A Successful Revolution Changes MINDS
Having certain minimum standards for success, I was "radicalized" by the revisions to the Bill Clinton story that came out AFTER his term in office ended, especially the big FU in his last-minute Presidential Pardon of Marc Rich. The Obama mis-administration just continued to grow my dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party as is: the inordinate praise piled upon someone who never delivered anything worth signing up for grated upon my soul as well as my mind.
So, it didn't take much for me to see that Bernie offered a major improvement to life in general, and the Democratic Party in particular. I was shopping for an alternative before Bernie even came around.
But some people are too complacent. They think that we had the best of all possible Presidents, no improvement necessary. they were into "tokenism", too, which is no substitute for ethics and competence in my book. I've been the token, and it sucks. It's a position of weakness. Being the first anything is meaningless as a tool for change.
If Bernie is anything, he is not weak. He doesn't need to pull dirty tricks, because he knows all the clean ones. I'm sold on his political finesse and acumen and staying power.
But how to sell the those who have not been similarly turned off to the possibility of change?
I thought some progress had been made on this website last weekend. I now think it was just the relief from some troll-like behavior, due to the holidays, not real change. I retract my belief in the "sea change". Minds remain closed and hearts inflamed by hatred. Too bad.
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