2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The one thing that will stop Bernie Sanders.....his supporters [View all]Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)he's black and thus, we don't care about policy. All we care about is color. Essentially, you just said, criticize a black president for his policy positions and black people will hate you. Color is more important than policy. (FYI, I viscerally understand the importance of a DEMOCRATIC Black President - if Condoleeza Rice had run in 2008 - and I really truly believe that she could have run a competitive campaign - and if won, I would have questioned the sanity of any black person who voted for her.)
Will you extend the same consideration to gender? I am a woman, should I ignore Hillary's policy positions and give the stink eye to anyone who criticizes those positions because she can potentially be OUR ONLY WOMAN PRESIDENT. You are a woman, is that your criteria for supporting a woman's campaign?
Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Damn near Hitler. Oh yes. Oh yes. Oh yes. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. What Hitlerish ideas do they accuse Obama of advancing? Specifically.
And finally, Obama himself has admitted that his policies are 1980s moderate Republican. I've been fighting moderate Republican ideology since 1976. As a Democrat, they were not attractive then. They are not attractive now. And I sure as hell do not want to support another moderate Republican (i.e. Hillary)
Obama says he'd be seen as moderate Republican in 1980s
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/272957-obama-says-his-economic-policies-so-mainstream-hed-be-seen-as-moderate-republican-in-1980s
"The truth of the matter is that my policies are so mainstream that if I had set the same policies that I had back in the 1980s, I would be considered a moderate Republican,"
He said this as if were proud of being a moderate Republican.
God damnit. That is nothing to be proud of. I expect more of a Democrat than being a 1980s (Reagan, I will remind) moderate Republican.