So much has happened and so little time this evening to catch up but I promise I'll be back soon.
At any rate I just wanted to share something I wrote on my facebook page to explain my thoughts on why I can really not, in good conscience vote for Hillary Clinton even though I have voted straight ticket Democrat for as long as I can remember.
At any rate, (I've said that a lot haven't I?) Here's what I said.
Let me put this in as brief an explanation as I can because I plan to go out and enjoy whats left of the day.
8 years ago a guy named John Edwards was in the same place as Bernie, fighting establishment dems for that "Other America". When he dropped out candidates vied for his endorsement and his supporters, most went to Barack begrudgingly because none of us were under the impression he was a liberal but he was better than Clinton.
Four years ago we agreed to not primary the president out of respect and we supported him even though they kept Single payer out of the debate on health care and were still cozying up to Wall Street.
That "Other America" didn't go away and in many instances grew. We felt betrayed these last 8 years and our circumstances haven't changed. Bernie is our standard bearer and despite every effort by the DNC and the media to mute his campaign he is succeeding despite those distractions.
I have very serious issues with a candidate that starts her campaign tacking to the opposition. Tell me universal healthcare is a myth when I see the rest of the world with it. Tell me free community college is a myth when I see it elsewhere (our children are our greatest investment).
We have compromised enough with the rightwing. It's time the pendulum swung the other way for a change. I don't see that happening with Ms Clinton.
As for the alternative be real Joe. Clinton will get enough GOP votes to beat anyone on the right. They don't want to see those clowns in office either.
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