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He fought to give the country to plutocrat McCain and the female trump, Palin. I will never view him as anything other than a huge wrongdoer, even if it's good to see him have some limits and oppose trump. Sorry, he's a bad guy, which might be hidden because the enemy of our enemy looks like a friend.
That's not the Democrats I see. If they were, they'd have picked Bernie, both elections. Instead, most Democrats seem to be overly loyalty to party corporatists, too easily won over by slick marketing. They're just more better about those things than Republicans.
I'm not a fan of what Schmidt has done in the past, but there is no denying his intellect. He does a better job of criticizing Trump and the Republican Party than any left-leaning commentator that I've seen, except for potentially Bill Maher and Keith Olbermann. Lawrence O' Donnell is also very good. Thom Hartmann is a very good liberal commentator on the radio, as well.
I don't think most Democratic voters are won over by slick marketing, because the Democrats suck at marketing. In fact, the Democrats suck at campaigning, period. Many Democratic candidates are bought off by corporate donations, no question.
I'm a Bernie supporter as you know, but he just doesn't have the personality to ever win the Democratic nomination. He's a notorious loner who didn't do enough to reach out to African American leaders, such as James Clyburn in South Carolina. I was surprised to hear that he never even talked to Clyburn about his endorsement. Even if you don't get key endorsements, you still have to put in the work. Sanders is not willing to do that. At some point, even the great leaders of historic movements have to compromise sometimes for the greater good.
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