2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: We are the base of the party. The POC, the LGBT, the feminists. [View all]mikehiggins
(5,614 posts)Sometimes things don't work out the way we'd like them to.
There are many reasons to be unhappy with HRC's overall dominance in these primaries, and we've pointed them out dozens or even hundreds of times. The fact remains, though, that millions of our fellow Democrats supported her with their votes. NY wasn't even close.
An old friend of mine told me that he voted for HRC because he didn't like Sanders' stance on Israel. I didn't like that but so what? He's a political activist who has worked hard and diligently on issues that are important to him and he has the same right to vote as I do. Same with POC's, and LGBT's and old farts like me.
I donated and will vote for Sanders even if the MSM clowns are already ordering the new drapes for the Clinton White House v.2 That is my right (and duty) as an American, same as it ever was. Sure, the rules are not to our advantage but why should non-Democratic voters take part in a closed primary? We knew the deck was stacked against us when the first "not good enough" memes showed up on Day One. This primary rule is just what you have to expect when you mount a campaign against insurmountable odds.
This has nothing to do with voter suppression, etc., or even with "disappearing" registrations. Those things are common to New York elections since even before Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall.
My point is that a lot of people have spoken, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR REASONS, and that is that. I don't like how this is turning out but I have the same right to express my POV at the ballot box as anyone else.
I don't care to dismiss or disparage anyone because they don't agree with me. Hey, I've had people disagree with me since the fourth grade. That is their right. I've no interest in crap like "stockholm syndrome", or "hillbots", or anything like that. HRC is waging a traditional political campaign against an untraditional opponent.
If the majority of Democratic voters choose to stick with what they are comfortable with, that is their RIGHT. And that is what democratic with a small d is all about.