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If sanders supporters truly believe in his entire platform, they absolutely would not support Clinton. I am far from a supporter of his and think he has no basis in economic reality, but if his supporters line up behind Hillary, his 'revolution' will basically be for nothing. Nothing will change. The party will operate under it's cronyism as usual.
Could that tactic be responsible for putting trump into the White House? Yes. But 1) it's insane to think of trump as some radical, dangerous candidate, and 2) how else do you push long-term change?! Hillary losing to trump would be the only thing that brings the Democratic Party / elite to the drawing board and think how the party needs to change.
Basically, the republican establishment has conceded they would rather Hillary vs. Their own candidate of trump. Is it bc trump is soo radical and dangerous? No, it's bc trump could mess with the status quo, the entire corrupt system. Bernie supporters that get behind Hillary would be saying the same thing - they are okay with her corruption and being the epitome of all that is wrong with the entire political system.
If sanders supporters truly believe in his entire platform, they absolutely would not support Clinton. I am far from a supporter of his and think he has no basis in economic reality, but if his supporters line up behind Hillary, his 'revolution' will basically be for nothing. Nothing will change. The party will operate under it's cronyism as usual.
Could that tactic be responsible for putting trump into the White House? Yes. But 1) it's insane to think of trump as some radical, dangerous candidate, and 2) how else do you push long-term change?! Hillary losing to trump would be the only thing that brings the Democratic Party / elite to the drawing board and think how the party needs to change.
Basically, the republican establishment has conceded they would rather Hillary vs. Their own candidate of trump. Is it bc trump is soo radical and dangerous? No, it's bc trump could mess with the status quo, the entire corrupt system. Bernie supporters that get behind Hillary would be saying the same thing - they are okay with her corruption and being the epitome of all that is wrong with the entire political system.
100% correct.
It's like dealing with a kid throwing a tantrum in the store. Even if you ignore their tantrum for 20 minutes straight, if you eventually break and give in to the kid's toy demands, not only will that reinforce that behaviour, it will teach them that going forward, they should scream and stomp for even longer to get what they want, rather than figuring out that that sort of behaviour isn't welcome, and that they need to act right.
I'm not going to help reinforce to the DNP that I'll accept corruption if it's force-fed aggressively and persistently enough. Sorry. The DNP needs to get the message that this BS is no longer being tolerated, and that won't happen if I resign myself and say, "alright, alright, you win, I'll vote for you". And then wonder why nothing changes.
Same here. Either that or a third party. I'm leaning towards third party, since being in California, my Republican vote would matter just as little as a third party vote would, so why not vote for a third party candidate who is the most compatible with me on the issues, and simultaneously send a message that I'm not happy with the entire 2-party system. If I just vote for Trump, that can be confused with just being a Republican ticket vote.
But ultimately, my vote is going to be an anybody-but-Hillary vote, one way or another.
Same here. Either that or a third party. I'm leaning towards third party, since being in California, my Republican vote would matter just as little as a third party vote would, so why not vote for a third party candidate who is the most compatible with me on the issues, and simultaneously send a message that I'm not happy with the entire 2-party system. If I just vote for Trump, that can be confused with just being a Republican ticket vote.
But ultimately, my vote is going to be an anybody-but-Hillary vote, one way or another.
Think Trump will get booted out of the GOP run 3rd. Vote Trump vote a Dem controlled Congress is my thinking.
You've got to stop being divisive, and come together around Mrs. Clinton's candidacy.
The Benghazi B****, no way.... I would rather see Trump win than her!
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