You just proved OP's point.
Look at Obama. No one thought he could get past Hilary in 2008. He got his people motivated and hit the streets.
You want to get your candidate in? Organize!
Dagwood222
joined 1 year ago
You're allowed to do whatever you want.
If you want to actually make a difference you use strategy.
The smart play is to get a Left leaning Dem nominated. Most voters aren't going to vote for a 3rd Party candidate no matter how good they are.
I'd rather vote for a mild Left candidate who has a real chance of winning than throw my vote away on my ideal candidate.
AOC has entered the chat.
The guy she unseated in the primary was along term incumbent with lots of connections to the NYC establishment.
Bernie did better in caucus states [controlled directly by the Party] than he did in states with primaries.
Look up Jerry Falwell and the Moral Majority.
Jerry made the Evangelicals a huge power in the GOP by simply having his people show up at every single GOP organizing meeting.
If twenty people had picked the nominee for dog catcher last term, the Moral Majority would show up with 50. Those county clerks and sheriffs were soon followed by Mayors and Governors and Congress members...
Na.
I'm too salty
Mankind's been screwing things up since the start.
The Sahara Desert used to be verdant
otoh, that's when the economy started crashing...
[jk, I can do two hours on how Nixon's Vietnam War spending and Reaganomics destroyed the middle class. I just can't resist a good set-up line]
Doc Savage has entered the chat.
Millionaire geniuses were a dime a dozen in the Pulp Era!
[jk, of course you're right]
Look around you.
Every thing in your life is from a political decision. How much money you earn, how much tax you pay, what the roads are like.
Alexas Texas has entered the chat...
Funny how that comment is getting downvoted heavily.
You annoyed somebody