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In reply to the discussion: If not Hillary, Who? [View all]bobclark86
(1,415 posts)without backing it up. That's on you. Without it, you're either full of shit or you are lazy. Take your pick.
Speaking of backing things up, read this...
http://theweek.com/article/index/252160/why-is-hillary-clintons-popularity-sliding
In a nutshell: Hillary's popularity in the last 10 months has dropped a net of 18 points.
As far as people actually voting, we couldn't beat GEORGE W HALLIBURTON BUSH for fucksakes. You know, the douche who invaded two countries with dick for provocation, costing more than a trillion dollars. Yeah, we couldn't beat THAT fuckface.
Why?
Because the Democratic base didn't go out and vote.
Why?
Because it was a boring-ass old white person.
That's why I'm morally opposed to just handing some old white person the Democratic nomination without even thinking about somebody young and progressive. Add to that just how toxic Hillary is to the right -- hell, you'll probably get dead Republicans reanimating to come vote against her. If you read press releases from guns groups about the U.N. Small Arms Treaty, they STILL call Hillary out by name, as it energizes the base, even though she isn't the SOS anymore.
Yeah, let's go for somebody a little younger, a little more progressive -- who DIDN'T vote to invade Iraq -- and somebody who won't cause an epic shitstorm to get everybody even remotely right of center to cause traffic jams on their way to vote against our candidate.