans are on our side.

These statements fundamentally presuppose that Democrats are weak. Or at the very least, weaker than the big bad Republicans, with whom we must compromise, no matter how insane the issue in question, because SCOTUS, or something, whatever this week's boogeyman is.

These statements fundamentally boil down to "woe is me, and woe are we as a party". They are pusillanimous.


If you like Hillary, great. Obviously, a lot of well-informed, well-meaning Democrats on here (and elsewhere) do. That's fine, there's room in the tent for moderates as well as liberals. I for one am happy to include everyone in the discussion; and honest to God, I have no beef with anyone who sincerely believes Hillary is the best candidate for America in 2016. We can disagree and still be friends.

But don't bludgeon us with the notion that Hillary is the Great Progressive Hope, if only we fucking retards (tm) would see it. Hillary probably would be an adequate president, but she clearly has no aspirations to making the sorts of changes many of us are clamoring for. And by trying to shut us down, you're denigrating our party. You're conceding all your power to the Republicans--and wallowing in cowardly self-pity.