I think people overestimate the impact of the DNC on these primaries. Bernie Sanders ran a great campaign, and in some ways he won--he managed to push many of his points. He failed to get minority voters, and even if the DNC had been wholly unbiased, I don't think he'd have won many (if any) additional states. Certainly not enough to actually win. The DNC absolutely SHOULD have been unbiased, and I think anyone who sent an Anti-Bernie email at the DNC should be fired or forced to resign. But most of those emails were sent at a time where the primaries were pretty much wrapped up, giving Sanders little chance of winning. He didn't have the name recognition to win. Hillary Clinton is just as much a brand as Donald Trump is.
I say this as someone who wishes that the delegates would say "Given the released emails, we must vote our conscience, and give the nomination to Senator Sanders." Then Bernie subsequently names Elizabeth Warren his Veep, and they go on to defeat Trump soundly with Elizabeth Warren running for President in 4 years so we can get a woman President before I'm 40. (Bernie would be 79 in 2020. Ronnie Reagan was 78 when he LEFT office). But I realize that this would be going against the will of the people. The people voted. I don't hear a lot of people saying "If only I had known, I'd have voted Sanders instead of Clinton!" I hear a lot of Bernie supporters upset about it, and they have every right to be--but the people did get to vote.
The bias against Sanders was uncalled for, and is unacceptable. Those responsible should step down, and they should be ashamed of themselves. I'll continue to support the DNC in spite of them, because I support their ideas, even if I don't support their recent actions.
I say this as someone who wishes that the delegates would say "Given the released emails, we must vote our conscience, and give the nomination to Senator Sanders." Then Bernie subsequently names Elizabeth Warren his Veep, and they go on to defeat Trump soundly with Elizabeth Warren running for President in 4 years so we can get a woman President before I'm 40. (Bernie would be 79 in 2020. Ronnie Reagan was 78 when he LEFT office). But I realize that this would be going against the will of the people. The people voted. I don't hear a lot of people saying "If only I had known, I'd have voted Sanders instead of Clinton!" I hear a lot of Bernie supporters upset about it, and they have every right to be--but the people did get to vote.
The bias against Sanders was uncalled for, and is unacceptable. Those responsible should step down, and they should be ashamed of themselves. I'll continue to support the DNC in spite of them, because I support their ideas, even if I don't support their recent actions.
The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to woman is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
