2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Steve Leser for VP! [View all]djean111
(14,255 posts)The party has been doing the triangulation cha-cha to the right for some time now. I am voting for what Bernie stands for, not a "D" on a jersey. Here in Florida, what with Debbie Wasserman-DINO actually campaigning for GOP buddies, and not supporting Democrats running against her GOP buddies, it is easier to see the lurch to the right.
Issues. That is what I care about.
If the Democratic Party did not want Bernie to run for the nomination, they should have said so up front, not try and jettison his campaign now with "but he is not a Democrat!!!!!" whinging. (I love that word - it rolls whining and wheezing into one very descriptive verb.) It seems to me that Bernie was supposed to have dropped out by now, and that his candidacy is inconvenient.
Hillary still has all the negatives she had when she ran against Obama. The party affiliation means squat to the party - Hillary gushing over the same Patrick Murphy who voted to establish the Benghazi committee, and who was a republican until 2012, and only switched over to run against another republican. So why should it mean so much to me that I would support a candidate I do not like, on the issues and past record, over a candidate I DO like, on the issues and past record. Will not do that.