2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The truth is not a smear nor an attack. [View all]lovemydog
(11,833 posts)That's why I plan on voting for Sanders in the primary.
If you go by real words and what they mean though, I can see why some Clinton supporters would view them as smears.
I like your sense of humor. I don't think she said the people can eat cake, unless it was real cake, not the soap flakes Marie Antoinette was talking about.
Oh, and I've seen things that can be perceived as 'smears' of Sanders too. Like:
Bernie is not a democrat
Bernie is a socialist
Bernie's supporters are racist (I personally think some are insensitive on how to talk with people different from them though, and some seem unwilling to learn more from others)
Bernie's supporters are sexist (see above).
Bernie can't win the general election
ad infinitum
From reading here a fair amount, it's funny to me when some supporters of either camp act like it's only the other side who does it, and our 'side' are the victims of this terrible awful corrupt treatment from those 'heathens' on the other 'side.'
I believe there would be huge differences between a Sanders, O'Malley or Clinton presidency and a Republican presidency. In other words, the difference between a republican presidency and a democratic presidency are enormous. I think the differences between what a Sanders, Clinton or O'Malley can actually accomplish are slim. So it's ignorant to me when folks make way more of those rhetorical differences than I feel they deserve.