I have decided - I'm for Sanders. [View all]

[californiabernin]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by one_voice (a host of the 2016 Postmortem forum).

This is a response to this thread....since I'm blocked from responding over there like hundreds of other thoughtful DU'ers.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110749156

I’m warning you in advance: Some of this is going to piss off a bunch of you, and for the right reasons, not the wrong ones.

This is a reasoned, logical and thoughtful decision, based on my age and experience, my knowledge of history, and the fact that I know both of these candidates and who they truly are, and what they have done.

So here it goes:

​Priorities: ​The priority is not ​get the most progressive (or liberal) President possible (eventhough Sanders is that candidate). The priority is to defeat this particular group of Republicans so badly that they become a true minority — because only a true minority will be the spanking they deserve for being not just a party we disagree with, not just a political machine hell-bent on rolling back hard fought for gains, but today a political group the is actually crypto-fascist and dangerous to our democracy.

So here we have an opportunity to not only elect the most electable candidate, but also the most progressive. Our cup runneth over!