2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Correct me if I am wrong Scotty [View all]Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)sent to Kentucky, Colorado, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida because no one wants to see a "black Muslim from Kenya" in the South. We were told that black voters don't matter as much as capturing the disaffected white male voter who seems to be whining about knee-grows and the "war on women".
When your base is told that they don't matter, guess what? That base becomes alienated.
Blacks, women are the most loyal of the Democratic base. When Democrats feel the need to use the Clintons to drive a wedge through the Democratic Party, well...they can't expect blacks and women to come out and vote.
We were told right here on Democratic Underground that the Democratic Party had the black vote "in the bag" and that what we really needed was the white male vote.
Look what happened?
When you take us for granted, you just might get a Baker win in MA or shockingly a Hogan win the bluest state of Maryland.
When the Democratic Party establishment eschews its own president who has a record to run on, what do they expect black voters who still support him to do? Turn our backs on him? Ain't gonna happen. We'll stay home as we did in Lexington and Louisville.
Keep fucking with us and see what happens to the Democratic Party.
Ya'll think Hillary is a shoo-in? Think again!