I support Bernie Sanders for the same reasons that I supported Obama in “08. I don’t like Hillary Clinton. I also don’t trust her to be a progressive leader. She is a sell out to the Oligarchs.
And it appears that I am not alone in my opinion. Young people overwhelmingly are voting for Bernie. So are ne voters, those who have never voted before.
Hillary is winning, at least in the South. But if you look at the numbers for turnout they are way down from ‘08 and ‘12.
What does then mean? Bernie is bringing out a lot of new voters, and at the same time Hillary cannot even bring out the Obama voters from “08 and “12.
Now I will give you Bernie isn’t inspiring them at the level of Obama, but this is understandable. He is not as well known as Clinton, and even though I love the guy, he is not as good a candidate as Obama. Specifically, he is redundant and doesn’t go much off his normal shpeal. He could do a much better job of rolling new things into what he has to say.
But the reality is, that even though she has all the name recognition, most of the establishment, and the tacit support of Obama, there are a lot of people from “08 and “12 who just don’t buy what she is selling.
And what is troubling is that when it comes to the general election, it won’t be an issue of people like me and other Bernie supporters who haven’t been giving her love. Most of us will probably vote for her, with the exception of the new voters, which no one knows about.
But what about all of those missing voters? Who’s were they in “08? Were they Hillary’s or Obama's? I don’t think there is any clear answer to that. Now AA voters who are voting are clearly supporting Hillary because she has rapped herself in Obama like a blanket, and the AA establishment Pols have endorsed her.
But even with that support, over 1/3 of the voters in the ‘08 primary have not been turning out. These voters are most likely a mix of Hillary and Obama voters from ‘08. One has to assume that since she is getting large AA support (although their turnout is less than ‘08) that much of the reduced turnout is her supporters from ‘08 have left the party.
It also would indicate that given the huge numbers of increased new GOP voters that many of them have gone over to that side. They are either being pulled or pushed to the GOP , but regardless they are going there.
This bodes ill for Hillary in November. It means she will likely lose to a carnival barker and Reality TV star. She is the most well known woman in the world, and she will lose to a fascist fraud.
Which brings us to the second irony of this situation. The Democratic establishment cooked the books for Hillary, because they thought she was a shoe-in, and the party will be decimated in November up and down the ballot. It brings me no pleasure to say this, I have been a Democrat my whole life, but there will probably be no Democratic Party after November.
Is that apocalyptic? Yes, but all you have to do is look at the current situation. They hold the House, the Senate, most Governorships, and most legislatures. With GOP turnout most likely record breaking, they will most likely also add to their current advantages.
The third irony is that we could have avoided the clusterfuck that is coming our way. All we had to do is run some candidates who were right for the mood of the country. Bernie has the right message, but is not really the right messenger (which doesn’t mean I don't love him), and Hillary is neither the right messenger, and certainly doesn’t have the right message.
All I can say is that the next four years starting in January are going to be very long and very scarey
