10 reasons why #DemExit is serious

[Tom Joad]

I can't officially Demexit because voter registration in Alabama is non partisan. However, I am done with the Democrats.

http://www.salon.com/2016/07/29/10_r...is_not_enough/

Shortly after Bernie Sanders publicly endorsed Hillary Clinton a new hashtag trended on Twitter: #DemExit. The hashtag offered Sanders supporters a chance to vent their frustrations with the Democratic Party and with the sense that their candidate had been pressured into an endorsement. Rather than reach out to these disaffected voters, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) ignored them. Understood within the larger narrative that Sanders supporters were just whining brats who refused to concede and move on, #DemExit was dismissed as just more sour milk.

But now that the latest leak of DNC emails proves that Sanders supporters have a legitimate right to feel cheated, #DemExit increasingly seems like an appropriate response to a rigged system.

The new leak shows that the DNC never took the Sanders campaign seriously, even when he was winning state after state. Rather than recognize that Sanders was attracting new voters to the party, members of the DNC chose to mock them and close ranks around Clinton.

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[Rajoo]

Thanks for the link TJ and it is a very good read, perhaps not so for the dismissive Hillary bunch. This one section from the link caught my interest and mirrors my feelings on this.

There is much in the news about the possibility that the hacks were supported by Russia. And while that is of serious concern, it really isn’t the point. It’s like blaming your girlfriend when she reads your flirty text messages. If there are no communications to worry about, then there is no story. Freaking out over the identity of the “hacker” is a great way to cover when you have gotten busted. The issue of who uncovered these messages is less important than the fact that the messages exist and they make the DNC look really bad. Rather than worry about Russian hacks, the DNC should worry about its integrity.

So now Russia and Putin being vilified as crooks to throw dirt over the fact that DNC and Hillary gang are the original crooks here. It's a great link to throw back at the people here when they give me a Hillary vote count from the primary.

[Boreas]

Where were you "whiners" yesterday?

http://politicalchat.org/showpost.ph...&postcount=118

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

I can't officially Demexit because voter registration in Alabama is non partisan. However, I am done with the Democrats.

http://www.salon.com/2016/07/29/10_r...is_not_enough/




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nice thread thanks

I am thinking lesser of the evils.... all about the court, my grandkids in the end

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Where were you "whiners" yesterday?

http://politicalchat.org/showpost.ph...&postcount=118

Sorry, I missed that one.

[merrylander]

While you are all sitting there gloating I trust you realize that Julian Assange did not censor all the stuff he release so SS# and credit card numbers got handed out - we will be in for a rash of identity theft.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by merrylander

While you are all sitting there gloating I trust you realize that Julian Assange did not censor all the stuff he release so SS# and credit card numbers got handed out - we will be in for a rash of identity theft.

Time to send in the Royal Marines and give Assange a one way ticket to Stockholm.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by merrylander

While you are all sitting there gloating I trust you realize that Julian Assange did not censor all the stuff he release so SS# and credit card numbers got handed out - we will be in for a rash of identity theft.

Whew!

Sure glad I didn't donate to Hillary or the DNC!

[CarlV]

Originally Posted by noonereal

nice thread thanks

I am thinking lesser of the evils.... all about the court, my grandkids in the end

Yes, Voting for your grandkids is much more important than voting for Frump out of spite.


Carl

[bobabode]

It's always been about the Supreme court for me. That we will elect the first woman president in our 240 years is icing on the cake. It'll drive the Repubs to distraction and she'll move the ball downfield.

The House will probably have to wait until after the next census.