Why Bernie Didn’t Get My Vote

[fun n serious]

"Why didn’t Bernie get me? Well, there’s electability: I just don’t believe Americans are ready for a 74-year-old self-described socialist with a long far-left CV who would raise their taxes by quite a lot. By the time the Republicans got finished with him, he’d be the love child of Rosa Luxemburg and the Ayatollah Khomeini, and then it’s hello, President Trump. There’s the question, too, of how much Bernie could actually accomplish. Would he make an effective president, as I think Hillary will—all the more so now that she’s been forced to see that a significant part of the Democratic electorate is to her left?"

http://www.thenation.com/article/why-bernie-didnt-get-my-vote/

[uponit7771]

1. I don't have a positive view of the far-left, seems they're the burn the village down to save it

... type

[fun n serious]

7. Yes.

Also, no one is ever good enough for purist. Criticize a lot and are never happy.

[auntpurl]

13. Seems a lot of the far-left are unwilling to compromise

which is why the Dems coalescing is always like herding cats.

The GOP has no such compunction about marching its collective ass down to the polls on voting day and voting R no matter who. But I hope that will start to break down with Trump.

[uponit7771]

14. They'll all fall in line, the are loyal to their world view

[auntpurl]

16. Probably.

We need to work our asses off in November. No complacency!

[uponit7771]

17. +1, very much so...build a base for 2018 off year

[auntpurl]

18. Good god, yes.

I'm almost more worried about the midterms in 2018 than I am the GE this year. I don't think I can take 8 more years of Republican obstructionism.

[Ed Suspicious]

2. Leaders lead. Managers manage.

Bernie is a leader. Hillary is management.

[Live and Learn]

3. +10,000 nt

[DrDan]

15. wow - cute cliche, but completely misses the boat

not a leader at all - if he was he would have senators lining up to support him as qualified to be President. And he could not, in 25 years, garner the votes to support his legislative efforts.

Sure he passed a lot of amendments - but those were on the coattails of those who had support.

and do not dismiss the need for management. Hillary will be facing a tough congress and will need to "manage" that relationship as well as a cabinet that will be involved with many global issues.

[Live and Learn]

4. And Hillary won't get mine because she makes too many little 'mistakes' that kill people. nt

[Armstead]

5. Is there a machine that cranks out these repetitive template articles?

[bobbobbins01]

6. Talking point

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I hope they don't have to pay for each one of these articles, since they're all just recycled.

[pinebox]

8. Why Hillary didn't get my vote

Sorry, I like integrity.
Foresight > Hindsight.

[Festivito]

9. Nobody wants to tell America that we already have UNDEMOCRATIC socialism.

So, the ignorant end up not wanting to vote for Bernie. And, they don't want to wake up.

[fun n serious]

10. You know more than anyone else right?

If we do not support Bernie we are ignorant?

[Festivito]

19. My bad. How about unaquainted with our socialism, rather than ignorant of our socialism.

Ignorance seems to project fault as well as being unknowing, miss-educated, mal-educated, ... . I do not wish to imbue fault upon readers. I do wish at times to castigate some writers who should by their occupation be more educated in the subject they present.

This idea that our socialized taxation goes eight times more to corporations than we give to the needy. That we use that socialized tax wealth to bail banks, but not homeowners stems from our increasing plutocracy and diminishing democracy. It is indicative of our undemocratic socialism.

With words, it is one thing to hit the target accurately. It just looks better when it is an arrow going through the center rather than a well timed hand grenade hitting that same exact spot.

Forgive me? I assure you that any person would know more than I do about something.

[Eric J in MN]

11. Hillary Clinton has a history of supporting war and fracking.

She can't wait to swing right.

RE: "She’s been forced to see that a significant part of the Democratic electorate is to her left." Whoop-dee-doo.

George W. Bush knew that many Americans were to his left. That did nothing to moderate his policies.

[Barack_America]

12. To summarize: because "no, we can't".