2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why I could NEVER vote for Hillary Clinton [View all]Zambero
(8,997 posts)I'm having things to say to both entrenched "my candidate of nobody" camps these days. There are Bernie and Hillary supporters who have pledged to NEVER vote for the other one, should their candidate not win the nomination. It's gotten to the point where these two opposite camps have merged into a single entity that would thrill the dayiights over any GOP strategist who might lament the possible outcome from the divisions that THEIR party is experiencing these days. I make no bones about it -- there are substantive policy differences between the two remaining Democratic candidates, and on that basis people have every right to advocate and support one or the other. There are also commonalities on certain issues who both Clinton and Sanders are on the same page. Protecting Roe v. Wade is one example and there are many others. The spectre of a Supreme Court made up of lifetime appointees who ascribe to the Scalia philosophy of right-wing judicial activism is sobering indeed. Labeling Bernie as an "un-electable Socialist who alienates the black community" or Hillary as a "corrupt Republican in sheep's clothing", blah balh, is rhetotical rubbish that borrows much from what is emanating from the GOP echo chamber these days. Sitting out the election is a recipe for disaster with grave consequences.