As the primary chugs along, Hillary and Bernie, while they both take their shots, have, in general, run this race without really trying to tear down the other candidate. If you remember 2008, the disagreements between Bernie and Hillary supporters, and even the campaigns themselves, seems peanuts to some of the things I read in 2008. The Republican race is a full-blown Tea-Party-palooza, while the Democratic race seems more an introspective tea party conversation. Now Bernie and Hillary have a lot of disagreements, but they are both on the liberal end of the spectrum and both have a lot of common, so let’s take a minute to see what they have in common and how they differ?
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Bernie |
Hillary |
Republicans |
Bernie vs. Hillary vs. Republicans
Trade |
Fair Trade |
Better Free Trade |
Invisible Voodoo Hands! |
War |
Soft Power |
Smart Power |
BOMB! BOMB! BOMB! |
Abortion |
Defend Roe V. Wade |
Fight for Roe v. Wade |
Men Have Rights too! |
Gay Marriage |
A good start! |
A great victory! |
A horrible disaster! |
Mininum Wage |
$15.00/hr |
$12.00/hr |
Minimum wages only get in the way of freedumb |
Iraq War |
I voted against it |
My vote was a mistake, I apologize |
MOAR Friedman Units (w/ the strange exception of Trump) |
IRan Deal |
Future Peace with Iran? |
A solid start to a more peaceful world |
Obama is selling out America! |
Immigration |
We need comprehensive immigration reform |
We need comprehensive immigration reform |
Build a wall, with a moat, with sharks with fricking laser beams on their hands/also ban the muslims |
Citzens’ United |
Overturn it |
Overturn it |
*crickets...chirp..chirp* |
Climate Change |
America’s Biggest Threat |
A calamity that we must prevent.. |
*crickets...chirp..chirp* |
Income Inequality |
Number one issue! |
We must make America Fairer |
*crickets...chirp...chirp* |
Racial Inequality |
Focusing on it more and more |
One of her key platforms |
I don’t see race...really, I’m colorblind, I don’t notice what color the people police shoot are... |
Supreme Court |
Obama should choose |
Obama should choose |
Obama is breaking the Constitution by doing his constitutionally-authorized duties! |
President Obama |
He didn’t go far enough |
I’m happy about how much he got done for us |
He was a disaster, unmitigated disaster, the country is falling down around us, flames, flames, on the side of my face, breathing, breathles-, heaving breaths. Heaving breaths, heathless...(source)
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Why is this important? I think that the old adage about how someone who votes with you 80% of the time is your friend, while someone who votes with you 20% of the time is definitely your opponent. I would like to ask Hillary voters and Bernie voters alike, if you think Hillary is a bit too establishment/corrupt, or Bernie is too radical/pie in the sky, still commit to voting for the other one in the fall, and commit to fighting for them in the fall, Hillary and Bernie are both for you, at least that’s what I think. I’m for Bernie in 2016, but with two good candidates, I’m just choosing who I think is better, and if you want to know why, I wrote a previous diary about it, otherwise, tell me if you agree? The stakes are too much to consider not fighting for the eventual nominee! Feel free to politely tell me how I’m wrong though, if you believe it so!