2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRobert Reich re: November
from his Facebook page:
A Hillary Clinton supporter writes: By continuing your support of Bernie now that his odds of getting the nomination are almost nil, you're just hurting Hillary and helping Trump.
A Bernie supporter writes: How can you say youll work your heart out to get Hillary elected if she gets the Democratic nomination? Ill never support Hillary. If Bernie forms a third party, Im with him. Or else Ill vote for the Green Party candidate.
With due respect, let me explain why I think both of these positions are wrong. As Ive said before, I believe Hillary Clinton is best qualified to be president of the political system we now have, and Bernie is best qualified to get the system we need.
So I urge you to fight like hell for Bernie as long as he has any chance at all. But if he loses the nomination, we must fight like hell for Hillary. Not voting, or voting for a third party candidate, helps Trump.
This doesnt mean giving up on Bernies principles. Regardless of the outcome of this election, we must keep up the pressure to reclaim our democracy and our economy from the privileged and the powerful. How do we accomplish this? One possibility: Form a third party as soon as the election is over, and start planning for 2020.
What do you think?
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)And he won't be getting on it . . .
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)This doesnt mean giving up on Bernies principles.
I think this, inadvertently, hits on something ... I suspect, more than a few, thinks that it does, i.e., vote for the right guy and be done.
This is why we are in the place we find ourselves.