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In reply to the discussion: Please take 5 minutes to read an incredible Post [View all]Zorra
(27,670 posts)en masse. No one but a dumb kid, or a shallow fucking idiot, could have voted for that fool.
Obama is not running in 2016.
That said, I do not criticize Democrats to non-Democrats, because non-Democrats are generally too dull to discuss politics with, and will not have the wherewithal to understand that, while I may criticize Dems, I will be a Dem rock at election time. Generally, I just refute the stupid things they parrot from Rush Limbaugh and O'Reilly.
I will discuss politics and criticize Dems with Greens or independent liberals/socialists, but I can't argue for Dems with them, and not be a hypocrite, because I agree with them on everything, except in their futile exercise of voting for third party candidates.
I will try to make it clear to them that they need to vote for Democrats in order to at least make some progress, and keep republicans out of office, but can't say that they are wrong in their criticisms of Dems, because, in fact, the Greens have a platform that is far superior to the Democratic Party Platform.
They simply have no possibility of winning elections in our two party system.