2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Let's be clear. If Hillary loses the General. The responsibility is on her primary voters [View all]Zorra
(27,670 posts)held their noses and voted for Clinton. The all pervasive corruption of the Republican party disgusts them, and when they see members of the Democratic party consistently behaving like Republicans, they feel the same contempt for these Democrats that they feel for Republicans. They may feel that, at the end of the day, the lesser of two evils is, at the end of the day, still evil.
"The time is always right to do what is right.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
I have always found the quotations above and below to be of value when making life decisions:
"By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?"
Matthew 7:16
From this perspective, if Clinton is nominated, we can, in part, blame a President Trump on every one of her supporters who lied, cheated, and pushed false memes designed to libel and slander innocent people in order for Clinton to "win". Many people of conscience find this type of behavior abhorrent, and do not want to be associated with it, or those who promote it, in any way. Some folks might regard this type of contemptuous behavior acceptable, simply just "politics as usual". But "business as usual" would be more accurate.
It is what it is.