MaggieD
MaggieD's JournalSeems like we have reached a tipping point
Not that smearing Hillary here 24/7 was ever going to impact the election, but with all the super delegate endorsements, huge union endorsements, and polls of IA, NH, and most especially the super Tuesday states pointing to Hillary as our nominee, it seems clear there is no purpose to the smearing.
You're not changing anyone's mind. You're not helping your candidate. You're not hurting the person you are smearing with voters. It's just arguing.
Maybe I am missing something. Let me know if I am. But there seems to be nothing to gain by continuing to smear her 24/7. Especially since now that we are apparently recycling the same old smears for the 5th, 6th, even 10th time at this point.
In the immortal words of Rodney King, can't we all just get along. LOL! But seriously, how about we knock off the smears? Just thought I would ask.
I don't trust Bernie
Now I am not saying he is lying about anything (although he may be playing some folks). But in my judgement he is simply unreliable on several issues that are very important to me.
- Racial justice versus social justice: I watched Bernie’s reaction to BLM at Netroots and in Seattle and HIS OWN campaign’s video from SC. In SC people told him the police give petty tickets to PoC and then arrest them if they cannot pay the fines. And he had said in that video that he had “no idea” that was going on.
How is he unaware of that? I knew that. Hillary knew that. Didn’t most of us know that, even before the DOJ Ferguson report? He is not paying attention, and clearly did not read the Ferguson report. Perhaps he did not read it because it’s simply not an issue he cares about. I’m white, but that is a deal breaker for me! Period.
- Women’s issues: Again, he just doesn’t seem interested beyond the bare minimum. He doesn’t talk about these issues near enough for me. And I have a hard time getting over the fact that he truly seemed to believe, at some point in his life, that woman fantasize about being raped.
- Guns: I don’t think I really need to explain this one. He has voted with the NRA far too many times for my tastes. I don’t trust that if he were elected he would make any effort to pass any gun control legislation.
- Foreign Policy / Terrorism: Again, he just seems out of his element on this issue, in the debate last night and in the last one as well (where he did even worse than last night). His idea on how to deal with Russia, China, and ISIS sound so naïve to me. And climate change is our biggest security threat? Wha? Sure, climate change is a significant issue, but we’ll all be dead before it becomes a “security threat.” I just can’t trust Bernie on FP.
- Wall Street: I think he is wrong about Glass Steagall (and yes, Warren, too – although I generally like her). I came to this conclusion long before Hillary stated it would not have prevented the melt down. I think she is exactly correct, and I was glad she had the guts to say so. Especially given that the popular thing would have been to go along with the crowd on that.
I’m a few years from retirement, and worked my ass off to save for it. I do not want Bernie messing with banks to no purpose. And I think Hillary’s plan would be more effective, and not put my retirement at risk. I just think Bernie is extreme on the banking issue. So I don’t trust his leadership on the issue.
- LGBT issues: This one is personal for me, and an area where I know he is revising history on his record. I was there. He did not do anything to help us gain marriage rights. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. He exhibited the same disinterest, and state’s rights argument they all did. And I was more than pleased to see the media finally point that out. It bugs the shit out of me that he would pretend to be some champion on an issue when that is definitely not true. I certainly can’t trust him on that issue.
Just don’t trust the guy. Bottom line.
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