2016 Postmortem

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)

19. K&R ...

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 11:03 PM

Mar 2016

As a Person of Color, our electoral choice is not about "perfection" or "protest" or, even, "Hope" (I'm not going to get into how that differs from the "Hope" President Obama talked about) ... it's about looking at what is, as it is ... not how we wish it was.

People of Color on this site have had vigorous discussion about voting versus not voting in the primaries ... that's cool and that's what we have always been about.

But, People of Color on this site are nearly unanimous on the issue of voting in the General Election (sorry, JAG) ... we have far too much to lose by sitting the top of the ticket of this General election out. And, our consensus matches the body of every other segment of the traditional Democratic base's sentiment,

So anyone, trying to convince you to "protest" or "principle" vote, is not your friend.

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"Though Imperfect". [View all] VulgarPoet Mar 2016 OP

Nice post for #1,000 tk2kewl Mar 2016 #1

I'm hardly saying less perfect for the GE. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #3

Pretty damn good for your 1000th post !nt pkdu Mar 2016 #2

I should have screenshotted it. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #4

Google Cache is your friend - get it quick pkdu Mar 2016 #14

"Though imperfect" is a long way from completely corrupt n/t BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #5

No doubt. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #8

Why do you want this party to survive in its current form? BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #9

I started thinking more about things today. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #11

cartel coups are pretty corrupt MisterP Mar 2016 #21

You might want to repost this after the thereismore Mar 2016 #6

Might have to, tbh. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #7

Times are different now. Once you say someone is not a Democrat and shut them out.... madfloridian Mar 2016 #10

I appreciate your sentiment Rilgin Mar 2016 #12

I can appreciate that. Thank you for your input. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #13

I would request that before we can make any amends, many folks need to apologize to Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2016 #15

I'll wholeheartedly agree. nt VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #16

I stand in solidarity with you, brother. Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2016 #17

Glad there's at least a few, to be frank. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #18

K&R ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2016 #19

k&r bigtree Mar 2016 #20