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(07-24-2016, 10:08 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: I get this. I guess my problem was truly that if you're not willing to claim the D next to your name and instead caucus with them, then why are you going to jump into the mix just for the structure of the party during a POTUS race. Seems disingenuous to me.

And yeah, the DNC is center-right and has been for a bit now. But, you know, most Americans don't have that perspective that comes from geopolitics.

I get how Sanders shift seems disingenuous, and if he was some kind of carpetbagger (like Trump - who was a D for most of his adult life and called Republican voters stupid and easy to fool before running as a Republican and proving it) I would agree. But Sanders conceding the reality of the two party system in Presidential politics after a distinguished record of service in the Senate and consistently advocating for issues that reflected his value seems OK to me. Trump could have run as a Democrat - his party switch is far more disingenuous. But again, that is the one thing he is right about - Republican masses are stupid enough to nominate him. Democrats wouldn't have done that - conspiracy theories notwithstanding. Even with the deck stacked somewhat against him in the party and in the media Sanders still pulled a ton of votes and delegates.

You are, of course, correct about most American voters, who can tell you more about Kim Kardashian's menstrual cycle or Simon Cowell's latest shoe purchase than they can about the issues their elected representatives in Washington are ignoring on a daily basis.