If you gotta caucus, vote Bernie
It would be really fun to vote against Hillary Clinton on Monday night. That would show her. But I can’t bring myself to attend a promotional and fundraising event for the Democratic party. It is the graveyard of progressive political ideas, and the caucuses are an unholy institution designed to suppress the will of the majority and keep it that way. The Hillary or Bernie debate should be happening in October, not January.Instead, I offer the Democrats this simple promise. If you choose Bernie Sanders as your presidential candidate in the general election, you will have my vote. If you choose Hillary Clinton, you won’t.
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A lot of Democratic women are excited about voting for a woman. They’re flooding my Facebook feed. But if polls can be believed, virtually no registered Democratic women supported the McCain/Palin ticket. Funny that Clinton is considered such a friend to LGBT Americans since her husband gave us the Defense of Marriage Act, and she finally came out in support of gay marriage the same week that Bill O'Reilly did in 2013.
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Bernie Sanders is a remarkable candidate. His failure to pander to voters even on issues like taxes and gun rights drive home the point of what an empty pantsuit Hillary is. She is the Donald Trump of the Democratic race-- disingenuous and condescending. The difference is that he’s a mainstream Republican pretending to be a Tea Partier, and she’s a mainstream Republican pretending to be a Democrat. She truly thinks you are stupid-- sending her daughter out on the campaign trail to tell you that Bernie Sanders’ support for single-payer health insurance means he’s against affordable health care for working families. This is the same as when conservatives try to tell you that Nazis were left-wing Socialists. She's swift-boating him. In respect to Chelsea, being the only child of Bill and Hillary Clinton is a deeply unenviable position to be in, but the inability to feel shame is clearly a hereditary trait.
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I gave money to Planned Parenthood a couple years ago, and now I regret it. The best presidential candidate put forward by the duopoly in the lifetime of that organization comes along, and their directors choose this to be the one and only year they endorse someone-- his opponent. This lays bare the major political gap in this country between well-to-do, “liberal” white women, and the poor women of all colors that most require the services of Planned Parenthood. When I received my most recent financial plea from them, I scribbled the words “Ask Goldman Sachs” and sent it back.
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This list of political endorsements is instructive. Groups that follow the lead of their rank and file support Sanders. Political groups that have endorsement decisions made by “executive boards” choose Clinton.
posted by CM @ 8:33 PM
1 Comments:
Thanks for linking that list.
More recently now, also on The Intercept, it was reported that the Congressional Black Caucus PAC, without the consent of the full CBC membership, endorsed Clinton. Many in the PAC are of course corporate stooges.
Killer Mike Render, who happens to be one half of the best hiphop act in the world, is a vocal Bernie supporter. He's a southern guy. I hope that has a meaningful impact in SC.
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