Hillary Clinton sounds like a Defeatist, not a Democrat OR a Republican

[Proserpina]

When the Hillary meme first appeared: "No We Can't"; an electric thrill ran through the body politic. This is precisely what We, the People, have been fighting since the end of the Vietnam Domino Wars.

No problem could be solved by application of effort and money, and so, no money nor effort was supplied.

America's Elite, leadership by default, sat in a corner, sullen and sucking its thumb, shutting down everything America did, or was trying to do. By withdrawing public money, public attention, and even rewriting long-standing laws, the Elite circled the wagons, slaughtered the chickens and instituted an auto-da-fé of the ordinary folk in order to cook up some fancy feasts for itself.

Space program? Shut it down. Hire other nations to launch our satellites and supply vessels
EPA? Shut it down
Public radio? Shut it down
Unions? Shut them down
Public health? Shut it down
Welfare for the needy? Shut it down
Healthcare for the sick, especially the mentally ill? Shut it down
Public Education? Gut it like a hog and feed it to the Charter school movement
Election Finance? Make all the laws illegal. Corporations are people, too!

I could go on, but you get the drift. The American world shriveled and the American economy was hollowed out in the interests of GREED. Nothing else mattered but that the Obscenely Wealthy got even more so...

And along came Hillary. She wanted the signal honor of being the first woman elected President. She didn't actually want to DO anything, just BE something. Something unique and never done before, never to be done again...like Obama.

And so, we have a clear choice.

We can vote for someone who wants to be President.

OR

We can vote for someone who wants to correct 40 years of decline, pillage, war, injustice and inequality: we can vote for Bernie Sanders and his revolution.

It couldn't be a clearer choice.

[orpupilofnature57]

1. Hillary sounds like a Cracked Actor who has degenerated in to a Demagogue wanna be .

[emsimon33]

2. You have articulated the Hillary problem so well!

Good job!

[Proserpina]

3. Thank you.

I know there are gaps in the layout of the idea...but it came in such a flash. I figure most of us can bridge those gaps, though. Those that are willing to admit to the general idea.

[Phlem]

4. People need to have expectations if she "Wins" POTUS.

it starts roughly between 6 to 8 months before the primaries.

[Proserpina]

5. Could you please clarify? I don't grasp your message.

[Phlem]

10. Acclimation to her POTUS reality.

Defeatist:

She's going to tell Wall street to "cut it out".

Reality: They sure as fuck are not going to "cut it out".

etc.....

Get it in place 6 to 8 months before elections so when she wins it's not a shock.

And the Status Quo breathes a collective sigh of relief.

........the same as it ever was,........and worse

[corkhead]

7. Great OP, but I am a little uncomfortable with the use of the word "elite" in this context

Aaron Rodgers is an "elite" quarterback. "Filthy rich greedy fuckers" I think is a more appropriate moniker for these shitstain excuses for human beings.

[SoapBox]

8. The choice IS clear!

Good post.

[draa]

9. Great stuff. K+R

I don't know about elsewhere but DU has some great Berners. I'm glad I came back. Thanks.