2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: A plea for reason: Regardless of your favored candidate, vote Democratic this fall! [View all]salinsky
(1,065 posts)... that you don't cutoff your nose to spite your face, and that incrementalism is preferable to going backward blindly and at a high rate of speed.
Look, I want my pony too, but I think you're losing sight of two things here ...
1. I will be thrilled should Bernie get the nomination and will work tirelessly and donate selflessly to see that he get's elected. But, I also recognize the danger and will do everything in my power to prevent the reactionary reprobates of the GOP from obtaining the power to choose the next two or three SCOTUS justices.
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2. You need to come to terms with the fact that we have an alarmingly high percentage of the electorate that is composed of mouth-breathing ignoramuses, who are not only anti-intellectual, but wear their ignorance as a badge of courage.
You may be being blackmailed, but you've misidentified who's holding the gun.