2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie or Bust Faithfull are Heroes to Me [View all]democrattotheend
(11,607 posts)I think your post draws a false dichotomy. Yes, Bernie is 1000 times better than Hillary in a lot of respects. Yes, I would much rather have him as president than Hillary. And yes, everyone who has been fighting the good fight on his behalf is to be commended.
But Bernie or Bust is not about getting Bernie nominated over Hillary or getting Bernie elected president. Bernie or Bust is about refusing to vote for Hillary in the general election if Bernie is not on the ballot, which, at least for swing state voters, will do nothing but potentially enable Donald Trump to become president. And as someone who supports Bernie and all that he stands for, I refuse to play any part in allowing a racist meglomaniac to get into the White House.
I have periodically flirted with the idea of casting a protest vote in November, but only because I live in a solid blue state. If I lived in a swing state I wouldn't even have to think about it.