@Dwumblord @L_D_G Eegads. Anointing a nominee almost never works. Think back the last 30 years.
Bob Dole - anointed GOP in 1996.
Al Gore - anointed Dem in 2000
John McCain - anointed GOP in 2008
Mitt Romney - anointed GOP in 2012
Hillary Clinton - anointed Dem in 2016
These were all acclaimed in advance as the nominee, and other opponents were cleared out of the way.
Hillary Clinton did do very well in the general election, winning the popular vote by a good margin, despite foreign interference -- so, while I agree with the overall sentiment against the party anointing candidates, I am not sure that's as strong a case as folks make it out to be.
And yes, there were shenanigans in the primaries -- partly by the party and partly by the media.
I don't consider that a good reason not to vote for Sanders, though.
@tyghebright @Dwumblord @gshevlin
"And yes, there were shenanigans in the primaries -- partly by the party and partly by the media.
I don't consider that a good reason not to vote for Sanders, though."
For some reason, this mindset remains remarkable to me. I mean, it's great...it's very greater good...but I'm just amazed his supporters don't feel a sense of defeat or betrayal from that party makes them maybe question his chances.
Of course they feel betrayed. And many of them didn't vote in 2016 because of it. That's no solution.
Certainly people who support Sanders aren't going to not vote for him and instead embrace whomever the DNC anoints? And voting third party is suicide.
I don't get your reasoning.
"Well, this party really screwed us last time, so lets just trust them completely now."?
@tyghebright @Dwumblord @gshevlin
Electability has also been mentioned in this thread and I'd bet that person-Bernie or not-gets the push from the Democrats. Save true ideals for the next election and maybe ease into them with the more electable person this time (I had thought Biden served as a unifier for 4 years and then throw his support behind someone more left next time).
After the last election, it just seems like it'd be hard to trust the DNC to nominate and get behind Bernie.