2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumCongratulations Hillary Clinton and Thank You.....
for showing me that there is no place left in the democratic party for me.
DU, love you and will check in after the general is over. Most sincerely folks, please take care of yourself, I see no good ending coming for anyone after this.
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)A loss is a loss and we should take it like champs, and part of that is realizing that the party is too conservative for real progressives. A third party emerging from all of this would be best for everyone.
Broward
(1,976 posts)Punkingal
(9,522 posts)Robbins
(5,066 posts)It's not progressive at all.The democratic party Is corporist,and neocon and anti-labor
the democratic party loves trade deals
the democratic party loves war
the democratic party doesn't care about young black men being executed by police even though a lot of blacks voted for
CLinton
the democratic party supports gutting the social safety net for disabled,poor and old even though a lot of older voters voted for
clinton
the democratic party supports wall street
the democratic party supports national security state including patroit act,nsa spying,and torture
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)spyker29
(89 posts)Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)Enjoy the victory, but lets not pretend that we're all dems now. The party is divided and it may not be repairable.