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October 23rd, 2015 | 
Author: I’ve been pretty skeptical about the substantive differences between our two political parties for awhile.
Having said that, I still believe the democratic party is the lesser of two evils. So it it makes complete angry sense to me to avail myself of every opportunity to to mock, impugn, malign, insult and deride the spectacularly ridiculous and transparent antics of republicans. If for no other reason than to put democrats on notice that we smell bullshit and if we ever manage to wade our way through all of the republican fuckery foisted on us by the hour, democrats need to get that they are next.
It only makes sense to staunch blood from the most prolific wound first.
I fully expected Hillary to maintain calm and control during the Benghazi burlesque. She did not disappoint. She has balls. There’s no other way to say it. She was playing chess while the republicans on the committee dabbled at checkers. She is whip smart and solid. She played them and I don’t doubt she actually set them up. With grace and aplomb. She flat out outlasted them. It was an awesome display of composure and command of facts, specifics and patience.
She crushed it.
I am enthusiastic about Bernie Sanders for reasons I think are pretty obvious. But Hillary Clinton doesn’t suck. I will vote for her in the general if that’s the lay of the land come next summer. I’ll feel better about it because of her performance today.
If we’re ever actually able to make the entire republican bench cry in front of their mouth breathing, knuckle dragging base, it will be Hillary under the next microscope, not Bernie Sanders.
So here’s my point, Bernie Sanders’ influence on this election has been nothing but a net positive. He absolutely has moved the entire conversation further left. He alone is responsible for Hillary’s “coming out” on Keystone and more importantly, the TPP. I do not trust her newfound positions on these things but it is measurable progress nonetheless. She is too cozy with the puppet masters and that is a fact.
What it amounts to is whether we we move forward or keep from sliding back. It’s either a political and social revolution or not losing too much more ground for at least four more years. Maybe we’ll be more sick of this crap after that long but I doubt it. The time is now. It’s pretty plain that none of these jackasses on the republican bench stands a chance against pinball wizards like Hillary or Bernie.
Imagine Trump or Carson trying to pile on against either of them.
Light sabers versus cap pistols.
It makes me wish I was a comedian.
I can’t wait.
It’s ours to lose.
Drinks for my friends.
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This is exactly the way I have been thinking. I believe that Bernie’s policies are what we need as we face the future, but I’m not sure that a Bernie presidency could enact most of what he proposes. Not because of any deficiency of his, but because I don’t have confidence that the voters can deliver to him a Democratic majority in both houses.
Hillary’s performance on Thursday did remind me of how “kick ass” she can be — her skills in diplomacy (at home and abroad) are very strong. It made me realize that perhaps she is the better choice because she already knows how to fight with her opponents. But, I still have a lot of thinking to do.
I’ve said all along that we Democrats will only be stronger as a result of their campaigning against each other. They both truly are working hard to educate voters about what is needed. We have several months yet to hear more from them, to ask questions, and to determine our own priorities.
For example, I want gun laws addressed, but I’m not sure that would be a deal-breaker for me right now. We all need to physically write down our goals, then prioritize which ones of them MUST be done first. Remember, if we win, we’ll have 8 years to accomplish a lot.
Good post or article my friend.. Amen
Every election cycle there are candidates that want the job and voters seldom understand that it’s okay to like more than one candidate. I like Bernie Sanders. I am supporting Hillary Clinton. Last time I supported Hillary Clinton she lost and then I supported Barack Obama. I am hoping Hillary does better this time, because I really really want her to win. Thank you for your thoughtful article and noting that Hillary is not so bad.
“I do not trust her newfound positions on these things but it is measurable progress nonetheless. She is too cozy with the puppet masters and that is a fact.”
I fear there may be precious little difference between HRC governing and Rubio or another non-psychotic GOP puppet. More war, more protecting big banks that rip us off, more huge profits for the healthcare industry and big pharma, right out of our pockets.
We need Bernie. #BernieOrBust makes sense to me. Blackmail, I mean, pressure the DNC into supporting the candidate who is truly progressive, not the faux progressive HRC. We need Glass Steagall. We need universal healthcare. We need election and campaign finance reform. I think she is weak on all of these.
We have some core problems in our political system, not least of all corporations owning politicians. Neither party sees that as a problem, and thus neither party is interested in addressing it – only Sanders has the vision to articulate the problems and how we can tackle it.
If Hillary is the nominee, regardless of who wins, it wont be fixed. But if a Republican (who Bernie could have defeated), actually defeats Hillary then it will force the Democrats to address the problems bith within their own party and the political system.
It is for those reasons, I will be supporting Bernie, but if he loses the nomination I will support the Republican party.
Democrats can no longer stick their head in the sand with the Republicans, hoping that the voters will go away.