2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: It is a stupid move to support Clinton in the primary [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)and one we cannot afford to lose, and every time Hillary lurches rightward, listening to the DWS and other DNC types, she runs the risk of losing the whole election, because, thanks to her own flip flops, no one will know what she stands for. The leftists will, but of course, we have all heard for years the mantra "we gotta appeal to the indupendits" aka the people who cannot make up their mind. Well, those people do not respect weeble wobblers and wafflers. Hillary does not have to be that, but as long as a choir of people who think she can do no wrong keep feeding her candy coated lies, she will go into the fight like a boxer that has trained poorly and slacked off. Wait until the Superpacs take their gloves off, because as much as they hate Trump, they hate Clinton, and will glady run a billion dollars of ad that Trump does not even have to have one hint of an idea of; double that if Cruz wins. Then, when the right wing rips Hillary, and those "independents" aka "undependables" wobble, you will look for the left to save you again. Problem is, thanks to both brutal language, and by gaming everything from debates on the high level to web posts in the microlevel, you will find we are at best a wounded, half-starved army.
Not that we will still not fight against the GOP, even though we can do to other boards and hear some Clinton supporters brag about throwing us out of the party once they win another election on OUR backs. We have the consolation of knowing that all the "Hillary is really a progressive" types will be following us right under the bus.