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2016 Postmortem

aikoaiko

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4. The Marcus Johnson analysis is not the solid proof so many claim.

Reply to Garrett78 (Original post)

Wed Dec 28, 2016, 01:06 AM

Dec 2016

Because it keeps getting touted as Gospel, I'll keep undermining it.

When Bernie lost the nomination and kept his promise to support HRC it left a lot of rank and file confused and a bit rudderless without a leader.

Of course a candidate can support both approaches but let's face it that HRC led with social justice and Bernie led with economic justice. Word counts? WTF? Do these people understand optics?

I agree that we need someone with the credibility that can do both - some kind of synergy between the two and present something new.

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4 Completely Wrong Post-Election Things Democrats Are Fighting About [View all] Garrett78 Dec 2016 OP

This is how we fight back. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #1

Yeah nothing says "Anti-elitsim" like this... the only thing dump is going to drain.. Cha Dec 2016 #2

Trump does speak for/to the guy waving the Confederate Flag. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #3

The Marcus Johnson analysis is not the solid proof so many claim. aikoaiko Dec 2016 #4

First of all, economic justice and social justice are heavily intertwined. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #5

You should look back at the convention -- the time when the most people were watching. aikoaiko Dec 2016 #6

Bernie is NOT "far-left". Ken Burch Dec 2016 #7

That would be my primary disagreement with the author, but his overall point stands. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #8

By American political standards what you describe as far left is off the map Amishman Dec 2016 #9

+1, "The fact that were talking about the white working class, instead of just the working class,.. uponit7771 Dec 2016 #10

Yes. We have to stop looking only at the top treestar Dec 2016 #11