2016 Postmortem

Pryderi

(6,772 posts) Wed Jul 1, 2015, 11:07 PM Jul 2015

Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Hillary Clinton

I'm finding that many of my friends who would have supported Elizabeth Warren (as I would) have chosen Hillary over Bernie. To me, Bernie's positions are more closely aligned to Warren than Hillary's.

Is it a gender thing?

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Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Hillary Clinton (Original Post) Pryderi Jul 2015 OP

Probably. tymorial Jul 2015 #1

Agree. I call it the vagina vote. TheNutcracker Jul 2015 #2

so, if someone liked Biden marym625 Jul 2015 #4

I guess we can thank God for the small favor of you not using the c word dsc Jul 2015 #7

No-I suspect it's the perceived inability of Bernie to get elected brooklynite Jul 2015 #3

I don't know what it is marym625 Jul 2015 #5

i think Warren is seen as more electable than Sanders JI7 Jul 2015 #6

I find the opposite Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2015 #8

Good.. mahalo Pryderi! Who knows? you'll have to ask them. Cha Jul 2015 #9

tymorial

(3,433 posts)

1. Probably.

Reply to Pryderi (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2015, 11:08 PM

Jul 2015

TheNutcracker

(2,104 posts)

2. Agree. I call it the vagina vote.

Reply to tymorial (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 1, 2015, 11:10 PM

Jul 2015

Because their positions are NOT the same, Liz and Hillary.

marym625

(17,997 posts)

4. so, if someone liked Biden

Reply to TheNutcracker (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 2, 2015, 12:15 AM

Jul 2015

And decided to support Chaffee because Biden isn't running, would that be a dick vote?

dsc

(52,162 posts)

7. I guess we can thank God for the small favor of you not using the c word

Reply to TheNutcracker (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 2, 2015, 12:30 AM

Jul 2015

brooklynite

(94,571 posts)

3. No-I suspect it's the perceived inability of Bernie to get elected

Reply to Pryderi (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2015, 11:43 PM

Jul 2015

Elizabeth Warren stands for progressive principles, but plays politics under the rules that exist. If she were running for President, she wouldn't be afraid to raise the money she'd need, from the people who could provide it.

marym625

(17,997 posts)

5. I don't know what it is

Reply to Pryderi (Original post)

Thu Jul 2, 2015, 12:25 AM

Jul 2015

If you're talking about women, then maybe you're right and it's a gender thing. Maybe not. But it's sure not something that makes sense. You are correct about how their positions align.

I truly do not understand how any Democrat can support Hillary in the primary. Just makes no sense to me when there is a candidate that is for, and has the record to back it up, everything we have said we wanted for over a decade.

Everything we bitched about is what Sanders is bitching about. Everything we need changed is what he has stood for, voted for, introduced bills for. He is unwavering. He is honest. He wants to take the big bank, the corporatocracy and the oligarchs down, something we've been bitching to happen for years. He wants social justice and equality for all, and he has been unwavering for decades in his support, which includes bills introduced and cosponsored.

You get the idea. So I just don't get it