At the risk of being alerted, banned, ....

[LWolf]

166. Okay.

No alert here.

I know you are an early DUer. I recognize you.

2004...ugly, yes, but '08 made '04 look like child's play, and '16 is a burning toxic cesspit.

For the record, I've never been a supporter of Hillary Clinton. Not because of her gender; I AM a woman. Because of her record. Because of who she is.

I was thrilled that Bernie threw his hat in. I didn't care who did; I just wanted a candidate to support who is not a neo-liberal, and that is not Hillary Clinton. Sanders has done so much better than I ever thought any non-neo-liberal-establishment candidate could; for the first time in my entire voting life, I've had hope. That's a positive thing, and I'm sorry that you cannot see millions of people with hope, hope that Hillary Clinton does not offer, as a good thing.

I hope for a contested convention; but then, it's not the first time I've hoped for just that. I want authentic, fundamental, positive changes that the status quo is never going to offer up without a fight. I'm eager to take that fight as far as I have to.

Er...HRC WAS SOS with President Obama. And she pulled all kinds of ugly shit in that campaign, and in this campaign. One need only to remove that speck from the eye to see it.

I am a Democrat. I am not proud of the neo-liberal turn the party has taken. I've been told ad nauseum, right here at DU for 13.5 years now, that the way to change the party is to work from within. I'm doing that. The other choice is to work from without. I think that I've been constantly encouraged to "work from within" because of this pattern:

1. Fight in the primaries.
2. "Unify," "get in line," "shut up and vote the way you're supposed to" in the GE.
3. Support the new Dem POTUS with blind loyalty if we win, because if you then fight from within for the change you want to see, you are a traitor.

You see, there really is no time, other than a primary, in which Dems can express unhappiness, discontent, or opposition to the direction the party has taken without that "traitor" label. And, if I read GD correctly, the Clinton campaign and her supporters are happy to start throwing that "traitor" shit at us before the primaries are done, when millions of people still have not voted.

I don't have a problem with your rant. I disagree in total, but that's okay. We're allowed to disagree. I'm not going to alert your post because I disagree with it.