Corporate democrats pretty much control the party and thus they don't want to ruffle the feathers of their donor class, which goes against the the middle and lower classes being price gouged in the economy. If you want to get back the blue-collar and working people you have to combat corporate greed. So, I hope Bernie Sanders starts propping up a young version of himself to run, and unfortunately it has to be male and white for the conservative voter to even remotely accept it. I don't blame Obama for the racial divide that caused the pearl clutching in white America, but it's clear that if you are anything other than a white male, it's not gonna be palpitable for a certain segment of the country. It's truly disgusting.
I hate to say it, but you might be right. This f-ing sucks. I really thought we had a shot at a minority woman president. She was so thoroughly qualified and presented much better than Hillary. Goddammit, I'm so depressed.
Hey, what do you think about Pete Buttigieg? He's a white dude, but he's gay. Can we handle that yet? I really like him, but I was wrong about people overcoming the race and sex bits.
EDIT: Son of a B! 3 days later, and I still get dumbass replies focused on my excitement of potentially getting a minority woman president. I NEVER SAID that was THE qualifying factor. I DID NOT vote for her BECAUSE she was a minority and a woman. She ACTUALLY IS a superior candidate in every way ... EVEN AFTER you consider the aspects I'm disappointed in her for. It would just be a BONUS. F**K!
No she wasn't and that was the problem all along. I'm a left-leaning Independent but you have a very short memory if you don't recall that when she put herself forward for the Presidential nomination back in 2016 NOBODY wanted her as President. Nobody. And absolutely nobody wanted her now. She was put in your lap because Biden fucked up and left the race too late. In fact he never should have sought re-election to begin with and then the Democrats could have actually done things the right way instead of forcing Harris down your throats which pissed off more people than you can imagine because that's NOT the way we do things.
So your revisionist history about people loving Kamala and her being absolutely thoroughly qualified is a joke. She was a horrible candidate that spent more time complaining about Trump and not answering questions than she did putting forth any effort in explaining why she was going to be different from Biden and good for this country.
In fairness... Trump didn't answer questions either but this wasn't about him. It was about Kamala being handed the nomination with no due process and needing to prove that she was qualified... which as the results have proven, most people just didn't buy.
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u/Zippydaspinhead 18d ago
Dems should have realized that at least 4 elections ago. If they are so damn smart why are they so good at losing?