
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: I always try to find the positive in all our candidates.. but I am finally done [View all]apnu
(8,790 posts)I was in for Bernie in 2016, then him and his crowd disgusted me with their antics as that primary and the G.E. wore on. My tipping point was his "I'm a democratic party member from now on" statement where he was clearly holding his nose saying it. Didn't exactly prove to me he cared. Then he bolted as soon as he could, now he wants to be back and lead us. Nope, that's too much flip flopping for me to take and shows he really can't stick it out when things get rough.
As leader of the Democratic Party, he has to lead both his 'revolutionaries' and the rank-and-file that he trashes as the "establishment" on a daily basis. I don't see him doing that, I don't even see him caring about the rank-and-file at all.
I was done with Bernie before this campaign started. I've watched him hoping to see him change, but he's not changing. My door has been open to every other candidate (well not Tulsi), and I was willing to let Sanders win me back, but he hasn't even tried. His is the same failed thing as 2016. He's shown he doesn't learn from his mistakes. That's bad leadership.
I was for Warren and I'm sad she's out. But Bernie is a hard no for me at this point in the primaries. I'm voting for Joe when my state is up for voting later this month. I'm done.
In a little bit, I'm switching my pick to Biden. As I write this, it is "undecided" where before it was Warren.
If by some miracle Bernie does win the nomination, I will vote for him in the G.E. and I won't even blink doing it. I won't say bad things about him, I pledged to be good, but my donations will be for down ticket races.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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