To all the young people who voted 3rd party or sat out the GE...

[louis c]

98. Again, I don't give a fuck

I'm not kissing anyone's ass. I worked for Hillary in 2008 and Barack was the nominee, an outsider who caught fire with the young part of our party. I donated $1,000 to his campaign and spent 10 days in New Hampshire knocking on doors in the General Election, because that's what real Democrats do, and we won.

Last year, Hillary was my candidate in the primary and Bernie was the outsider who caught fire with the younger part of our party, and Hillary won. So, a large part (not all) of Bernie supporters sat out the election. You see, I know what a binary choice is. Those who haven't figured that out yet are going to get fucked.

I made very good choices in my life. I worked a union job (and organized my group to join). I became an elected union Rep. I married a very good woman. I have a pension, Social Security and 100% health care. I own my own home. My wife and I decided not to have children. I'm not fighting for me or my family. I would have moved heaven and earth to help Bernie get elected if he were the nominee, just as I did for Barack in 2008. I have a roller deck (I'm really dating myself) with 1,000 favors that me and my family did for people over the past 40 years, Getting people jobs, heating assistance, scholarships, housing, etc. When elections come, I turn out hundreds of voters.

But I'll be damned if the only way to get any individual or group on board is only if they get their way all the time. Instead of worrying so much about alienating people like them, worry about alienating people like me.