2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: There are two types of Bernie Sanders supporters [View all]Sky Masterson
(5,240 posts)I would have voted for her.
Not now.
What type am I?
I will tell you.
I am a 50 year old Dem in a red state that voted for Obama twice.
I voted for Kerry,I voted for Gore, and I voted for Ross Perot as my first vote.
At that age I didn't pay much attention to the issues I just hated the way things have been under ReaganBush and thought Washington sucked, So I voted for the guy that was going to blow it up.
This of course helped Bill Clinton win by dividing the vote.
Things seemed pretty good under Clinton because I wasn't black,gay or on welfare at the time.
I didn't see that the good things happening were because of a Dot.com boom and a credit bubble and Clinton left the doors open to what happened after he left with Nafta and the Glass-Steagal act repeal.
I love this President we have now. President Obama is a good man and I kind of have a crush on his wife.
So I, who have voted straight Dem since Al Gore see a candidate worthy of all of the things I hold dear in Bernie and I see blatant chicanery from supporters of the establishment candidate.
I didn't become Bernie or Bust on my own.
I had help. The Democrats made me Bernie or bust and have forever revealed to me their true colors.
I will never vote for Republicans! The real ones and the ones calling themselves Democrats.