There are some other things transpiring in American politics right now. But we must note that Democratic leaders are now unabashedly stating what Bernie Sanders supporters said over and over in 2020: the party pushed Joe Biden primarily to stop Bernie.
  • TheSlad@sh.itjust.works
    721·
    4 months ago

    Just like they pushed HRC to stop Bernie in 2016. Bernie could’ve beat trump, but its too late now all we can do is lament for what could’ve been.

    • sunzu@kbin.run
      3·
      4 months ago

      Ain’t it grand when the pleb team always takes the L tho

      Even a broken clock is right a time or two…

  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
    20·
    4 months ago

    I said this in the primaries… Biden was claiming victory after winning South Carolina…

    South Carolina? Who gives a fuck what a red state thinks when it comes to picking the DEMOCRATIC candidate?

    How did that work out again? Oh, right…

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_South_Carolina

    3% better than Clinton:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_South_Carolina

  • AllYourSmurf@lemmy.world
    161·
    4 months ago

    A lot of things are unspeakable until suddenly they’re not.

    Right up front. This is our problem. We’re so concerned about how “the message will test,” or whether it will give the other side (whoever that is) ammunition, that we’ve become afraid to face the truth head on.

    If we’re to recover from this spiral that we’re stuck in, we have to address this.

    I mean, seriously! Have you people not watched The Adventures of Baron Munchausen?!

  • oxjox@lemmy.mlEnglish
    153·
    4 months ago

    Joe Biden was not picked in 2020 because he was the only person that could beat Trump. He was picked because he was the only person that could beat Bernie Sanders, rightly or wrongly. … That conclusion was made, okay? “Oh my gosh, coming out of Nevada, Bernie Sanders is going to be the nominee!” And people, just like they are now, said, “Ahhh, I don’t think that’s going to work,” so they were looking for an alternative.

    I have a hard time understanding how “the party” “picks” the candidate.

    We have primary elections. There’s months of publicity and news reports. There’s debates. There’s polls. What mechanism(s) does the DNC have to “pick” the candidate? What’s the point of the primary if the DNC can overrule what the people want?

    I presume the DNC gets to choose where to spend their campaign dollars and can shift marketing one way or the other. Is there some other way they can pick the candidate?

    I actually just picked up “Primary Politics” by Elaine C. Kamarck. I’m sure the answer lies in this book I’ve yet to read.

    • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
      25·
      4 months ago

      I’ll tell you. It starts with throwing money at ±14 other candidates nobody has ever heard of but whose policy platforms spans the spectrum between the most conservative two candidates and the most progressive. Then the party collectively staggers the primary elections to the point where the progressive candidate can lead and win most of the initial states, but when the party finally comes around to the first state of a moderate size and one of the otherwise less popular conservative candidate suddenly inches ahead, the remaining no-name candidates suddenly drop out, throw their support (and delegates) behind him in a less-than-legal exchange for cabinet positions, so before a large portion of the country even gets a chance to vote, the progressive candidate is told to pull out because there is no possible way he can win enough delegates for the nomination.

      When the Democrats say ‘don’t vote 3rd party because it will split the vote’ -that’s because they’re projecting and it’s exactly what they do to ensure a more conservative candidate wins the primary.

      • GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml
        18·
        4 months ago

        Remembering the media hysteria after Bernie won Nevada’s caucus followed by the relentless promotion and support given to Biden after he won SC with Clyburn’s help. You could feel their collective sense of relief from cable tv heads that their taxes weren’t going to go up transmit from the tv into your soul. They were laughing at us.

        • anachronist@midwest.socialEnglish
          7·
          4 months ago

          Wasn’t just Clyburn. Obama organized for all the candidates besides Biden and Warren to drop out ahead of SC. This was to ensure that the centerists didn’t siphon votes from Biden but Warren did siphon votes from Bernie.

          Also Biden didn’t have the organization to do well on super tuesday because the establishment didn’t like him until they decided he was their only choice for stopping Bernie, so his campaign was anemic and underfunded. They solved this by having the democratic committeemen step in as an impromptu campaign organization where Biden didn’t otherwise have get out the vote operations. So they had the democratic party whipping up votes for a particular candidate in their own primary election.

  • notsure@fedia.io
    2·
    4 months ago

    I am angry. I will still not vote for Trump or any anti-democratic republican. Why don’t the rulers understand my needs?