Sanders' editorial, point by point
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Fri, 08/05/2016 - 12:58pmLet's start from the top.
Donald Trump would be a disaster and an embarrassment for our country if he were elected president.
Let's start from the top.
Donald Trump would be a disaster and an embarrassment for our country if he were elected president.
I awoke very early this morning, from a bad dream. All I remember is that I was trying to protect someone and this Suicide Squad-type badass was going to waste us.
This talking point comes via a youtube comment exchange with a Clinton supporter who believed the lie that 25 percent of Sanders supporters would have voted for Trump in the general if Bernie won the primary. What is it with Hillary supporters and identity politics? They accuse us of using all that and acting like 'special little snowflakes' when the Clinton campaign did it themselves over and over and over again.
I subscribe to The Sane Progressive and just watched Debbie's latest video. She makes some strong points about the primary, it's outcome and Bernie. I must say, I agree with a lot of what she's saying although I would like to know the whole story, which of course we never will.
It’s been on my mind for the better part of a year and I finally made my #DemExit last evening after having one last convention officially as a Democrat. I appreciate those of you whom I’ve had conversations with who’ve tried to get me to reconsider, so I feel an explanation is in order.
Welcome to Video News! My apologies for no official DNC video news open thread yesterday. But Oreo the Diabetic Pootie had a crisis at 3 AM yesterday, so Ginger and I were up half the night. Oreo and Ginger seem to have recovered in full, so we have resumed normal function.
Gratuitous Oreo and Ginger photo:
It's going to be a long four months. This place must be making some kind of impact.
I didn't see an appropriate essay to put this in, so thought I'd just do a quick essay.
One last hurtful action in the works.
UPDATE x 2
Guess this diary was correct after all.
Vermont passed when it was their time to vote, so they could go last. After their vote, Bernie got up and moved to suspend the rules and nominate by acclamation, Hillary Clinton for President of the United States...