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Let all of us liberals be honest. We love Bernie Sanders. The man is a just man with the right ideas. Ideas that need to be addressed NOW. How best to fix health care. How to make Wall Street work for the American public instead of just profiting from it. Bring the people a fair shake and an honest dollar.
He's not spinning any bull, or just saying the right things for a primary. What Bernie Sanders believes and speaks on, he has been saying for close to 50 years. He holds to his convictions, and will work tirelessly to make his ideas a reality.
This is all wonderful.
But I'm voting for Hillary.
"You're just doing this because you think Bernie can't be elected!"
"How could you stand by this woman?"
"If you believe in Bernie, fight for his ideals, and they WILL become real!"
The answers to all these are:
No.
I like Hillary Clinton.
And the last is the crux of why I'm not voting for Bernie Sanders. It's not that I don't believe in him.
I don't believe in you.
I don't believe in you folks. The Bernie Sanders supporters. #Feelthebern, everyone who has decided to fall in love with an admittedly great man, I don't trust you to make his dream real.
Here's what Bernie Sanders is going to face for his ideas to become law.
1. An opposition congress run by men that will not compromise on anything (including their own ideas).
2. Corporate power with unlimited voice and lobbying ability.
3. Doctors, pharmaceuticals, drug companies who truly do not want to change.
4. The elite who are feeling demonized for apparent success in finance.
And most importantly, 5. An electorate that follows what's trending.
Bernie Sanders' ideas requires one thing to succeed: help from the populace. Men and women who will stand up and say enough is enough, we will not continue like we have before. This is what Bernie Sanders has been saying he needs from the very beginning.
But it won't just be for the election. It will be EVERY DAY.
In the cold days of February 2017 as he tries to reinstate Glass-Steagall and break up these big banks. In March, where if he does indeed have to nominate a Supreme Court justice, he will have to deal with a Senate that won't want to elect anybody. In the long summer as he works on health care reform. On an on for the four, maybe even eight years that President Bernie Sanders needs support.
This aid will not just be about tweets and likes on Facebook. Change won't happen from scrolling through a News feed on the bus ride home. It's getting up at 6 AM to stand in the rallies screaming for change. Calling congressman's offices and promising to pull support from them if they don't follow the president. Boycotting companies that try underhanded tactics. Doing all of this for years on end, with no guarantee that it will truly lead anywhere.
In other words, being an active electorate.
"Sure, I can do that! Absolutely, and why? Because I believe in him and his message!"
Great words. I don't believe you.
I'm going with the woman who will get things done herself. Not rely on someone who just found out six months ago about politics.
Prove me wrong. Elect Bernie Sanders, get him in the White House. Overturn the Senate, and Citizens United. Break the banks, fix health care, unemployment, immigration and a fractured relationship with the world. This is all possible!
You just have to keep showing up.
