2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Susan Sarandon and the Berniacs Who Wanna Watch the World Burn [View all]CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)The DNC started this by offering up Hillary--someone that they know the Democratic base did not want. We rejected her in 2008. So, they offer her up again, knowing this. They didn't anticipate any political competitor who would give her a serious run--but here we are.
I know you like her. Good for you. But the reality is--so many in our party cannot stand Hillary.
And for the DNC to offer up such a candidate, and to outright abuse Bernie--with the stupid debate schedule and other advantages that Hillary had--was really shitty.
Look at how the media has treated Bernie and his supporters throughout the campaign. Bernie was blacked out from the media for the first few months of the campaign. It was ridiculous--living in Iowa and reading three stories a day about one event Hillary had with 200 attendees, and finding NOTHING when Bernie held a rally in which 2,000 attended. Hillary used her corporate connections and donors (Time Warner) to curry favor with them. That was unfair. Also, the Bernie Bro crap that you guys have perpetuated and drilled into us. Taunted us with. We're sexist. We're racist. We're monsters. Yeah. We get it. And now you cry that we don't like you OR your candidate. Ummm...hello?
And Hillary employs that pig David Brock. At the end of January 2016, Brock proclaimed, "Bernie Sanders doesn't really care about black people." Bernie hadn't even participated in the Iowa caucuses yet!! He hadn't even campaigned in a diverse state. He never had a chance. Brock made it so, and once again Hillary's cohorts in the media tried to sabotage Bernie and insist that the civil-rights picture of Bernie, wasn't really Bernie. Swift boat much?
You can't act his way---for months---and shovel shit at us nonstop for nearly a year now--and then whine and complain when we don't want to have anything to do with your candidate.
Like this needs to be explained!
But go ahead...blame us. Post articles about us wanting to watch the world burn---and absolve yourselves, the DNC, your candidate and David Brock of any and all possible responsibility.
I'm sure that will be effective.