2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Yes, Millennials also cost us the election. [View all]JHan
(10,173 posts)Just to be clear:
I wasn't an HRC supporter last year. My views on her were always lukewarm- I didn't know enough about her to hate her or love her. I originally supported Sanders, until he stopped making sense to me - liked O'Malley for a bit - and then settled on Clinton. I also disliked the fact that Bernie stayed longer in the race when he knew it was a lost cause, and doing damage in the process. His framing of Clinton as a "corrupt" " candidate fit neatly into Trump's "Crooked Hillary" rhetoric. This did damage.
I don't know how you could look at the democratic party over the past decade and come to the conclusion that "Ideas don't matter" Your post is noise - the Democratic Party had a solid platform most Americans voted for, and I am thankful to bernie for breathing new life into the party, even as I hold on to my criticisms of Him.
It's amazing that my one sentence about Bernie not winning the primaries brought out that much passion. I wonder what your response would be if I had omitted it ?