2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNYC Voters Report Chaos & "Irregularities" at the Polls
http://www.democracynow.org/2016/4/20/battle_for_new_york_clinton_trumpNote how she touts Roosevelt now.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Attempting to undermine the legitimacy of every single election you lose is a fascist tendency.
Sometimes you lose in a democracy.
Deal with it. We had to teach our children how to lose in sports and games - by the time they were seven they understood. It's sad to see that so many so-called progressives fail to pass the seven year old test of losing with grace and dignity.
Cavallo
(348 posts)You should like this video, it really pushes Hillary for most of it.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)and a poorly timed purge of inactive voters (something that happens quite a bit).
Long-time registered Democrats were NOT going to be big Sanders supporters. He loses that group in virtually every primary.
Cavallo
(348 posts)How do you explain 125,000 people in Brooklyn alone purged from the voter rolls?
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Not every mess is a conspiracy
Cavallo
(348 posts)this week and were purged. They weren't purged equally across the state.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)there is no conspiracy. NYC has some very poorly run institutions.
Cavallo
(348 posts)I was allowed to. This year it appears no state will do anything but try to stop the new come of age Dems to vote.
How dare the youth vote or anyone who want to change to a Democrat vote. Heck, how dare Democrats vote if they aren't old.
Anyway, we will agree to disagree. I'll go with the liberal news sites.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Cavallo
(348 posts)And if you'd have watched the cast, it was all pro Hillary.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)The absolute refusal of so many Sandersites to accept that they lose elections is one of the most frightening features of this race.
Sometimes in a democracy, you just lose.