A plea to Bernie Sanders supporters.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

125. I can't speak for other Bernie supporters,

but let me give you my overview and a few details. I am trying to listen to you and I feel like you are listening to me, so this is already perhaps one of the most rewarding conversations I have had today. Perhaps neither of us will change any perspectives but perhaps we can at least learn from each other.

Overview of my take: yes, we are on the wrong track. Did Obama change things for the better? Yes on social/inclusion issues, mainly no on economic and foreign policy issues.

HRC vs. the GOP. Of course Hillary is better than any Republican. I believe her SCOTUS appointments would probably be good liberals. I also think HRC has strong liberal instincts on social and economic policies in general, but that her "Potomac fever" has over-ridden those instincts.

My biggest concern other than Potomac fever, is her DLC status. She has been there since the inception and it has made it easier for her to be extremely cozy with Wall Street. I can't see her fighting to re-instate Glass-Steagall, for example, and we desperately need that. SO I don't see her breaking up those too-big-to-fail banks or getting the minimum wage where we need it, or having an aggressive anti-trust program in general.

On foreign policy I think she is way too hawkish and I don't think she is focused on the greatest threat in the history of humanity: climate change. We will need a very committed president on this issue if humanity is to survive, imo. Obama did not walk the talk, e.g. Copenhagen in 2009.

So my perspective is whether HRC or a GOP moron is elected, we are still that much closer to the end of civilization, whereas if Bernie is elected, I think we stand a fighting chance of starting a Marshall program worldwide to combat climat change.

I hope this gives you some insight into how I feel and I'm keen to hear more of your ideas.