So first faithless voter is voting for Sanders in Maine

[JHan]

75. what amuses me is the glee in your post which tells me several things:

What drew voters to Trump in large numbers? I'm sure it was his uplifting message of hope and love for all - since we're going on "who can fill stadiums" logic. All that matters is a populist message to rile people up , even if the person spouting it is full of BS.

And if this is your attitude when our institutions are under threat, if this is what you are most passionate about - that your dude didn't win - it is worst kind of narcissism imaginable.

If the fact that the levers of government will be controlled by racists, misogynists and nihilists doesn't whip up your anger as much as your guy not winning the primaries tells me why we are clueless - because that resentment is shared by millions of other clueless voters with their #jillnothill and bernieorbust nonsense.

It was the same nonsense in 2000 . This was the thinking: " If a politician's views don't perfectly align with mine, even if we agree on 75% of issues, they should be rejected" - the height of ridiculousness. And just the sort of thinking that blinds you to the flaws of the candidate you prefer. And caught up in all this is losing sight of what the damn point should have been this year : defeating conservatives - cry me a river if your preferred candidate lost. If the situation were reversed and Bernie enjoyed clout this year, I'd vote for him in a heartbeat understanding what was at stake. I wish I could use more diplomatic language but it seems we need a damn roadmap..

"Nothing infuriates me more than when progressives’ political goals are poorly prioritized. If the top goal for progressives right now in today’s political climate is not, Keep Conservatives Out Of Office, then their strategy is fundamentally flawed. I don’t care what stopgap methods have to be employed. I don’t care if the candidate you elect only votes with you 80% of the time. I don’t care if you think there is a better candidate out there you wished had run or had won the primary. I don’t fucking care. If your actions are not guided by the goal of keeping conservatives out of office, you are part of the problem which makes you culpable for the consequences. "

And I don't need to list the effects of leftist obstinacy in 2000 , and now the left has almost no leverage, and we'll likely lose the filibuster, and certainly the Supreme Court .. but none of this matters, it's all secondary , and crapping on candidates I don't like is still a worthwhile effort because the DNC didn't choose the guy *I want* /sarcasm.

PUMA08 had even more cause to be pissed and they were told to get with the program. If you don't like how the DNC selects its nominee, push for change from within, but prioritize what's important for the moment and the point this year was to defeat Conservatives.