2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Tens of thousands to leave Democratic party the day after their primaries in protest [View all]ellennelle
(614 posts)when DWS shut the debates at 6, i sent nancy pelosi an email telling her i would vote in the primary, and then change my affiliation to independent.
i voted tuesday, and will likely make good on that threat.
meanwhile, yes, i also agree hillary's nomination will be disastrous for the party and the country. i will vote against the GOP come november, i might even campaign against them. but i will NOT campaign 'for' or vote 'for' hillary. i will not vote for more of the same business as usual, corporate control of congress, money rules all, wall street is our master.
it is what it is, indeed. folks make a big case of how the GOP created trump and the whole klownkar that's taking them down now, but the DLC did it to the dems, as well. and we've let them do it.
there is no future in the status quo of either party. i despise what is happening on the right - it's really scary stuff - so yeah, i'll vote against that. but no more lesser of 2 evils.
utterly done with that. we need a party we can be proud of as representing the people, and NOT the establishment.
we therefore must keep up all this enthusiasm and can-do and community spirit and excitement for a long while to come. this is what democracy is about, this is what keeps it from becoming a spectator sport.
FEEL THE BERN!!!