2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Every time the party's left raises their little pointy heads and makes noises....this stuff happens. [View all]Jean Genie
(273 posts)So the MSM, and DWS, and HRC, and all those center-right democrats and pundits are having their say all over the tube now. Hillary won. Okay. It wasn't a huge win - and it might even be a dishonest win - but ...okay. Now what? It's early in the game, and Bernie has some pretty darn loyal supporters out here in the middle class. But who the heck are we? Young people who want free tuition - which they'll end up paying for until they're sixty - according to the droll Joe-What's-His-Name (the one who looks like he's wearing a very ratty toupee) on CNBC. Or old people who were probably hippies back in the day, and still subscribe to that Simon-and-Garfunkle feel-goodness we experienced back in the sixties (as did that socialist Bernie, I guess).
The sensible, pragmatic people, like Andrea "Mrs. Greenspan" Mitchell - who must most certainly be a feminist and not have gotten a leg-up in her career by being wife of the former Fed Chair - or the feminist Mika B., whose daddy's political clout did not at all help her to land a lucrative role as resident feminist on "Morning Joke," all agree that it is practically demanded of all Democrats, especially all female Democrats, that we jump on the Hillary bandwagon and send our girl to the White House. Because, isn't it time for a woman to be in charge of this country? Like Margaret Thatcher was in Great Britain? Proof positive that possession of a vagina does not automatically make one a laudable public servant.
But of course when the super PACs really kick in, and we small-change Bernie contributors can't manage to keep up with the largess of the big pharma-banker-hedge fund-defense contractor-Wall Street crowd, their acolytes the Main Stream Media will tell us to stop being such silly little dreamers, be grateful for the few crumbs the moneyed class might be willing to toss our way and for goodness sake get behind Hillary, for she is our one true hope.
I'm sorry, but Hillary is not my one true hope. I will not be told that I must get in line and support the Democratic candidate whoever he/she might be. I am not some sheep to be lead to my own demise. Oh my goodness! If you don't vote for the Democrat, whoever it might be, you are actually voting for the Republican, whoever he might be. You could actually help put Donald Trump, or one of those sons-of-immigrants into the White House. How could you do that? Have we not all heard that argument? Have we not seen the political cartoon chiding us for refusing to vote if our preferred candidate does not get the nomination? The one with a "thank you" from Donald Trump for enabling him to become our President?
I've thought long and hard about this. How often have we had to "hold our nose and vote?" Choose the lesser of two evils (or weevils if you happen to be Captain Jack Aubrey)? I've decided that this time I will not be cowed, sheeped, or goaded (goated?) into voting for the candidate of choice of the Democratic party. It is abundantly clear that all too many so-called Democrats are into the pockets of the wealthy, just as are far too many Republicans. But they get us to keep on voting for their crappy candidates with the old "it's imperative to stand with your party" party line. Bullshit! When one party is as self-serving and disingenuous as the other, there's hardly enough difference to make a difference. No, I don't want to see Donald Trump become our President. Or Ted "Holier-Than-Thou" Cruz, or the youngster from Florida who reminds me of Ricky Ricardo from the old "I Love Lucy" show (yes, I know his name's Marc Rubio). But neither do I want to see Hilary become President, just because she has a vagina, and it's her turn because she's so qualified, and she's the pragmatic best-we-can-expect" candidate. I WANT BERNIE TO BE OUR PRESIDENT! I feel like we are looking at a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a responsible, decent country; not the big-business, war-mongering horror that we have become. We can fix our infrastructure, restore our education system, open our arms to the less-fortunate, give of our time, and of ourselves, to help make this the country it can and ought to be. Obviously Bernie is one man, and cannot do it all himself. Those who disdain his words and act like he's a will-o-the-wisp airy-fairy living in La-La Land simply haven't been paying attention. If his "revolution" is to happen, we must ALL be part of it. If we're too scared/busy/lazy/indifferent to be part of the change we wish to see, then so be it. In the final analysis, people get the kind of government they deserve. And so, although I have been a Democrat for forty years, and have devoted long hours to working at the polls for a long time, come November 2016, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES will I vote for Hillary Clinton!