2016 Postmortem

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Fri Jan 6, 2017, 02:09 AM Jan 2017

Who we should or shouldn't have nominated NO LONGER MATTERS. [View all]

Some of us supported one candidate. Some of us supported someone else. Some didn't really like any of 'em.

What matters now is finding some way of uniting for the future.

We need Clinton people. We need Sanders people. We need O'Malley people.

We need people who care about social justice first. We need people who care about economic justice first. We need people who cared about both with equal passion(as we all should).

The primaries are over. The election is over. We now need to put ALL of that aside and build, first, a culture of resistance and then a culture of resurgence.

We all need each other for that.

It's time to let 2016 go and work on saving the country.

We owe that to ourselves and the generations to follow.

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Who we should or shouldn't have nominated NO LONGER MATTERS. [View all] Ken Burch Jan 2017 OP

Amen brother n/t blue cat Jan 2017 #1

until what you suggest happens, we aren't going anywhere still_one Jan 2017 #2

"I'll stop if they'll stop!" nt JCanete Jan 2017 #3

Exactly. tecelote Jan 2017 #4

The lost art of coalition-building- it means work together on what you agree upon - and Kashkakat v.2.0 Jan 2017 #5

Until you figure out this is actually antithetical NCTraveler Jan 2017 #6

No I'm not. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #9

We also need to learn from our mistakes mtnsnake Jan 2017 #7

+ 1 red dog 1 Jan 2017 #11

In what direction? zipplewrath Jan 2017 #8

We need to make changes. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #10

We "probably" need to make changes? red dog 1 Jan 2017 #12

Ok, change "probably" to "clearly" Ken Burch Jan 2017 #13

"The tone here is hopelessly toxic at this point"? red dog 1 Jan 2017 #16

Actually, I'm amazed zipplewrath Jan 2017 #17

+++++++ uppityperson Jan 2017 #41

How do you know that Warren or Sanders even wanted the VP job? NobodyHere Jan 2017 #19

If not for caucuses, it wouldn't have been even remotely close. Garrett78 Jan 2017 #20

"I want Warren in the Senate"? red dog 1 Jan 2017 #21

I don't accept the premise that Sanders being on the ticket would have helped. Garrett78 Jan 2017 #22

Well, you're entitled to your opinion. red dog 1 Jan 2017 #23

Future aspiring nominees must recognize that... Garrett78 Jan 2017 #14

No one called for such an approach. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #25

It wasn't what he said it was what he did or didn't do dsc Jan 2017 #38

And neither he nor Hillary is going to run for president again. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #39

Hear, hear! nt DLevine Jan 2017 #15

More than anything, people need to realize that voting AGAINST something awful... NoGoodNamesLeft Jan 2017 #18

we nominated the person who won 4 million more votes La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #24

And what I'm saying is we shouldn't even be talking about that anymore. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #26

I am not the one relitigating a primary blowout La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #27

I'm not either. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #30

Again, this is not even a debate to be had La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2017 #34

The whole point of this thread is that our conversation shouldn't be about who we nominated at all. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #35

AMEN! Fighting for best spot on the beach ignoring the January 20th tsunami. IADEMO2004 Jan 2017 #29

Well said!!! If we don't all pull together as ONE, divide and conquer will take us ALL down. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2017 #28

100% True. Snackshack Jan 2017 #31

Ken...this we can agree on! Trump is dangerous...all hands on deck. nt Demsrule86 Jan 2017 #32

That's what I'm saying. Thank you. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #36

We need an uprising. Lint Head Jan 2017 #33

Agree! MarvinGardens Jan 2017 #37

K&R uppityperson Jan 2017 #40