Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Thread after thread insisting HRC is going to be the nominee and everyone should just accept it... [View all]liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)1. Oh, this happens every election. They say once the nominee is elected then we have no choice
but to get behind the the nominee. That is why they think they can bully and berate us. They didn't learn anything from 2014 midterms. Over half the country doesn't vote and if Bernie does not win the nomination there may very well be many here that don't either. But will the candidate, the party, or the bullying on political message boards be blamed if the Democrats don't win in 2016?. No, they will blame the voters. Same bull, different day. It never changes.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
41 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
Thread after thread insisting HRC is going to be the nominee and everyone should just accept it... [View all]
Ken Burch
Sep 2015
OP
Oh, this happens every election. They say once the nominee is elected then we have no choice
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2015
#1
That may work for party loyalists. Some of us have left the party. I voted Democrat for
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2015
#7
Exactly. !Go Bernie!, but keep your eyes on the prize. The candidate is never the GOAL.
Hortensis
Sep 2015
#38
Oddly enough some of them are the same ones who supported Obama against Hillary
Fumesucker
Sep 2015
#8
It is curious isn't it? I was going to say maybe they assume the candidate with the most money
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2015
#9
If so, there's no need to keep preemptively proclaiming it, before anyone has voted.
Ken Burch
Sep 2015
#10
I am of the opinion that HRC and her supporters are in a bubble right now just like the
YabaDabaNoDinoNo
Sep 2015
#16
Are you arguing against the math, then? Hardly seems like a worthwhile position to take.
randome
Sep 2015
#17
Not if you extend the trend lines. That would indicate Hillary could be down near 20% by early 2016.
reformist2
Sep 2015
#21
Actually, all we have now are some polls. They could be right, they could be wrong.
Ken Burch
Sep 2015
#22
There's a few of those(most Sanders supporters don't actually feel that overconfident, btw).
Ken Burch
Sep 2015
#23
Inevitability is really the only thing she's got going on... and even that not so much.
reformist2
Sep 2015
#20
Bernie will not be the Deocratic nominee, I know very well the DNC nominee is seleced by delegates
Thinkingabout
Sep 2015
#36