2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe Danger of Running a "Values" Candidate: Why Hillary is the Workhorse for Me
Warning: massive metaphor alert!
If you run a "values" candidate, you also run the risk that dirt can stick---and tarnish. Yes, Democratic voters love a candidate whom they can declare "pure", "idealistic", "clean." But look what happened when McGovern stumbled once. There goes the lovely illusion of incorruptibility. And once a "values" candidate is revealed to have feet of clay just like every other candidate, he or she is no better than the opponent.
Give me a hard working, trooper, one who can get the job done. You can not tarnish a workhorse with dirt, because his or her feet are already firmly planted in the mud through which the rest of us slog.
djean111
(14,255 posts)So, no sale.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Be able to lead our party to electoral victory.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... to slime him with. Their dirty tricks machine will obliterate a candidate like Bernie.
stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)That's a problem.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)daleanime
(17,796 posts)fbc
(1,668 posts)Sorry, I'm not interested in cutting social security
fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)if you mean that by 'getting the job done' she will drag us into another war mighty damn quick. Yep, she will absolutely get that job done!
No thanks.
eridani
(51,907 posts)The Iranians may be your enemies, and Clinton's enemies, but they are not mine.