2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I continue to be utterly mystified. [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)--or she's gone there only after polls showed it was uber safe for a Democratic politician so to do.
To take only this thread as but one example, he made a speech urging against the disastrous invasion of Iraq, correctly predicting it would result in de-stablizing the entire Middle East, while Hillary helped sell Americans PNAC's/ Buscho's agenda, which PPI, a deceptively-named offshoot of the DLC, was also peddling.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=801381
In addition, I feel I can trust what he says because he is driven principles, rather than political expediency in the service of personal political ambition, are his compass.
Also, her electabiity in the general is a troublesome issue, given just how much and how long Republicans hate her, how much she is distrusted by the population as a whole and how a lot of the left may not vote for her, either.
I don't support Sanders because he wins some battle of dumbass talking points, though he does.