Warren is a 🐍 but even if she dropped out and endorsed Bernie at the absolute perfect moment, he still would have lost. Warren was such a non-factor in terms of actually getting votes. I don't get the folks who mock her for doing so bad at the polls but also blaming her for Bernie losing.
I'm not entirely convinced, they barely kept the lid on. okay they would still have come up with a way to stop him, but it would by necessity have cost them a LOT more legitimacy and he might have been able to get the nomination before they hit him with the heart attack gun
I agree they barely kept the lid on, but I think we're vastly overstating Warren's support. It was virtually non-existent. Which makes sense, her appeal was strictly to white PMC types who have some radlib tendencies who think Bernie was "too much". That's a pretty small group of people.
I agree with this. I think the frustrating thing is that she's just such a bad faith actor in everything she does and it was upsetting to see someone who could have been an ally do the worst possible thing. Also, her supporters were the biggest scum sucking PMC losers on the planet.
I think most of my frustration stems from her supporters in MA who will then turn to you and say "a 3rd party vote is a vote for Trump".
Like....your vote for a candidate who had no possibility of winning did far more to fuck the election than my vote in one of the safest blue states in the country.
Warren is a 🐍 but even if she dropped out and endorsed Bernie at the absolute perfect moment, he still would have lost. Warren was such a non-factor in terms of actually getting votes. I don't get the folks who mock her for doing so bad at the polls but also blaming her for Bernie losing.
I'm not entirely convinced, they barely kept the lid on. okay they would still have come up with a way to stop him, but it would by necessity have cost them a LOT more legitimacy and he might have been able to get the nomination before they hit him with the heart attack gun
I agree they barely kept the lid on, but I think we're vastly overstating Warren's support. It was virtually non-existent. Which makes sense, her appeal was strictly to white PMC types who have some radlib tendencies who think Bernie was "too much". That's a pretty small group of people.
I agree with this. I think the frustrating thing is that she's just such a bad faith actor in everything she does and it was upsetting to see someone who could have been an ally do the worst possible thing. Also, her supporters were the biggest scum sucking PMC losers on the planet.
I think most of my frustration stems from her supporters in MA who will then turn to you and say "a 3rd party vote is a vote for Trump".
Like....your vote for a candidate who had no possibility of winning did far more to fuck the election than my vote in one of the safest blue states in the country.