• scarabic@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Don’t blame me. I held my nose and voted for her. That was hard. I travelled to a neighboring state to canvass door to door for Bernie’s first campaign. I swore long ago that I would never vote for anyone who authorized the Iraq war, as she voted to do. And I happen to be LGBT, and she has never been much of an ally to us.

    I set all that aside and voted for her.

    There’s no feeling quite like giving up your dignity for absolutely nothing.

    • RebelOne@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      My friends and I are all huge Bernie supporters. We still voted for Hillary. We weren’t happy about it, but we voted. All the blame against Bernie supporters bothers me. It wasn’t us… And to use Bernie as the scapegoat is hiding the real problems in the system and the idiotic choices the democratic party makes. She still won the popular vote. We voted. Gerrymandering sucks.

      • Serinus@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        The whole “Bernie bro” thing was 90% astroturfing. I’m sure a few individuals hopped onto that artificial bandwagon, but I don’t expect it was too many.

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        1 year ago

        I didn’t vote for Hillary but I voted for Biden.

        I completely regret voting for Biden.

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            1 year ago

            Yep. Then democrats might learn to stop running candidates who just look out for different rich people.

            Now we’re gonna get another wet noodle like biden and history continues to repeat itself.

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              1 year ago

              I don’t believe in this “that’ll teach them and THEN they’ll turn it around” dynamic.

              Just think about it. After Trump beat Hillary don’t you think they got just about the biggest wake up call of all? And then who did they run? Biden.

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                1 year ago

                That’s because they thought biden could win and they were right.

                If they lost twice in a row, then even their constituency would be nominating someone else.

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                  1 year ago

                  As you say, they were right. Biden won. As long as the wet noodles keep winning, they’re going to keep coming.

                  Personally I don’t think another 4 years of Trump is worth the low chance that a loss to him would really, finally force the Democrats to change. If that change comes, it will be over time. The old guard is finally falling away as their health fails.

                  And with the Supreme Court, Roe, etc, I can’t possibly sanction more Trump years just because I think Biden is a wet noodle.

  • aseth@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I want the timeline where West Palm Beach used a normal ballot and Gore won 2000. Much better point of diversion.