51. "i voted for hillary. i wish she had won." In response to In response to 49
but it's disgusting to watch people keep harping on an (out in the open) right wing conspiracy to gut civil rights
1) when the blue dogs were FULLY on board with this bullshit back in her super predator days, and you can't just take back the generational fuckery that was perpetrated with "moderate" democrat complicity in the 80s/90s
2) when this issue has been out there for the dems to fight for years, and is only a priority now that they can't win.
3) when it's not even the biggest reason they lost this election.
4) when the dems avoided championing their positions when they actually had the votes in 2010 and ceded the national debate and the eventual gerrymandering to the anti-obama/tea party bullshit. just like they avoided in this election, preferring to run against trump instead of for their vision.
5) when they're still on this bullshit when it's happened and over. instead of focusing on what does matter for civil rights moving forward, there's this goddamn hodgepodge of recounts/faithless electors/popular vote/voter rights. time to focus on not letting the republicans fuck up governance and on winning the next elections.
and shame on jill stein for being on this shit and taking attention away from THE ONE THING she was right about with standing rock.
(and hey, democrats, maybe you were a bit too hasty with the criticism of bernie supporters who had a hard time letting go)