Note: Cross-posted to Caucus 99 Percent July 27, 2016. That did not go over too well.
Apparently I’m a troll, a sell-out, and so on, where ever I am. However, since I did make a bit of a stink about this here, I would be remiss NOT to put this forward on ‘Kos as well. The ambivalence is real, and something that Hillary needs to take a hard look at — the cross tabs on even the positive polls show a frighteningly close race amongst the independents. Now that Bernie is clearly out of it and exhorting us to back her, I’m hoping that NOW her staunch supporters can stop with the needless attacks and work to convince me and those other independent voters that she’s worth getting excited about… rather than JUST running from Trump in abject terror.
So about "#NeverHillary".
Of course I should avoid those kind of hyperbolic #hashtag proclamations for the exact reason for this post. Words like "Never" and "Always" are generally a bad idea, as there is always a non-zero (or non-100) percent probability to... well, anything. Sure, sometimes the difference is very, VERY small... but in a world where anything really can happen, it's important to remember.
I've spent the last few weeks struggling with the whole Bernie v. Hillary conundrum, which only grew worse when the DNC e-mail dump came out last week showing that the conspiracy theories about the DNC favoring HRC (well, to be honest it wasn't much of a theory considering how baldly obvious it was) weren't.
While the links between Russia and Trump/Drumpf are are should be... MUST be... of concern to this country in terms of the external corruption of the political process, We really need to see more of a mea culpa on the part of that establishment. Having Debbie "Downer" Wassermann-Schultz fall on her sword is all well and good, but this was a systemic issue.
"But," comes the argument, "Hillary wanted to dump the DNC chair last year!" Except that sounds pretty weak coming now, after the exposure. If Hillary had been a bit clearer about her dissatisfaction vis a vis the head of the DNC, then we'd be a lot kinder about it now. She wasn't, so yes, more needs to be done to heal that mistrust, among so many other incidents that make us mistrust her.
Ultimately all of that is (or should be) over-ruled by the exhortation on the part of Bernie himself that we all be behind Hillary. If the man is half the leader that he was to me, the progressive movement, and this country, I should listen to him.
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