2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Dear Hillary [View all]dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)Thanks for being brave enough to let it fly. I would not have written this OP, mostly because I usually feel that my views are not representative of this site, which seems (and whose owner recently confirmed) to ally itself with the Hillary wing of the party. I agree with pretty much every word you wrote, for me it is the truth.
Sadly, Hillary and Bill (and I would include Obama, though most on this site would not) are not outliers, they are where the current incarnation of the Democratic Party resides. The outliers are the ones who actually represent what the Democratic Party claims to represent. It's an empty facade, they cash checks from the lobbyists, do their bidding by legislating their interests (often literally typed and handed to the by the lobbyist), and work on improving their image to the people without actually offending the big money interests. We deserve, and this planet depends on us coming up with, representatives who will fight tirelessly for the least of us.
Here's a video clip, George W. Bush hamming it up, telling his joke about the elites being his base, "Some people call you the elites; I call you my base." A rare honest moment, kidding on the square is what Senator Franken calls it. It could just as easily have been uttered by Hillary, or by most of the people our party promotes.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4500665/people-call-elites-call-base