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CajunBlazer

(5,648 posts)
Sat Apr 22, 2017, 11:28 AM Apr 2017

Let's Be Smart in the 2020 Primaries

Today I was visiting one of the “I hate Trump” Facebook pages when someone posted an article critical or positive about Bernie Sanders (I frankly don’t remember which). The post almost immediately started to attract the typical pro and con “let’s re-fight the Democratic primaries” responses. I started to type out a message saying something like, “Let’s not start this up again folks; with Trump in the White House we have bigger worries”. However, as I started to type I found it difficult because new replies were coming at such a rapid rate the response I was typing was continually being pushed off of the bottom of my computer screen. After scrolling up several times and having the same thing happen again and again, I gave up. Apparently there is still a great deal of interest in re-fighting the Democratic primaries.

My thought at the time was that I shouldn’t be concerned about the tendency of those on both sides of the progressive divide who want to live in the past and continue the primaries fight of an election that we lost to a heinous human being. If people don't understand how ridiculous that is, there is no help for them. However, after giving the matter additional thought I begin to realize what this might mean in terms of the next Presidential election. If that happens again, our odds winning the general election will deteriorate and this country cannot afford anther Republican victory in 2020.

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Let's Be Smart in the 2020 Primaries

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Let's Be Smart in the 2020 Primaries (Original Post) CajunBlazer Apr 2017 OP
Not many likes for this post CajunBlazer Apr 2017 #1
"Smart" would be to not fight them until they are here...nt Wounded Bear Apr 2017 #2

CajunBlazer

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Sat Apr 22, 2017, 12:55 PM
Apr 2017

I can only assume that in the 2020 primaries DU will again become a cesspool of infighting among those most needed to prevent another Republican presidential victory.

Evidently it is too much fun to pissing others off to the point that a large percentage of on DU members will not be able to enthusiastically support our eventual nominee,.

Well, good luck with that.

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