I am a middle of the road Democrat who would be happy with Bernie or Hillary, though I lean Bernie.
I posted my first diary in a long time a couple weeks ago in which I basically sum up my observation that there may be something of a political earthquake going on in the Republican party and even a breakup of the party itself in the near future. This fissure is something that stems from the election of George W Bush and culminated in the tea party coming into being during Obama’s presidency.
For the most part, the tea party itself is a result of the many broken promises of the republican party made to the far right, election cycle after election cycle as far back as I can remember.
I expected to hop onto Kos and see something of a celebration, since there are actual representatives of the Republican establishment expressing this same opinion.
Instead, I found an awful lot of divisiveness in the Democratic Party as well. This divisiveness, represented by the Hillary vs the Bernie folks, has certainly not risen to the level of the Tea party vs the establishment within the Republican ranks, but that is only because the more Progressive wing has not felt quite so dismissed by the Democratic Party over the years.
However, the resentment they are feeling now is quite obvious and palpable. One only need read through some of the Bernie diaries to understand just how angry they are, and how much more angry they seem to be growing by the day.
I attempted to relay this anger and what could be the result in a diary earlier and I was dismissed, insulted, called a Trump supporter, an idiot..and the list goes on and on. And yes, I realize the Bernie people have not exactly been civilized all the time themselves. However, the angry response made me feel as if I do not belong in the democratic party — and all I was doing was attempting to point out a growing problem.
I certainly hope the sentiments of the people who were leading this angry charge against what I said are not reflected inside Hillary’s campaign. This shouldn’t be US vs Them inside the Democratic Party and I would hope that the very smart people inside her campaign realize that they need to address their concerns with genuine thoughtfulness and real concrete answers.
Scream and yell and call me insane, but please take a a few hours to read some of the Bernie diaries and calmly talk with them about their concerns. Even better, relay them to the campaign if you have any contacts.
I would hate to see what is happening on the right happen to this party as well.