It’s not about who you want for president. It’s about who gets power.
You are ship wrecked on an island with 10 people surrounded by hungry predators and there’s only one gun. Who gets the gun? You have to choose one of the 10 people (or yourself). There is no one else to choose from. Everyone gets a vote and the majority vote wins. Someone is getting that gun. No matter what happens, someone is getting that gun. Who are you going to vote to give it to?
That is your choice in this election. Someone is getting the gun. You don’t get to decide by yourself. You only have your one vote. Make it fucking count. It’s not about the person who you think would be ideal. It’s about the person who you think is going to get enough votes and that you can be the most okay with having the gun.
The primaries are about aligning with other people in the group to hopefully make all of your votes count the most.
Hillary is the person I think is going to get enough votes and that I can be the most okay with the power of the presidency.
If Sanders starts closing the gap with her and the GOP start attacking him in earnest and I see that he can withstand the attacks better than Hillary can, then I am willing to reconsider voting for him instead of Hillary.
But I am not fucking around with this election. The GOP are out of control. Literally, out of control. The inmates have taken control of the asylum. I am not afraid of terrorists. I am afraid of idiots with power. I am voting strategically to fucking win this election with whomever I believe can fucking win.
I have been a huge fan of Sanders for a long time. He’s never struck me as someone who could win a general election. He has surprised me in this primary. He’s doing far better than I expected.
But I am not risking all 3 branches of government in the hands of a lunatic party. I am not doing it. I am not even fucking entertaining the idea.
I grew up in a religious conservative home. There’s no goddamn way those people can have control over this country. It can’t happen. Everything else I want in this election is luxury to me. I just have to make sure the nut cases don’t get their hands on the gun.