2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders did NOT ... NOT say ditch identity politics !!! [View all]Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)It was a close election...if Bernie had not criticized her every day for months and also the Democratic Party, I think we would have won. Consider, he hammered her on trade;that hurt us in the rust belt...you can say his running did not hurt her but I don't believe it...as for the rest of your post...I guess we should abandon the Obama coalition and chase racist white men...now the most important demographic in our country or so Bernie thinks according to his identity speech...who cares about civil liberties or doing what's right. Sorry, I am not on board with this and believe it will make the racists even bolder in their expressions of hatred against women, minorities, LGBTQ,undocumented workers and Muslims...tell me Ken should we come out with our own plan to register Muslims or jail LGBTQ...or perhaps abandon abortion rights? My daughter faced a gauntlet of Trump supporters after leaving a unity gathering. They had stalked the kids on facebook and found out where they met.. They were carrying hateful signs. I guess it could have been worse, Ohio is open carry. This happened at YSU in Youngstown Ohio...she was frightened. They taunted the kids and informed them they would all go to jail and then to hell for being so evil and all...these were 18 and 19-year-old gay kids...they carried signs praising the Orlando shooting... So fuck them all. I have no interest in winning 'back' such voters. I don't believe they were ever ours to lose. Seriously my greatest hope is they go where they told those poor kids they were going ...hell.