2016 Postmortem

kpete

(71,993 posts) Fri Aug 28, 2015, 08:24 AM Aug 2015

Focus.

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Focus. (Original Post) kpete Aug 2015 OP

If you believe all Democrats and folks on the left are the same, sure. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #1

Thank you! should be an OP. canoeist52 Aug 2015 #2

exactly. nt. m-lekktor Aug 2015 #4

Well put. Broward Aug 2015 #6

Well said. nt el_bryanto Aug 2015 #7

Great meme Gothmog Aug 2015 #3

I wish I thought Hillary was a good camdidate cali Aug 2015 #5

Discussion of issues is not cannibalizing ffs frylock Aug 2015 #8

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)

1. If you believe all Democrats and folks on the left are the same, sure.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Aug 28, 2015, 08:31 AM

Aug 2015

But the whole movement behind Bernie exists specifically because so many people do NOT believe 'they are both good candidates'.

That one of them represents all of us, while the other first and foremost represents the rich, and the rest of us are considered 'noblesse oblige'.

This is the primary. For now, each is 'the enemy' of the other. Only one can win, and the other will lose. Proclaiming that we must not 'cannibalize ourselves' is merely a way of proclaiming we should accept the status quo candidate, and not point out the flaws with that candidate that make the 'upstart' a better choice for NOT having those flaws.