So what is the take away from this primary...

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

43. I had voted for Nader in 1996 and 2000--casting a protest vote in a state was going handily for the

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Democratic nominee. But I just wanted to be contrarian; I didn't like Gore and didn't like Clinton.

After I grew up, I began to think about this more. Nader essentially got kicked out of the Green Party due to accusations that he never helped any down ticket candidates. He didn't raise money for those candidates; or, he didn't vigorously work for those candidates. The Greens saw the writing on the wall and basically kicked him out. It was all about him and HIS so-called revolution. He could have joined the Democratic Party a long time ago and rebuilt it from the bottom up rather than merely trashing the party.

Of all the things that I dislike about Sanders, I hold steadfast to my argument: If he wanted the black vote, he should have done what the Clintons had done--spent many decades building those relationships over time. Not demanding the black vote because he marched in the 60s and got arrested. That's a special kind of self-entitlement and arrogance that I've rarely witnessed...well, not since Ralph Nader.