2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Where was Bernie today? [View all]JCanete
(5,272 posts)kind of should be honored on principle. Is it stupid that the majority voters don't win in this country? Yes, but its been like that forever, and post election LOSS is not the right fucking time to tackle that. As to50 illegitimate electors, would getting them disqualified have mattered if they just got replaced? The result was going to be the same.
There is no reason to appear petty. That will just be used against the Democrats as the party that cried wolf when they go after real matters.
Just saying "he's a maverick right? and does mavericky anti-establishment things right...so why not this..." is really really really silly. His focus isn't all over the map. It is about the money. It is about corporate influence on policy. You want to simply make him out to be a hater, and since you could give a shit about his actual message, you see no reason why he shouldn't insert himself into even pointless attention grabbing fights like this one.