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In reply to the discussion: It tells us nothing at this point that HRC beats Bernie among women and poc. [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)Why is there this fixation with trying to drive Bernie out of the race over these matters?
What do you need to hear from the guy?
You've said yourself that you back HRC on electability grounds...and fine, you have the right to do that...but is it really fair to argue that alleged "electability" is the same thing as superiority on the issues?
And, if people in anti-oppression movements don't trust Bernie, why would they ever trust HRC? She doesn't really approve of movement politics(her "graduate essay" that supposedly contained some secret radical agenda was, instead, simply a bland centrist argument that Saul Alinsky should never have tried organizing communities for social gains but should have just called on them to mundanely vote for the Democratic ticket, no matter what).
Why should the poll on HRC's AA support be taken as if it's some sacred and unchallengeable statement? Why should it be taken as somehow proving that Bernie is the enemy of blacks, women, and gays? Would you have argued, in 1984 and 1988, that Jesse Jackson's low poll ratings among Jewish voters were proof that the man actually was an antisemite, as the right wing of the party cynically claimed?
I agree he should make a speech on anti-oppression issues, just to point out the perfect record he's always had on them. But what else would you call for?
If he gets out, economic inequality, downsizing, austerity and poverty won't be mentioned by anyone else in the race at all.
And we'll go on being the party of ceo's. How does THAT help the struggle against bigotry?