registered D, only one in my family to do so, so have been debating Republicans my entire life. Became a 4/4 staright D voter, Jimmy Carter's work after he left office to me just showed the character of that man, he has been showing it ever since. When he passes, I will weep. Reagan really solidified me in opposition to all Republicans. In the 90s, I relocated from CA and a liberal area which was just awesome to come to AZ and just thin wtf all of the time. In 2002, I actually ran for statewide office, winning a primary race, but losing in the general, numbers were a bit stacked.
I supported BC and noticed this pattern of Democratic candidates appeasing the progressives and as soon as they won the primary, moved straight to the center "because they had to win that general"....the problem was from that, we got shit like NAFTA, DADT, DOMA and more. I was very proud to be the first straight candidate to be fully endorsed by the Human Rights Campaign here in AZ.
I later worked for Kerry and then Obama as much as I could. For the last 13 years, I have been consumed by my work and travel all over the US. I give Obama complete credit for many of the things he has done since W left this country on the brink. His admin has worked real miracles in the face of stiff competition from the House. That being said, the ONE thing that upsets me more than anything is the banks and wall street's influence and I know that O will not go far enough and I believe he may have made some deal with the devil to get elected for his second term. Overall, I am very proud of what most of his legacy will be, but remember this, he defeated a third way candidate the first time. The second time, I believe he may have embraced them and that is discouraging to think.
Now in this election, I am supporting a truly ONCE IN A LIFETIME candidate. I do not believe I will ever have a chance again to vote for someone like Sanders, so I am going all out. Bernie Sanders is not a socialist, he exemplifies the very soul of the old Democratic Party, the Party I used to be proud of, but I just am not anymore. I am beginning to loath politics, but know that my vote absolutely fucking matters as well as my money.
Should Sanders not be the nominee, I will not vote the top of the ticket. I will not vote for the same old shit. I will hope that my lonely refusal to cast a vote for a Third way candidate just might send a wake up message to the Party to knock it the fuck off. And you know what, If it's HRC and somebody tells me that if I do not vote for her we will get someone like Rubio or Carson or Trump, I will look them in the eye and tell them I do not fucking care one bit because in order for me to actually retire I have to move to god damn Costa Rica.
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