Pilgrimage to the Great Orange Satan: Bernie or Bust
99ers, rejoice (for those of you who still care), it is still possible to post things unfavorable (though not outright negative) at DK without getting the skull and bones award. Indeed I have just returned with my figurative skin intact after posting a poll, which you will now be able to read without having to migrate back to the GOS: Ready for Hillary versus Bernie or Bust
POLL: Ready for Hillary versus Bernie-or-Bust
The time is rife with many in the media and blogosphere saying, “Thanks for your input, now shut up and get out [of the race]”. Why? To promote Democratic Party Unity. A laudable desire seeing that under the watchful eyes of DWS and the DNC, the Rpublicans have 30 governorships, at least sixty state legislatures (counting upper and lower houses). We MUST unite to preserve the party of FDR! But, wait, it’s not the party of FDR anymore. We Democrats have been leveraged rightwards, thus leaving many progressives behind.
The cry for unification by Hillaryites is understandable, since she now seems to have the nomination locked up. We need a “united” party to stave off the HATED Republicans (most like neo-Fascist Donald Trump).
So, in order to placate the disaffected left wing of the Democratic Party, one would suspect that some conciliatory behavior on the part of Team Hillary would be in order.
Examples of such “conciliatory” behavior include the following:
1. HRC stating that millennial are ignorant and haven’t done their research.
2. Paying trolls from an estimated $1,000,000 fund to trash Bernie in online and print media.
3. Claiming that Bernie “may not be a true Democrat”.
In recent weeks a Bernie-or-Bust movement has arisen, the reasons for which I will not discuss further.
1. Only 25% of the potential voters in the U.S. are self-identified Democrats
2. About the same number of potential voters are self-identified Republicans
3. One-third of all potential voters don’t give a damn about party labels and will vote for whomever appeals to them most. Again, many possible reasons for their voting behavior; but note, that independents are just that—independent. They do not comprise a monolithic voting bloc.
It should be obvious from the recital of the above stated voting positions of most of the electorate, that either major party candidate, best HRC or Trump, DESPERATELY needs to appeal to the independent bloc. However, the usual thinking is that major party voters will coalesce behind their party’s presidential nominee.
However this primary season has turned into a most unexpected direction for both major parties. Many Republicans are downright queasy about having Donald Trump represent the GOP in this year’s presidential election. But make no mistake about this, many Democrats are deeply disaffected about Hillary Clinton being the party’s presidential nominee.
Daily Kos is the leading Democratic-party oriented website, with approximately 1,300,000 subscribers. We can assume that the leadership of this web-site is far more politically educated regarding Democratic policies. Several large states have yet to vote in this primary, especially California. Hillary has for several weeks been pivoting her rhetoric against the Republicans, leaving many of her surrogates to continue Bernie bashing. True, many Bernie supporters bash Hillary just as savagely.
Therefore, it seems appropriate to gauge the sentiment of Daily Kos readership as to their voting preferences in November’s general election.
POLL
276 votes
ASSUME HILLARY CLINTON IS THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR VOTE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION?
Comments
I really don't care about orange.
Post there, don't. Orange is as relevant as Rush.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
I'd rephrase that
You don't want outraged Geddy Lee fans.
Vowing To Oppose Everything Trump Attempts.
This is for the Geddy Lee fans out there.....
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"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
Alligator Ed's reporting
....... is, at least in part, so those of us who don't want to go "back there" can still enjoy the wunderbar rush of schadenfreude as the house of cards falls apart at the seams.
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
minor edit: 1,300,000 sockpuppets and sleeper trolls
and a couple thousand actual participants.
also, what dkmich said
Correct! I was trying to look
Correct! I was trying to look up a user to find a comment (angel d), and easily 95% of users had never or barely ever commented. Maybe three in a hundred had any real comments history. It made me wonder how much of the traffic numbers are actually real, and how much of that is a ploy for advertiser dollars.
"Polls don't tell us how well a candidate is doing; Polls tell us how well the media is doing." ~ Me
Remember when the DailyHos shill squad got up in arms
about the phrase Democratic Whores? I bet they broke a lot of mirrors around the house that day.
Uhmmm,
Your link didn't work for me. Got a page not found message. I'll trip on over to gos and look. The ratfuckers there don't bother me. Much. Good post here though.
Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .
Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .
If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march