2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Still waiting for a hard-nosed analysis of how Sanders can [View all]rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)but always glad to help. Your question: "Is saying one will not vote for the Dem nominee against the TOS?"
Here is what the TOS has to say: "But when general election season begins, DU members must support Democratic nominees" My emphasis on the "must". I think that's clear that if you don't support the Democratic nominee, then you will not be meeting the "must" criteria of the TOS. As far as why no one has made an issue yet, I think they are waiting to see if HRC does become the nominee before they drop the hammer.
There are clearly two very distinct wing in the Democratic Party. There is the progressive wing that supports Sen Sanders, ending fracking, prohibiting drilling for oil in the Artic, ending the continuous wars in the Middle East, ending the unConstitutional domestic spying, and there is the non-progressive wing, that other than social issues, agree with the Republicons on issues like fracking, Free Trade Agreements, war, not taxing the wealthy, etc. In DU the progressive wing isn't making lists, isn't alerting compulsively and isn't trying to get posters banned.
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