Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: 'BernieBros' is a divisive term and shouldn't be used by Democrats who claim they want unity. [View all]TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)what's going on now is nothing compared to past elections.
Not many people alive today who remember those days in Boston when you got your ballot and took it home to fill it out. Then you carried it in an outside pocket so it could be seen on the way to the poll. Different parties had different colored ballots and if you had the wrong color in some neighborhoods you would have to call in sick the next day. For many years in our young nation political supporters had to worry about mob violence.
Lies and bullshit about candidates? Not many people alive today have seen the "Daisy" ad LBJ only aired once, but even without the internet it became viral. (Betcha didn't know Stan Lee wrote the script.) I remember seeing it and damn near crapped my young pants.
And when you get right down to it, the divisiveness is from those threatening the Party, not from those objecting to the threats and nastiness.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden