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silvershadow

(10,336 posts)
Tue May 10, 2016, 02:53 AM May 2016

The “militant complacency” of the Democratic establishment: Why Bernie & his supporters must

The “militant complacency” of the Democratic establishment: Why Bernie & his supporters must continue to pressure Hillary Clinton

While the Clinton campaign boasts that America is "already great," unaddressed inequality continues to wreak havoc

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Now that Donald Trump has more or less locked up the Republican nomination, Hillary Clinton has begun to focus more attention on the New York billionaire, who doesn’t appear at all ready to tone down his inflammatory rhetoric, as his chief strategist had indicated he would a few weeks earlier. As many on the left have anticipated, Clinton now seems to be shifting back rightwards after many months of promoting herself as a bona fide progressive. (Excuse me, a “progressive who like’s to get things done.”)

As the New York Times reports:

“Hillary Clinton’s campaign is trying to seize on the turmoil Donald J. Trump’s ascent has caused within the Republican Party, hoping to gain the support of Republican voters and party leaders including former elected officials and retired generals disillusioned by their party’s standard-bearer…Mrs. Clinton’s campaign is repositioning itself, after a year of emphasizing liberal positions and focusing largely on minority voters, to also appeal to independent and Republican-leaning white voters turned off by Mr. Trump.”

Clinton is anything but unpredictable. Rather than trying to court those disillusioned Sanders supporters and left-wing malcontents, Hillary seems to believe that she has a better shot with the “fiscally conservative, socially liberal” country club Republicans (who like their foreign policy hawks).

Politico reported on Thursday that the Clinton camp has even started reaching out to top Bush family donors, “to convince them that she represents their values better than Donald Trump.” Considering that both former president’s George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush have already announced that they won’t be endorsing Trump or attending the Republican convention, it seems likely that Bush family donors are also wary of the billionaire. Jeb Bush’s failed campaign was funded by extremely wealthy individuals — by July of last year, his super-PAC had received 23 individual donations of $1 million or more.

http://www.salon.com/2016/05/09/the_militant_complacency_of_the_democratic_establishment_why_bernie_his_supporters_must_continue_to_pressure_hillary_clinton/

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The “militant complacency” of the Democratic establishment: Why Bernie & his supporters must (Original Post) silvershadow May 2016 OP
K&R emsimon33 May 2016 #1
Today on DU, the Hillary supporters are just trying to anger Bernie supporters. JDPriestly May 2016 #2
I'm convinced that, in the end, she will NOT be the nominee. :) silvershadow May 2016 #3
Don't stick your head in the oven. Be patient. She is her own worst enemy. JDPriestly May 2016 #5
Sorry. I only meant it metaphorically. Guess I went overboard. :D But, she silvershadow May 2016 #6
Let us destroy the Clinton Machine's Death Star... NewImproved Deal May 2016 #4

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
2. Today on DU, the Hillary supporters are just trying to anger Bernie supporters.
Tue May 10, 2016, 03:06 AM
May 2016

Hillary supporters know that she will not do well in some of the upcoming very large primary states.

Her reach to the right will offend us Bernie supporters and could assure a Trump win.

 

silvershadow

(10,336 posts)
3. I'm convinced that, in the end, she will NOT be the nominee. :)
Tue May 10, 2016, 03:10 AM
May 2016

I have to tell myself that, because the alternative might be cause to stick my head in the oven.

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