Posted on 02/19/2020 12:53:18 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Last week I came out as a 2016 supporter of Hillary Clinton - and a 2020 supporter of Bernie Sanders.
Four years ago, I was excited about electing a woman president. I admired Secretary Clinton’s experience, and I thought she was the unbeatable candidate in the race. While I loved what Bernie was saying, I found it hard to believe at the time that he could get elected. He seemed almost too good to be true.
But hindsight is 2020. Donald Trump won for a number of reasons we all can name - from the Russians to James Comey to the Clinton baggage to misogyny to a lack of a Democratic ground campaign in battleground states.
Four years later, the world looks very different, in part because of the damage and division Trump has wreaked on our country. But that’s not all that has changed; what once seemed like Bernie’s “pipe dream” is now within grasp.
Bernie is speaking to the core issues that matter to the vast majority of Americans on the left, on the right and to people who have no use for politics.
We need to stop worrying about finding a centrist candidate who “checks all the boxes” or seems the most traditionally “electable.” Instead of voting based on what we think other Americans will like - something that Democrats are not very good at, given our history with “electable” nominees such as John Kerry and Clinton - we should vote for who we believe in.
We are all desperately worried about finding the candidate who can take out Trump, and some keep making the argument that we must compromise our values and needs to achieve that. I’ve got good news: With Bernie Sanders, we don’t have to.
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Check your teeth Cynthia, you’ve got pubes stuck in them.
I’ll bet Harrison Ford’s pile is an anthill compared to Barbra Streisand’s.
Lots of wealthy hypocrites in Hollyweird. And they want us peons to watch their movies and pay more in taxes.
Haven’t set foot in a movie theater since 1981. Missed very little.
I wonder if President Comrade Bernie will tell her to ‘share her wealth’ by moving a couple of dozen homeless into her house?
Who would think a Socialist would be so popular in America? This is mostly due to our disgraceful indoctrination system called “education”. Socialist scum should be scared to show their face and be disgraced.
I came out as this, I came out as that, I, I, I...
Cynthia Nixon - “Donald Trump won for a number of reasons we all can name - from the Russians to James Comey to the Clinton baggage to misogyny to a lack of a Democratic ground campaign in battleground states.”
Amazing! She puts the looney, conspiracy theory “Russians” stuff as first in why Clinton lost.
Even if it were true, what supposed Russian interference in the election came close to countering the aid HC got from the media’s trashing of Trump, its incorrect polls, and its constant shouting of TRUMP HAS NO CHANCE TO WIN?
It has been said that with the media’s early incorrect calling of Florida for Gore in 2000, some Bush voters there got out of line. Then there are the illegal, cheat votes the Democrats get. All this, and they say the Republicans make elections unfair!
I'm hoping Bernie is around to be on the ticket on 11/5/2024
Me too.
But what I want to see first, Bernie standing on stage mid debate with Trump and Bernie suddenly clutching his chest, staggering left and right, unable to speak.
Said as a heart attack survivor whom the doctor said I had no chance of living through.
Pol Pot Bernie.
Cuba would lock her up and throw away the key:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48242255
Im thinking Hillary Booker
"Lives long enough"? Is there some reason that he won't?
She gone taco loco.
78, bad ticker, nasty temper. That’s all.
I'm failing to see the down side, here...
The same in Russia, and they are closer to her treasured Socialism than we are. She wouldn't even be able to bring her husband...
she’s still just as delusional as ever ... probably even MORE delusional that ever, actually ...
“I hope Bernie “wins” by plurality and then gets screwed in a brokered convention.”
don’t we all ...
Yep, Chicago 68 Redux.
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