I won't be buying what they're selling

I live in a non-swing state. There are about forty of them this go-round.

I get to vote my principles with a clean conscience, without any of that nasty "Trump thanks you", SCOTUS bullshit sticking to my shoes.

Well perhaps he just should have sold his reforms a little harder

I still wouldn't be buying them, maybe others could.

6 Names You Can Call Me to Change My Mind About Not Ever Voting for Hillary Clinton

#3. Not a Democrat

Another brilliant one when you consider that Sanders relies on a pantload of support from independents. It’s why the Democratic machine is so keen on closed primaries and superdelegates. No, I’m not bitching about them here, I’m just saying that to “insult” me by saying I’m not a Democrat as if that will make me want to drop my principled stance and just take one for the team is kind of stupid on your part, if that’s how you’re talking to me. I’m not a Democrat. I’m an adult with a constitutionally-guaranteed right to waste my vote on Santa Claus if I want to. No, that doesn’t make a child, it makes me an adult for pointing out the obvious to people who are acting like children.

“Be on OUR team, you’re a LOSER!” No thanks. High school ended for me almost 20 years ago. The only political team I’m on is the “Vote for people you think will most help fix what’s broken and keep in place what isn’t.”

#2. White, privileged male

Another brilliant one, isn’t it? The fact is I am white, and I freely admit I have the privilege of voting in a way that maybe others don’t. That’s called “nuance.” But the implication from this insult is that I don’t care enough about minorities and the LGBT+ community or women’s health. How about…fuck that? How about, I have spent more hours of my life writing thousands upon thousands of words in support of liberal causes, sharing them all over the Internet, and exposing myself to threats and insults to my loved ones, so you implying I suddenly don’t give a fuck because I won’t get behind Hillary and toe the party is stupid and insulting and just plain WRONG? How about I’m a liberal because I challenge the status quo as a matter of fucking principle?

I don’t suddenly become a racist, homophobe, xenophobe, bigot, or otherwise uncaring person because I vote for someone other than the pre-packaged, anointed, predestined Royal Queen of President Land. I just become someone who disagrees with your choice. for fuck’s sake.

#1. I don’t give a fuck

It’s probably pretty obvious by now, but since sarcasm is sometimes lost in translation on the Internet let me just be as concise as possible: I have zero fucks to give for your ad hominems, and even fewer fucks to give for your straw men and cliquey bullshit. I will vote with a very clean conscience in November, because I will know that I’m not wasting my vote by giving it to someone other than Hillary; giving it to Hillary would be a waste of my principles. Call me whatever the fuck you want to call me for that, that’s your right. Just like it’s mine to ignore you.

False (in about 40 non-swing states)

Do you understand how the Electoral College works?

Beating people with the SCOTUS cudgel wasn't convincing enough for more than 300,000 registered Florida Democrats in 2000 (who voted for W). Argue with Jim Hightower about it, not me.

http://www.salon.com/2000/11/28/hightower/

How much does the job pay?

Hand to heart

Last year, when this was just in the formative stages, I wanted him to run as a Green. But you are correct; he chose the right path. His appeal and his fundraising would have been... well, nascent, like Jill Stein's remains today. The media still ignored him for the most part until he became viable (about Iowa, I would say).

What Bernie taught us, among so many other important things, is that there is no progressive revolution possible within the Democratic Party. Historically that's long been the case; just ask Jesse Jackson or Dennis Kucinich or a slew of others, but damn if Bernie didn't almost pull it off anyway.

Where to from here, for him and most particularly his campaign network and infrastructure, is a question I simply cannot wait to see formally addressed.

Imagine how you'll feel if the nation elects him

I'm not adding any descriptors or qualifiers to that statement.

Suburb.

Conroe. About sixty miles north of the major city. With its own ordinances against dangerous animals. But you would know this if you had watched the video and not just responded to the headline.

Want to take another swing?

It makes me sick to my stomach.

More bellicose than the Republicans.

DUer Egberto Willies knows her (the woman dressed as Lady Liberty)

Interviewed her for his radio show:

http://egbertowillies.com/2016/04/18/democracy-spring-lady-liberty-kaja-rebane/