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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: See You In Philadelphia July 24-28! Huge Sanders Rallies for Democracy. When, where & how. [View all]NanceGreggs
(27,813 posts)41. Had Bernie been as ruthlessly attacked ...
... by Republicans for years and stood up to it, we'd have heard about it. But as Bernie likes to say, "Nobody knows me." There's a reason no one does.
Despite whatever reason (excuse) you want to come up with, Hillary is the choice of the voters. It doesn't matter how or why the voters came to that choice - what matters is they DID. That's what democracy is about - the voters making their choice. It's not about what "would have been" if Bernie had more name recognition or anything else - it's about one candidate having been chosen over the other.
Let's see what happens? What IS happening right now is that HRC has the votes, has the delegates, and has the majority of Democrats behind her. And Bernie doesn't.
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See You In Philadelphia July 24-28! Huge Sanders Rallies for Democracy. When, where & how. [View all]
imagine2015
Jun 2016
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The anti-Vietnam war movement, the civil rights movement, the women's rights movement,
imagine2015
Jun 2016
#3
No, I don't think they were just a bunch of dirty long haired non-political hippies...
brooklynite
Jun 2016
#4
That's right. And I hope that many progressives will assemble in Philadelpha for democracy.
imagine2015
Jun 2016
#8
WTF does Woodstcok have to do with this? Oh yeah, nothing at all, simple deflection. nt
Live and Learn
Jun 2016
#59
That only works when everybody has access to the ballot box, and all the ballots are counted,
djean111
Jun 2016
#9
I remember when the Republicans used the old "angry mob" talking point against protesters.
imagine2015
Jun 2016
#10
Right-wing plants and other provacateurs will be effectively isolated by marshalls.
imagine2015
Jun 2016
#16
And some believe as long as "they" get to vote then we live in a democracy.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#13
actually, it's exactly what democracy looks like, Elections do not a democracy make
2banon
Jun 2016
#18
The right to petition your government and the right to free speech IS how democracy works.
jillan
Jun 2016
#37
It means ending the minority political rule of big corporations and Wall Street over the nation
imagine2015
Jun 2016
#15
Democracy being the system where the person with the most votes wins? N.T.
Donald Ian Rankin
Jun 2016
#20
That's just one aspect of democracy we have not won yet. Gore had the most votes in 2000. He lost.
imagine2015
Jun 2016
#21
Any plans to disrupt the Republican Convention? Or does that make too much snse?
Hekate
Jun 2016
#25
It seems kind of strange to have a rally for democracy designed to give the nomination
StevieM
Jun 2016
#44
Show me one person on this site who has ever used that term except to accuse others of using it
Hekate
Jun 2016
#63
Right. It's really gangster Bernie leading his thugs against Hillary surrogates and supporters.
imagine2015
Jun 2016
#65
Over 700 unpleged convention delegates may decide to support the candidate who can beat Trump.
imagine2015
Jun 2016
#58