This has got to stop
Bernie would have beat Trump in the general!
How could he win in the general if he didn't win the primary?
DNC cheated in favour of Hillary!
Bernie isn't a Democrat!
It's all a big circular argument and it goes round and round and round and round and please, everyone, let's leave it behind, okay? Please? That part's done, now. The time has come for the fight to move forward. Hillary talked some really good policy during her campaign (not that you'd know it from the news coverage or anything), and she and Bernie both put forth progressive platforms. But the whole process has demonstrated that there are some serious shortcomings in the DNC and the Democratic party's approach, and that liberals and progressives have got to come together and figure out what to do next.
There are going to be lots and lots of fights over the next four years, but those fights have to be in the direction of the PEOTUS and his new cabinet. Not even in power yet and we're already looking at defunding Planned Parenthood, repealing Obamacare, dismantling the EPA, dismantling the department of education, etc... This is BEFORE THE INAUGURATION. Let's imagine the first 100 days. Now is the time for resistance and liberals and progressives and Democrats need to come together to put up resistance to the potential fascists taking power.
Bernie's been making lots of noise, which is great. He's an elected official and he's standing up for progressive causes. Hillary has done great work, and she's taken some time off after a brutal election season. She's not an elected official, and she'll continue to do the great work with the Clinton Foundation. But now everyone who is against Trump needs to just be against Trump. He doesn't have any political will of his own, so he's written a blank cheque for every regressive policy that the GOP has been dying to put through for decades. Say goodbye to protections for women, people of colour, LGBTQ, immigrants, the poor, etc... Newspapers are already bowing down to Trump's obvious lies. Now is the time to make a ton of noise. Call your representatives, call your congresscritters, call everyone who will take a call.
(Note: I had originally posted this in General, but it was locked as off-topic because it was thought it should go here. So, I'm reposting it here)
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Putin-patriot head-honcho, tRump, is ascending to the White House and Congressional Republicans are hellbent on destroying President Obama's and the Democrats' good work for the American people although I, secretly (maybe not so secret anymore) hope that Republicans succeed at voucherizing Medicare, privatizing Social Security, repealing the ACA, cut taxes for the uber-wealthy and raise them on the middle class and create NEW taxes to tax the poor, etc.
Maybe then voting Americans will get smart and see the error of their ways of voting Republican all the time when they don't have two dimes to rub together. Maybe.
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...as opposed to here on DU, was "I don't like either one of them, but I guess I'll vote for Hillary."
That's how real-world people felt, and that lack of enthusiasm is what prompted 45% of registered voters to just skip out on voting.
What we needed, and didn't have, was real enthusiasm in the real world. I'm not talking about the enthusiasm we had here in the DU echo chamber, but real-world enthusiasm from ordinary people. Like the people who were showing up for Bernie's rallies.
But of course, the collective response here in the echo chamber seems to be:
