no, not all non Hillary supporters in the Primary hate her
Now, I am not going to dent that some people have gotten really unhinged, especially those who seem to get all pissed that not every African American Democrats seems to march behind Bernie. However, I need to make clear that there are those whose reasons for making Hillary go through the primary paces have nothing to do with behavior that might very well make Bernie and O Malley gag.
Part of the problem is that a lot of the left were led through the admittedly tough compromise years with the promise that, when things got better, we would go back to work on repairs, pushing forward. I had no illusion that we would summon some storm to wash away 30 years of Ronnie Ray Gun. I knew it would be a trickle. I also knew that FDR had his opponents from the left, the ones that were angry that social security was too small, and a far, far smaller number (a number inflated by Joe Mccarthy) who were genuine radicals who feared that FDR might save capitalism from itself. However, the wheels spun, Social Security grew, and begat the Great Society program, and begun a wheel of progress so strong even a GOP SOB like Dick Nixon had to admit there was a need for an EPA and an OSHA, and that he had to admit "Red" China existed.
However, the 90's, and the ability of the media to lie for money made progress harder to come by. However, it was aided and abetted by folks whose only problem with the GOP were some social issues and the fact they were incompetent. They loved the War Machine, and loved Wall Street financial hucksters who could get caught lying, blow millions and still get good jobs. They also hated stuff like the Fairness doctrine, because they were so confident they could get the job done and not risk their money. Enter Bill, who undid sacred cows of the Democrats, who could bait welfare mothers as demons as much as anyone else. We were told to keep smiling, else the GOP come in. Yes we got some good things, though we paid dearly for them, and the bill came due long after Bill had left office. We had the Third way people tell Gore to take Joe Lieberman. Some people even voted for a glorified clown named Nader, we know what happened next.
Then, we thought Bush could not be a two term er, and then 2008 came. The problem was, as good as Hillary would have made (one that would have gotten my vote if she won the primary) she allowed everyone from Mark Penn to her Husband to Debbie Wasserman Schultz to yank her to the right. It was not that Obama was that different from her, but we saw Hillary make it very clear that the changes she wanted where not the FDR/Truman/Carter changes, but to somehow prove that the only difference between her and the GOP was simple competence. Thankfully, we did not just have to grin and bear it and listen to those that took the ship away form the FDR liberals say "just keep going, I will get you a pony someday, I promise." We did not want ponies, we just wanted a chance to earn our daily bread and get back some of the dignity Ronnie Ray GUn and Idiot Son took from us.
and the Obama, who admittedly faced more opposition than even Bill did. That Democratic Majority turned out to be full of Blue Dogs who seemed to go "oh shiot, we have to fulfill all those promises now." Manchin, Landrieu, Baucus, all of them used something that at the very least is cowardice, and yes, at the worst, is RACIST!!! And I will not exonerate so called liberal leaders like nancy "Impeachment is off the table" Pelosi. And of all of these, the person selected to run the ship, despite the DISASTER that was the 2008 campaign, was none other than an enemy of liberals, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. OH, I have my beef with Obama, as he did back down from fights that needed fighting, but I also think he knew the ground under him was damned slippery. In any case, the Democrats stopped pretending that they needed to try and fight for the left; this relationship went from "I promise I will never hit you again" to "look what you made me do again! (slap)"
and yet we know that at their worst, the Democrats are better than the GOP, and that Hillary, at her worst, is better than any GOP. That is a fact as provable as 2 plus 2. However, whenever we tried to put pressure on her to lean left, since we know damned well there is pressure on her to go full right, we were called traitors, sexist, hippies, ratfuckers, operatives, and a whole list of other names. We did not want to tear down Hillary, we just wanted our voice at the table to be heard. Some of us even think Hillary is being given very bad advice by the same people who should have been fired because they screwed up so badly last time, people like DWS who got promoted, people like Mark "keep down the black vote" Penn, people like Arriana "I will publish conservatives in my liberal paper "Huffington". All people who, BTW, if Hillary did not get hired by Obama, would simply have moved on to the next host.
But alas, we were evil, even though, because we raised issues, Hillary stopped supporting the TPP and the Keystone pipeline. Really, some of her supporters, the ones that defended these policies as if they were life and death, have been tombstone silent. What';s the matter, you realize you are too lazy to somehow express why your icon disagrees with you, that maybe yoiu did not understand her as well as you thought you did? It's not like we were given a chance to apply any pressure within the Hillary establishment, especially as Debbie, sweet INCOMPETENT Debbie, has botched the debate process so bad that people focus on Trump. And please, wen all know even Jeb "my brother will be remembered as the smart one" Bush will march in perfect lockstep goosestep behind Trump if he wins, just as they will behind Ted Cruz, or even Marco Rubio. Say what you will about the GOP, but they know how to keep a base together, where they know they have to pay even the scary people in the corner. We, frankly, you already have people wanting to kick US out of the party, even though we know damned well when it comes to gruntwork and money, they will be knocking on our doors come Fall.
Many of us have no desire to repeat a Nader, we know that half a loaf is better than starving, but when the establishment tried to turn the primary into a coronation, where the right wing had prime seats at the banquet, we had to do something to save this party form itself. Like it or not, if Hillary wins, it will not be because a bunch of celebrities and bankers had caviar dinners where they promised to give the rich what even a crusty old GOP bastard like Nixon would never do.It will be because, we , THE BASE, the ones who were called Pinko liberals before Progressive became cool, hunkered down and hit it. We will beat the GOP despite you, even though we know the Mark Penns and Debbie Wasserman Schultzes plan to spike out victory champagne with cyanide so they can get rid of us, so that they can use Hillary and move on to the next host, fleas spreading plague to what was the Democratic party.
Just do not be surprised if we say "You drink it" after all, you know that Wall Street and the Military industrial Complex have a double strength cocktail ready for you in mid terms. Kind of a "first they came for the (blank) sort of thing. It is not like I cannot read DU and see a lot of former Clinton supporters rage when they got sent to the abandoned pet shelter.
= new reply since forum marked as read
