In regards to all the Bernie fanatics that don’t understand how politics works, you really screwed the country, yourself, and Bernie Sanders. Bernie never set out to be president, he set out to pressure the Dems to move further left. He was building political clout so he could drive the issues and that after the election he could affect a lot of the changes you wanted. That’s how politics works. There is usually a farther left or right candidate pushing the frontrunner and nominee to stay true the party ideals and not become too centrist.
Yeah, there was a split second where it looked like he had a chance, but he was always fighting an uphill battle. He wasn’t on the primary ballot in some states because he wasn’t Democrat, and some Independents couldn’t vote in the Dems primary in other states. You know what? That’s the price you pay for being different. I understand that some people just want to be an independent because that’s how they feel, but I know a lot of ego driven people that want to be an independent just so they can announce it the moment politics comes up.
The truth is, Bernie was mathematically eliminated long before his followers would even admit it. Kind of like the Republican thing where you point out facts and they say “Well, those are your facts.” There’s also the whole thing about choosing a lesser of two evils, but once you grow up and live in the real world you come to understand that’s the only choice you get in almost any situation. Nothing is perfect, but you don’t blow up the system because things aren’t a 100% right. Did the DNC hobble Bernie during the primaries? Yes, and that was unfortunate, but that’s the way politics works. Why would the Dems want to turn their party over to an Independent? Why take a chance on all their plans and strategies falling apart? Yes, it would be wonderful if we had viable third or even fourth party candidates, but in the eyes of the DNC why are they the ones that have to take a chance on missing out on winning the White House? So if your candidate doesn’t win, you move on to the next best thing, which was Hillary.
Bernie came out in full support of Hillary once the primaries were over, and he probably made a backroom deal with her campaign to give him more power or a position after the election to try to push the things you wanted, and you blew it. I understand your frustration when you come so close and things don’t go your way, but that’s tough. Don’t be spiteful and take your ball and go home. If you were one of those people saying something as ludicrous as there was no difference between Trump and Hillary, can you in all honesty say that now? Because if you still think that, you are lying to yourself or too ignorant to be discussing politics. If you had voted for Hillary, we wouldn’t have a nutjob rolling back every protection put in place the previous four decades. You would have a liberal justice appointed to the supreme court. You would have Bernie using his clout that YOU would have given him to get you the things you wanted. He could have been your voice in this administration, but you castrated him.
One more thing if you didn’t bother going to vote at all: You do realize that president wasn’t the only choice on the ballot, right? Even if you didn’t want to vote for either candidate, you still could have shown up and voted for your state representatives. You could have voted for senators and congresspeople to go to Washington and be part of a majority that kept the maniac that got elected in check. But nope, you had to be petty and you failed your government, the citizens, and yourself.
So much of the world seems to be in arrested development these days. Stop thinking like children and see the big picture. Doing something just because someone tells you not to is immature. Taking actions detrimental to yourself because you want to ignore the consequences is immature. All this petulant infighting going on in the party is just going to keep the Republicans in power, just like they want. We are playing right into their hands.
Just like children.
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