Dear Liberals and Independents

[Soph0571]

The rest of the world is relying on you..... honestly. The stress of having Trump as President impacts nearly as much for your cousins as it does for you. I am too old to flee the city if war breaks out!!!!

[FM123]

1. Yes!

We vote blue, no matter who...

[empedocles]

2. Yes!

[Arkansas Granny]

3. Yes!

[Zoonart]

4. X1000

[lark]

5. Be part of the Blue Wave, regardless of who is the party's candidate in the general.

There will be no Dem candidate who's anywhere near the treasonous criminal that drumpf is and no one that would be even half as bad as he is for this country, it's people and indeed the world.

[Farmer-Rick]

6. There is that caveat

Someone who is nowhere near the treasonous criminals and grifters Trump and his family are.

We still live in a very corrupt and damaged country. I bet that tiny man in Russia, Putin, could easily find another Trump to run against this Trump.

[Squinch]

7. Rather than implying a split between Liberals and the rest of Democrats, that should be

addressed to Democrats and Independents. We ALL need to listen to this.

[Kurt V.]

17. +1

[Demsrule86]

8. Great post! K&R

[Peacetrain]

9. I am a Liberal. so what is the beef??

I know of no Liberal who would be voting for D. Trump.. Independents are God knows what on any given day.. but I never give up on anybody but the far right.. nothing we can do with them... they have swallowed the Kool-Aid and ate the package

[paleotn]

12. A vote for a third party candidate or....

simply staying home is a vote for shitler. I think that's their point.

[Peacetrain]

13. Okie Doke...

I know of no self identified Liberal that would do such a stupid thing..but you are right.. they might.. and it surely is cutting your nose off to spite your face to vote third party.. it does nothing but give the election to the other side.. think I will go up and recommend this thread

[catbyte]

28. A lot of them did it in 2016. Here in Michigan, Jill Stein got 51,463 votes. Clinton lost to trump

by 10,704 votes. You can be damned sure that the majority of those who voted for Stein weren't republicans.

[mcar]

10. +1000!

[paleotn]

11. I cannot rec this enough. It's physically impossible.

[luvtheGWN]

14. And yes, the rest of the world IS counting on you!

Sorry, I couldn't post until I selected a candidate for whom I, as a Canadian, cannot vote (but surely wish I could!). That said, a Democrat with strong progressive values and legislative experience will do very nicely!

[raging moderate]

15. Yes! 2020 Vision! We can see clearly now!

We must be united.

[NurseJackie]

16. I do not believe Susan Sarandon reads posts on DU.

[Kurt V.]

18. what war are you talking about?

[Soph0571]

19. WW3 if the tool that is currently President continues the way he is currently...

[The Liberal Lion]

20. Our next democratic nominee

Has to do more than run against trump. They must run against right wing fascism. They must run against this nasty monster that the GOP has become. Running against trump is not enough. He's only a figure head. The next democratic nominee MUST run against religious fanaticism, must run against toxic sexism, must run against racism, must run against environmental devastation, must run against homosexual discrimination, must run against authoritarianism. These are just a few of the things. Fear is a far more intoxicating emotion and easier to sell than hope. Hope is abstract, fear, while irrational is still able to be made tangible by the average mind. Hope only motivates the extraordinary into action as it is too abstract for the common mind. Democrats must figure out how to sell fear of what the right stands for without coming off as a parody of the right. This will be a tough tightrope to walk, as we are the people and party of hope. However, it is a path that must be trodden, as winning the white house is not enough. Winning the congress is not enough. These right wing fucks must completely be purged from government at all levels as much and as far and wide as we can. This is war, and the next democratic nominee must be in it to win.

[FailureToCommunicate]

24. +1 !

[samnsara]

21. a fucking men

[SHRED]

22. Won't work on some that I know

They claim there is no difference in the parties.
They claim both are equally bought off by corporate power.
There is little hope for these "Bernie or bust" fools.

[Awsi Dooger]

23. We certainly have a say in #4

Not prioritizing charisma and likability against an incumbent would be an unforgivable and perhaps costly mistake

[Amimnoch]

25. I will vote for any of the Democratic Party members running.. period.

There are a few candidates that meet some/most/all of those points that once the primaries are done, I will all out support the winner for.

The one that don’s the Democratic Party title only when it’s of political benefit, but bashes the Democratic party most of the rest of the time.. I’ll hold on commenting on due to my support of this board, and agreement to the TOS rules.

[KPN]

26. You know, I gotta say I find this graphic offensive. I would be perfectly fine with it saying

Dear Democrats and Independents ...

This is the kind of crap that actually turns some voters away from us -- us being the Democratic Party.

Who and why in the hell would someone single out liberals?

I'm not even sure this didn't come out of the Russian troll farm originally.

Geezuz!

[Soph0571]

27. I did not read it that way AT ALL

Are not all democrats Liberal?

[KPN]

29. Obviously you did not.

To answer your question, I believe we have Democrats who are liberal and Democrats who are centrist economically or socially or both.

[catbyte]

30. I don't agree. I'm a liberal and sadly, I've found that some fellow liberals too often apply

"purity tests" to candidates. How do you think we got stuck with GW Bush in 2000? republicans sure as hell didn't vote for Nader.

[Sneederbunk]

31. Always enjoy MSM coverage of "undecideds" days before election

as if they are real.

[NNadir]

32. This reminds me of Churchill's remark when Hitler invaded Russia.

A lifelong anti-communist, Churchill said, "If Hitler invaded Hell, I should try to say something nice about the Devil."

[jimlup]

33. Dear so called "moderates"...

back at yah! Can you do the same. Perhaps in 2020 we'll actually find out.

How will you react if the shoe goes on the other foot? I did my duty in 2016, many others I know did too. We will see this time around but if the party thinks it can just find the lowest common denominator and win that way we all may be in very big trouble.

[Hortensis]

37. The OP is a call to civic duty.

Don't know what "moderate" means to you, but that doesn't matter. Either a Democrat or a Republican will become our next president, also control our next congress and control our state governments. It's about committing to electing Democrats.

[jimlup]

39. and you have a point?

[Hortensis]

40. :) I guess that, whether we celebrate whoever

gets the majority vote as democracy working as it's supposed to or see that person as the "lowest common denominator," we unite to elect our noninee. As said, do our duty.

[WeekiWater]

42. Who is the lowest common denominator?

That’s a concept I have attached to Stein folks in the past. If that is what you are saying, I agree. They are as LIV as LIV gets. The whole little coalition of them.

[Blue_true]

34. Brilliant. nt

[forklift]

35. Maybe another line

When it is mathematically certain that your candidate won't get the nomination, stop supporting him/her and refocus on the ones who will win the nomination.

[Soph0571]

36. Marvellous addition!

[Iggo]

38. And another.

2016 is over.

[NastyRiffraff]

41. +++++infinity