Bernie had voted against some gun control measures, does that mean I can't listen to him on other issues?
I' ll tell you who I am..I was a McCarthy supporter.I was writing the Media Watch at Buzzflash for years, right from the beginninning in 2001, watching all the crap shows at night and going after their inaccuracies and doing it with humor. I wrote essays. Then, to save my sanity, I did the World Media Watch digging up news that never made it here, particularly on the resource wars. Then I contributed research to Will Pitts' book on Iraq (credited).
Then I blogged and dug up crap on Boren and how he undermined enviromental policy. I dug a ton of crap on Obama, cozying up with Bush budies in Justice and bringing in evangelical media bigwigs before 2008. And the money from Exelon. I delved into Daschle's involvement in the healthcare sell out of the public option/single payer.
Don't accuse me of favoring corporate candidates. Our system has been taken over. Citizens United means it's even worse. ALEC writes bills.
You want purity...nice, but naive. You think the Supreme Court concerns are a scare tactic? What is the Roberts court all about? Corporate power...corporations are people, remember?
Politicians are not saints. The system swallows them all to some degree.
I also know that Clinton has fought for many progressive causes. She spoke out in China, was a leader on promoting micro-lending to women in undeveloped countries, etc etc....She is not a one-note song....are you??
Right now, I want to beat Republicans, the lesser of 2 evils. The GOPs on the march at the state level. They control both houses. They are blocking all judicial nominees ftom now on. Their legal tactics are squeezing Roe with the help of the 5th circuit court.
I don't want to wake up and live in a total GOP sweep. I was part of the OLD generation who marched for civil rights and women's right. They have been frittered away by complacency.
If you are going to walk away from voting over purity and we get stuck with the GOP, it will be on your shoulders, not mine. Screw it...
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