I'll Just Say It Now -- Hillary Can't Win [View all]

[Dems2002]

I don't hate Hillary Clinton. I think she's a genius and that she genuinely cares about the country. While it takes a healthy ego to run for President, I believe that she wants to serve. She and Bill have made their money. She could go sit on a beach and travel the world and live in luxury for the rest of her life. If she runs, I believe she's doing so because she believes she'll be doing the most good that she can. And she really wants to be President.

But I don't think she can win. And if she does win, it'll be a squeaker, and her coattails will be nonexistent. Forget taking back the House (a long shot no matter what) or even Senate.

Dark money, voter suppression and extreme attacks will be the order of the day. The Koch brothers and their ilk are going to see this election as the opportunity to fully cement their mandate to rape and pillage this country. A corporate democrat who's been in the public face for over twenty years isn't going to stand a chance.

In order for us to defeat the Republicans, a strategy of compromise and triangulation isn't going to do jack. We need a party leader who is willing to call out the other side on populist issues. We need a candidate who is going to run in favor of expanding, not decreasing, social security and medicare, someone who's going to run on eliminating the crushing debt saddling our children as they strive to achieve the supposed American Dream of a college education even as they end up working at Mickey D's or Walmart. We need someone who's going to run on the promise of throwing the real criminals in jail -- the people who prey on the elderly and poor, and rob our 401ks in order to buy themselves a nice boat. Someone who's going to run on revitalizing the American Promise at home and to the world by investing in our infrastructure, rebuilding our schools and roads and not our jails.

I am not advocating for any one particular candidate. I am advocating for a candidate with a vision and a message. And I am advocating for our 501c4s to start investing in a narrative of historical truth telling. I want a series of ads showcasing past leaders standing up to the rich and the powerful on behalf of the poor and the middle class. I want to hear from Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, LBJ, Barbara Jordan, the Kennedys, and also toss in Teddy Roosevelt and Richard Nixon to show how far our country has gotten off track.

We need to inspire and showcase that real change is possible, but it's not easy and the malefactors of great wealth will do everything possible to destroy us both from within and without. But there is precedent, we've done it before and we can do it again.

Minimum wage bills won in landslides in conservative states. People know that they are getting screwed and it's hard to make a living and that they are falling further behind. If we ignore this in favor of the rich elites we deserve to lose. We are the party of the people. It's time that our next party standard bearer carries this mantle with pride.