It's a big club, and you ain't in it

[liberalmuse]

112. If all Americans voted in every election...

Then some of us wouldn't be under the illusion that those in power somehow got there by divine intervention. They got there because enough of us voted for them or not enough of us voted for someone else. The brutal truth is, most Americans sit on their butts during their local elections and some only vote in the Presidential elections. Fewer still bother to even vote in the primaries.

The people in your picture were elected by a majority of Americans who bothered to show up to the polls, which is a shameful turnout for "The Greatest Country on Earth". And to call President Obama an oligarch is painting with a very broad brush. I'd consider Cheney an oligarch because he gained power, used those connections to head Halliburton, then gained power again and funneled the public treasury into his corporate interests. Bush I and II did a helluva lot of funneling to their friends pockets.

I'm a diehard liberal who really wanted Bernie to win, but I'm old enough to know that the all or nothing mentality gets you jack shit. It takes us back and we can't afford to go back even a few steps anymore. I can be extremist, but to a point because I voted for President Obama when he wasn't my first choice (and I'm damn glad I did!), and I'm voting for Hillary now because I guess I'm old enough to have seen a lot of elections. I'm also old enough to know that you don't always get exactly what you want - that's just life. It's disappointing, but you move on and make the best of it. Or not. The latter is a poor place to be. Look at what the GOP has turned into. It ain't pretty! I guess I should say I have absolutely no qualms about voting for Hillary Clinton after reminding myself that she's been the most slandered person in recent history.

I'm also old enough to want to make a better world for the younger ones. Trump is going to f*ck things so badly I don't know how long if ever we'll be able to recover. Probably after I'm long gone. For the sake of the younger ones, let's vote in the much better option of the two candidates and stop all this stupid bickering. It's a request, not a demand.