Hillary Clinton

TwilightZone

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5. Agreed, which is essentially what Sanders attempted to do.

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 12:25 PM

Jul 2016

He could pretend (barely) to be a Democrat for a while and take advantage of what others spent decades building.

The problem, of course, was that he convincingly lost the primary - and lost Dems nearly 2:1 - but still thought that the party should remake itself in his image. He, and seemingly many of his supporters, didn't (and, perhaps, still doesn't) seem to understand why those who spent decades building the party might take issue with that.

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To those saying that Democrats [View all] Blue Idaho Jul 2016 OP

I agree. There's nothing wrong in asking and pushing for progressive changes, but *demanding* those BlueCaliDem Jul 2016 #1

They want the change but not the work that goes along with it. TwilightZone Jul 2016 #2

I think what many of them want Blue Idaho Jul 2016 #3

Agreed, which is essentially what Sanders attempted to do. TwilightZone Jul 2016 #5

Yup... Blue Idaho Jul 2016 #9

Bill Maher said choice is like an airplane menu. yallerdawg Jul 2016 #4

Some of them just want the plane to crash. TwilightZone Jul 2016 #6

Welcome to the two party system... Blue Idaho Jul 2016 #7

I think our US Constitution established the two party system. yallerdawg Jul 2016 #11

Thank you for that! Blue Idaho Jul 2016 #13

Why would any sane group try to conform to the demands of a handful of whiny individuals ... NurseJackie Jul 2016 #8

There will be the necessary navel gazing after this election... Blue Idaho Jul 2016 #10

Good luck to those who put ego first and America second... beachbumbob Jul 2016 #12

K&R! DemonGoddess Jul 2016 #14