2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Will Bernie be as hated by progressives as Nader [View all]Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)I registered as a Democrat in 1965 and almost always vote for Democrats except when they stray too far right and there are other more progressive candidates on the ballot. I also hold them accountable for their behavior and votes.
"I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever, in religion, in philosophy, in politics, or in anything else, where I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction is the last degradation of a free and moral agent. If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all." Thomas Jefferson(D)
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. John Quincy Adams(D)
If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. Harry S. Truman(D)
And, I've often stated my admiration for other Democrats. Eugene McCarthy, George McGovern, Bernie Sanders, for example.