Bernie Sanders: Hillary Clinton is not 'qualified' to be president

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94. the politics of purity vs. the politics of purpose

re: "now ALOT of us are trying to bring the party back to the FDR days."


FDR is my hero, too. I know you don't want to push the party back to the lack of concern for civil rights of the Roosevelt years, the alliance with Southern racists, anymore than I do. I bring this up only to remind you that our hero was not an emblem of political purity, either.

We're witnessing a struggle between the politics of purity and the politics of purpose. Bernie is campaigning as an emblem of purity and Hillary is all purpose and plans. We saw in that recent NY interview how little Bernie has planned for some of the things he's been talking about.

Some people say Hillary won't effect change because of her wealth. It hasn't been the presidents from relative poverty, Bill Clinton and to a lesser extent Barack Obama that have taken on the power structure, but a president from a wealthy background, from an inner circle of privilege, FDR, that took on the rich.

The mafia helped elect Kennedy and he went after them as no president ever had. The power establishment treated Bill and Hillary like white trash who didn't belong in White House. I don't believe she has forgotten that.

I'm voting for Hillary, for the politics of purpose, for someone whose dream will be to make a difference in the fight to restore the ecological balance of this planet and the American middle class. She knows that will be her legacy or her failure.

I will campaign and vote for Bernie if he wins the nomination, I hope you will join me in voting to keep Trump or Cruz or Ryan out of the White House if Hillary wins.

Brian

Don't stick with the politics of purity and refuse to vote with the Democrats to keep Trump or Cruz out of the White House if Hillary wins the nomination