2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What do Hillary Supporters have against open primaries? [View all]dogman
(6,073 posts)It is their Party and they can limit membership to their standards, as short-sighted as I might think it is. It is ridiculous to paint Bernie's supporters with that right-wing brush. I supported Hillary in 2008, but have an opportunity to go left and force her to the left. Fortunately it's not all about you either and I can vote how I choose. BTW the left and center have used the same rules to keep the GOP from going extreme right and blocked RW GOPers. The plutocrats dream is being able to buy access to both Parties. Fortunately they are not buying Bernie. The Party is not always correct, that's why we have contested Primaries. The people who support Bernie are rejecting elite ownership of the Democratic Party. The Party elite hate that democracy can overrule them.