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I'm not exactly sure how to find that the requirement of "paying DNC dues" is defensible. We're not talking about a local sports club. Don't get me wrong. Wh
by enobrev 10y ago
I'm not exactly sure how to find that the requirement of "paying DNC dues" is defensible. We're not talking about a local sports club.
Don't get me wrong. While I supported Bernie, I feel he was outplayed in a masterful game that he wasn't ready for. I'm not sore about it. Frankly, I'm surprised Hillary didn't win by a far larger margin, considering she had a decade to make deals and sway powerful people her way, and apparently, an entire political machine skewed in her favor.
But the idea that the entire DNC teaming up with a single candidate is to be expected and not taken as simply "rigged" seems intentionally obtuse.
- mtanski 10y agoI would feel differently about it there was multiple viable Democratic candidates and they were helping out the favorite. Since Bernie was just renting the ticket, I don't feel this applies here.
- enobrev 10y agoIf Bernie ended up with < 5% of the voters / delegates, I might be obliged to agree with you, but that's far from the end result. It seems he's far more in-line with the democratic party, according to the party itself, than you're suggesting.
- mtanski 10y agoThe guy joined the party 1 year before the primary and he's planing on coming back to the senate as a independent. Just because he does caucus often with democrats does not change my assertion that he was just renting the ticket. This is a big difference and it matters to the party (organization).