America has a two-party system. It is a binary system. It is one or the other. Winner take all. There really are no coalition politics in the
American two-party system.
However, what we have seen with Clinton/Sanders is an
attempt to form a two-party de facto coalition of a nascent social democratic
party with a broader Democratic party.
Take a look at the Democratic platform for 2016. Most of what Saunders was shooting for is in
that platform. However, few of us
believe that Clinton will adhere to those party planks, and will shed them once
president.
But some of us have watched Bernie throughout the election
process. Yes, the system was rigged
against him from getting the nomination.
Perhaps if it had not been so rigged, he may have gotten another 200
pledged delegates, and cut Clinton’s lead to razor thinness. But as Bernie has stated, “THIS IS REALITY,”
thereby moving the universe of discourse from a socialist goal to the reality
of creating a de facto coalition party, of a Social Democratic Party, and the
Democratic Party. This is the
reality. Bernie has forced Clinton to
take on many of the precepts of his Democratic Socialism in order to get his
endorsement, his delegates, and his followers to come along and support Hillary
Clinton for president.
So many people are so angry at Clinton having witnessed the
ring system against which Bernie fought, but this is reality. It takes time to change. Already Bernie has changed it by eliminating
500 superdelegate positions in future year elections. In 2020, if Bernie or Sen. Warren want to run
for president, not only will they be part of the Newer Establishment at that
time, but the entire election process will better reflect what actual voters
want as opposed to what the establish party wants.
Those of you who are still so angry at Clinton because of
what the DNC did together with Clinton, have to take note of the disaster we
will face a year after Donald Trump is elected.
Bernie sees the peril in electing Donald Trump. As he states, he will do everything possible
to eliminate that possibility, and to elect the coalition candidate Hillary
Clinton. Remember, Bernie is going to be
a central heavyweight now in the Senate, impossible to ignore, constantly
prompting Clinton towards a more socialist leaning. Perhaps within the next four years we will
see the founding of the Democratic Socialist party as a third-party, which could
easily supplant the Green party was true and effective vote-power.
So drop your hatred of Clinton, and work with Bernie and
her, to get her elected and to stop Trump.
Can you imagine what the world would be like two years after a Trump
election? Can you imagine the
chaos? Can you imagine the danger? Can you imagine the disappointment in all of
those who elected Trump and saw his presidency turn into the disaster he
predicted would happen if Hillary were elected?
Can you imagine anyone who voted for Trump been having second thoughts
that they are to blame? No, they will
blame Trump for having failed them, holding themselves faultless.
The American electorate appears to be stupid beyond
belief. Therefore it is for us who can
better discriminate the reality of what faces us in the upcoming election to
work to stabilize the Democratic Socialist/Democratic Party coalition that
Bernie and Clinton have forged, and to make it the party of the future.
"The American electorate appears to be stupid beyond belief." Yes, it's more or less the same everywhere. We humans have developed higher technologies, but the wisdom required to deal with them all is very sadly lacking, and so the planet is being rapidly depleted. We plug on. I think it was Blaise Pascal who said something like 'The situation is hopeless. We must now take the next step'. :-)
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