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In reply to the discussion: Guys, after seeing the Sanders supporters show their royal hineys in CaliDem's OP [View all]JustAnotherGen
(38,105 posts)I don't see Sanders getting the black community OR the blue collar crafts/skilled workers aka three trucks at most business owners. I don't see him getting the financial support of the small business "shop" owners.
I don't see him offering much to working class kids in rural and urban areas that didn't get the basics in their formative education who need to start making serious money now - not in seven years. I see that from Webb and O'Malley - I don't see it from Sanders.
And if Clinton ascends - O'Malley and Webb supporters will throw our support and vote behind her.
But I'll be asking her to find room in her education budget for kids that want to learn welding, soldering, HVAC, auto repair, etc etc.
And for anyone who thinks that's a "male only" proposition - my husband's "fair haired girl" is a 25 year old African American woman from Camden NJ who used to hide in a cast iron bath tub to avoid bullets. She was on track to be a nail technician until he did career day 9 years ago and she heard "yes she can".
She's making 80k a year without student loans and has hung from church ceilings in Belgium, Spain, and Ireland this year.
She couldn't have imagined that ten years ago - that her passport would be filled, she'd have a condo in Bucks County AND tat she could pay for her younger brother to go to Community College.
Sorry for the rant - but Sanders may "get that" - but he might be spending too much time on Snowden and Assange to communicate ideas that will expand the skilled/artisan class. We can only get so far without people who can thrown hammers against anvils - and these 3D printers can only do so much.