2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why would any liberal support Hillary over Bernie? [View all]kjones
(1,053 posts)You're fighting to affix it to your needs at the moment.
There are politicians in the world more liberal than Bernie, does that
negate his liberalism? No, no more than that there are more
conservative politicians than Hillary negates any of her more
conservative positions.
I guess if you want to kick HRC supporters out of the "liberal" label...
well, I don't really know...the label was never that important to me
at least.
As to why someone would vote for HRC, personally, I think she's
good for the job. Frankly, whatever extra liberalism Bernie has would
go to waste anyway. Regardless of who is president, there's a limit on
what they can do, and how far they can shift the "needle" towards
liberalism. Sure, extra liberalism in a candidate is great, but I personally
feel whatever extra Bernie has is more than made up for in Hillary's
experience. And that's my determination at this point.