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Hortensis

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12. Yes. I'd much prefer she focused the voters' eye on the real enemy
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 02:18 PM
Oct 2019

though. Of course we understand the angry ignorance she's trying to rally. And it would not be a good use of her time to actually try to change the minds of those passionately sure "Washington" is corrupt.

But rallying them by cynically reinforcing the false equivalency that the big problem is WASHINGTON corruption, not massive Republican corruption, is terribly wrong, to the point of being immoral.

That insidious lie, heavily promoted for decades by the RW to convince voters they have no good choice, undermines belief in our democratic systems. It also undermines Democratic efforts to rally the many millions who, confused and demoralized by these lies, just tune out.

All our politicians need to convince the voters that our nation has one good party of, by and for the people that they can believe in and should support.

No exceptions for her just because she needs to snag Sanders' populists.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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