Dear Hillary. Please stop making it difficult for progressives to support you.

[sammythecat]

107. My feelings as well

2002-2003 was a horrible time to be a sane American. A watershed moment for me for sure. I've been a cynic (disappointed idealist) ever since. We were exposed as an ignorant self-absorbed society and Congress and the media as self-serving corrupt cowards. Disgusting and disheartening to say the least. I said then it would take a generation for all these slugs to be gone and even then there's no guarantee at all their replacements will be any better. We can hope and vote I guess.

We need leaders in this country. Leaders with passion to do the right thing and a willingness to sacrifice to do the right thing, not the ladder-climbing careerist shit we have now.

One of Hitler's henchmen, Himmler or Goebbels, I forget which, expressed an old truism from history I'm sure you've heard before: Take a lie, no matter how outrageous, tell it often enough, over and over and people will come to believe it. Republicans do this all the time as a matter of course. We need democrats in power who will do this very thing with the truth. I had hope Obama would do this very thing with his second term. He has the bully pulpit. He can say whatever he wants whenever he wants about anything he wants, and he will be heard. He's tried. He's expressed his frustration and disappointment, but not enough. He needs to throw his weight around and be a pain in the ass about things. He needs to be an educator. The American people need to be beat over the fucking head with the truth before it has any chance of sinking in. The "wisdom of the American people" politicians are so fond of is a fantasy.

Anyway, I have very little confidence in Hillary which is so sad because this could be an opportunity of historical proportions. She could be the first female president and the gamechanger this country desperately needs. She's a woman and could be president, but I don't think the has the passion or the desire to be a gamechanger.