2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumAre you more scared that you think Bernie is going to lose, or because you think that he might win?
Something to think about....
Dandilions
(75 posts)I'm afraid Bernie is going to lose.... Because he is the best for the job.... the rich are rich enough... they are stealing our wealth..... stop stealing our stuff...we want our Democracy back... boo Citizens United...boo the Corporate Media... they lie to us always !!!
Cosmocat
(14,565 posts)That the never endng stream of high and might bs like this is indicative of many of his supporters not backing the democratic nominee in the great likehood that it is not Bernie.
DamnYankeeInHouston
(1,365 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)brooklynite
(94,594 posts)...and I'm afraid he can't get elected to deliver them.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)Bernie and Clinton both have positives and negatives in their favor, in terms of winning enough votes beyond the "elect Any Democrat" factions.
I think they balance out, along with the unknowable factor of who the GOP will nominate.
DanTex
(20,709 posts)Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)but if I were, it would be that he lose, and we not even begin to turn the country around, but continue the slow and steady march to mass extinctions.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)for which we're already heading.
Income inequality is horrible for us as a people and as individuals, but Bernie nailed it - the number one threat pretty much every living thing faces is a rapid shift in climate upsetting every biome on the planet.
Logical
(22,457 posts)Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts)But then, I consider the use of fear as a campaign tactic to be utterly fucking despicable.
And you don't want to hear what I have to say about the kinds of scumbags that use it.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)I'm not scared of any of our Democratic candidates. They're all good people who would serve well.
Republicans are the source of my fears, not Democrats.
Dem2
(8,168 posts)My anxiety over picking the best candidate revolves around the possibility that the crazy party might win. Any of the 3 Democratic candidates would suit me.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)Stupid