2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders is in big trouble: You don’t have to be a neoliberal shill to see the cold, hard fact [View all]BlueMTexpat
(15,386 posts)of today's US Presidential election processes, I'm afraid.
There is also the fact that, despite how Hillary is characterized by some, she is not now and never has been anything like any of the GOPer candidates. And she never ever will be. Thank heavens! Anyone who argues such is no longer credible to me.
I am SOOOOO done with the not voting for the "lesser of two evils" BS that has lost elections for Democrats on too many occasions. Such people - if they really mean what they say - don't even deserve the right to vote, IMO. They refuse to understand what is at stake. Or they are operatives - paid or volunteer - who are deliberately trying to sow dissension.
During my first several years of DU membership, I only put two individuals on "Ignore." Lately, I have found the "Ignore" button to be my friend, especially during the past couple weeks. My list has grown exponentially and likely will continue to grow.
What a shame that we cannot be happy that we have three excellent Dem candidates! Although the odds - at least currently - are overwhelmingly in favor of one, especially when one considers the "cold, hard facts" mentioned here, no election is over until it's over. When it is, then we will have our candidate. And only then.
I will support whichever of these three who wins the nomination with all my heart. But until then, I am a wholly committed Hillary supporter. Period.