2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Goodbye DU [View all]Firebrand Gary
(5,044 posts)Sorry to see you go! I would ask that you try to understand where Hillary's supporters are coming... We lost in 2008, in a much closer race. We're still here, we didn't pack it up and leave, we continued to stand for who and what we believed in and opened our hearts and mind to then Senator Obama.
I only ask that the Sander's supporters do the same. I hear a lot about progressives vote being taken for granted, but what about our vote? We're progressives too and in some ways we feel like every election were expected to accept only the most vocal amongst us... and it looks like in this case, we're left standing alone.
This is very sad to me. In 2008, we did what was right for the country and came together to elect President Obama and now that we've finally achieved what we've worked so long for, a specific faction in the party is saying that they are abandoning us. How would you feel?