2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: evolution. i hear people scoff, about clinton daring to evolve. well... lol, i see [View all]ismnotwasm
(41,921 posts)I love the way you stay on point. Yeah, I like being a Dem, what I don't like is the conspiracy theory politics I see all over the place. What I don't like is seeing talking point attacking candidates from RW sources given legitimacy, or using direct quotes from RWnuts. (I Read "even a stopped clock is right twice a day" as an excuse for this)
I consider the source when "more progressive then thou" games are played, because they are played by people who are attention seeking with far too much to say and little of actual substance to express.
Evolving isn't what's happening here, unless there are, as you say, evolving right out of the Democratic Party. I've seen a number claim not to be Democrats--I guess that means they can loftily shit on actual Democrats, completely missing the layers of irony for the stink of self righteousness.
No what it is, is devolving, if their wasn't so goddammed much at stake it would be almost twee-- the idea that there is a one man revolution who, along with his evolved acolytes will change the face of politics in America, in the grand Hoover style of A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage. It's devolving because that's not how our political process works.