It is 2020. I voted for Bernie in 2016. Back then, I loved Bernie, I didn’t feel Hillary could win, I noted that she couldn’t win here in many diaries, and was attacked quite a bit. I deleted some of those diaries, but here we go again. Hillary wasn’t a champion of the people. Locally, and anecdotally, it was evident. I literally had to force myself to vote for her in the general.
Joe Biden cannot win Florida. He doesn’t “have it”, has never had it, and there isn’t one sign locally that supports him. He is dull, lacks any enthusiasm, and it reflects everywhere he goes, just like Hillary!
I have been vacillating between candidates, even while I still loved Bernie, love Elizabeth Warren, and knowing that neither of them will win Florida for the primary. That being said, Biden will not win the general. I just know it in my gut, just like I knew Hillary couldn’t win.
Today, a co-worker, who has a son in his first year of college told me that he had been extensively researching candidates, and, after his extensive research, reached the conclusion that Bernie Sanders was his candidate. She said that no matter how much she questioned him, he knew the answers to all of the questions she asked him about why Sanders was his candidate. She wasn’t convinced Bernie was the right one, but her son brought her a lot closer.
I, personally, want a candidate who can beat Trump. Bloomberg has died as a possibility, Biden was never an option, and for me, I am now, full on, no stop now Bernie supporter. I have been here before. I don’t care what media has to say, or how much they wish to stop him. Bernie Sanders is the one. He is the only candidate with charisma, the only candidate who has garnered the support of our youth, and the only candidate with the history of standing true and strong for all of his principals and belief, for decades! For my co-worker’s son, I am right there with him, even at my old age. Bernie isn’t just a candidate for our youth, he is a candidate for people nearing age 60, like me!
I don’t have money to contribute, but I will offer my voice, and my vote, for Bernie Sanders. I don’t know why I didn’t stay true to my heart before today, except that I want Trump gone. Honestly, I think that Bernie is the one who can do it. Biden will just be another Clinton gone wrong.