2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I have examined where my loyalties lie, you judge, I'll explain my position. [View all]democrank
(11,092 posts)I `ve asked myself....Why should loyalty to the Democratic Party Machine`s choice for president hold more weight with me than the struggles of the people I see almost every day? Answer is, it shouldn`t and it`s not going to.
This winter I have spoken with someone who had holes in the bottom of his snow boots, another who has no running water, a deli worker who walks miles to and from work, a family out of oil and wood, and the list goes on. These are all people who can not wait 24 months for some group of politicians to name a commission to study another commission to determine if there is a problem. Ever notice how almost nothing is urgent in Washington? Except, that is, for the next Omnibus bill which needs to get quick and certain approval so everyone can go on vacation. In the meantime, millions of people live on the edge in desperation. These are the people who have my loyalty.
I`ve been waiting and waiting for rows and rows of Democratic leaders to line up in Chicago, Detroit, Flint. To stand with Native Americans or inner city school teachers, at rural soup kitchens, outside boarded-up factories. Maybe a couple dozen of them could show up at a VA hospital and listen to a few disabled vets trying to figure out how they`re going to find a ride to the grocery store...in their wheelchair.
My loyalty to the poor and forgotten, the people who grew up just as I did, is solid as a rock. That`s why I support Bernie Sanders.