2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Only 22% of Democrats would feel enthusiastic if Hillary won the nomination. [View all]And the previous posts are Exhibit A and Exhibit B in the case.
People who post on internet message boards to support their favored candidate are, pretty much by definition, "enthusiastic" about him or her. Look at the overwhelming majority of Hillary posts on this board and what do you see?
1. She is going to win. This is not a good argument for gaining support from other people, and offers exactly zero reason to support her.
2. She is "ready" to be President. Yuck. What a lame reason to support somebody, and in terms of attracting new support the argument is strictly from hunger. It is, as far as I can tell, the only positive argument on this board for voting for her.
3. The other guy can't win the general election. This is false. Due to demographics, any Democrat will be favored to beat any Republican. The Hillary supporters constantly -- and mendaciously -- conflate primary polling which still heavily favors Clinton nationally with general election polling which shows very little difference between the two leading Democrats, with a very slight edge to Sanders.
The only reason to support Hillary is a personal belief that the traditional values and policies of the Democratic Party can't win. If that were true, I'd support her, too. But that is clearly not true. And it is an example of the Stockholm Syndrome that the Hillary supporters keep repeating these lame arguments that are the antithesis of enthusiasm. They are pre-emptive surrender to the forces that have us mired in perpetual war and bankrupted the country.
The only real advantage that Hillary has is that she can raise money from big donors. Proud of that, are you? Enthusiastic about that?
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