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JustAnotherGen

(38,224 posts)
37. I will answer it publicly
Wed May 18, 2016, 12:17 PM
May 2016

By voting for the Democratic Party since 2007 I have voted against my secondary interest - taxes/money. That's the year that I had reached $1 Million in my retirement - long before I was married. (I got the marriage bump but I didn't need it)

It did not come from just hanging around and getting it handed to me.

I moved 450 miles away from home where I knew not a sou in 2006 to get into my current company.

Prior to that while my peers were getting married and having children - I worked as a Channel Manager for a Pre-IPO VoIP PBX Manufacturer. In this job in 2005 - from January to July 30th I slept 14 nights in my apartment in Rochester NY. 14 nights. The rest were spent in Detroit, Boston, NYC, Youngstown Ohio, etc. etc. Everywhere but home.

Prior to that I worked for a division of Bell South where I was on the road quite a bit but not as much at the PBX Manufacturer.

Prior to that I was laid off for close to a year because prior to that . . . I was at the Glotanic or Global Double Crossing as some call it . . . where I was blackballed for speaking up and out about the the con game John Ledger *current CEO of T-Mobile* ran. I was the FIRST BLACK WOMAN in the old Frontier Corps (merged with Global Crossing) carrier services - and there was resentment from Union employees (both black and white) that I stepped into the job as I quote (a snot nosed kid) where I often sat alone at lunch. When I COULD take lunch - because they didn't expect me to succeed (management) but my Carriers (customers) made sure I put up my numbers. That required isolation from my white male competitors on the job.


I resent ANYONE telling me I'm not a worker. I deeply resent it. And I still drive the 2006 Nissan Altima I paid cash for. I'm not trying to impress anyone in real life or online. Not with a car - not with what I have. It's there for when I need it.

But I won't lie about it. And I won't let someone tell me lies that I'm not a 'worker' just because I got ahead of him through that SACRIFICE and Hard Work. <--- That's not directed towards the rank and file Sanders supporter. That's for the White Men Whining and Crying and Supporting Trump who I feel are lazy lay abouts who could have done everything I did but chose not to. I have zero empathy for them (White Male Trump Supporters).

Does that answer your question?

I.E. I already vote against myself - but at the end of the day a threat against muslims, hispanics, women, poor people, the elderly, black people - keeps me a Democratic Party member. My aknylosing spondylitis does too. Tick tock - what day will I wake up and never be able to use my left hip again? Tick Tock - what day does my rib cage completely close around me lungs (my body is slowly suffocating me). That's why I love Obamacare and feel it was a good start.

That's why I'm voting Democratic in November.






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UGH. Iliyah May 2016 #1
I see no such equation in this statement. Silver_Witch May 2016 #2
I don't see it, either. I think they are looking at something and finding it because they WANT it to Hiraeth May 2016 #3
Any majority of working voters has to include a substantial number of PoC. Trump pnwmom May 2016 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Hiraeth May 2016 #7
Please clarify... Haveadream May 2016 #72
The corollary being just as possible... LanternWaste May 2016 #88
Then you can't do math. Any majority of working voters would have to include a substantial pnwmom May 2016 #4
Considering that 90% of minorities consider Trump the scum of the earth and the percentages of Number23 May 2016 #64
Over 40% of the "Working Class" are POC The Polack MSgt May 2016 #6
well, perhaps that breaks it down in terminology pnwmom can understand. Hiraeth May 2016 #9
Senator Sanders may very well want to do what you say JustAnotherGen May 2016 #14
well, you see, now you open it up for discussion about Clinton and Hiraeth May 2016 #15
I don't think she is JustAnotherGen May 2016 #16
see I think she is and that is why you and I will continue to disagree. Hiraeth May 2016 #23
No - we'll disagree JustAnotherGen May 2016 #27
what say you to Nina Turner? Hiraeth May 2016 #31
She is irrelevant to me JustAnotherGen May 2016 #38
And with that I am outta here. Group unsubscribed Hiraeth May 2016 #60
Fantastic! Thanks so much!!! Number23 May 2016 #65
I like it when folks find their own solutions too. Starry Messenger May 2016 #75
Ironically, that's the only statement you've made in this thread that I agree with. Buh Bye! Tarheel_Dem May 2016 #94
How DARE you not think that Nina Turner is incredibly important!!!111 Number23 May 2016 #67
lol Chitown Kev May 2016 #84
Shhh JustAnotherGen May 2016 #85
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #53
"Hillary hates people." Total B.S. A person who hates people doesn't pnwmom May 2016 #45
There is a lot you don't know about that period. During the 90s the Clintons were setting up this Baobab May 2016 #96
But... isn't that Clinton's plan? Scootaloo May 2016 #25
I'd back away JustAnotherGen May 2016 #28
Very well. Scootaloo May 2016 #33
I will answer it publicly JustAnotherGen May 2016 #37
Even though you don't have to justify anything to anyone....I appreciate your post Digital Puppy May 2016 #40
We have to stop Trump JustAnotherGen May 2016 #41
Wow, JAG. What a life you have had. pnwmom May 2016 #46
You are a gem. A jewel. An incredibly special, remarkable human being Number23 May 2016 #62
You have worked hard my family works hard too!!! rbrnmw May 2016 #70
Wonderful post. Also, about the PBXes Recursion May 2016 #83
Beautifully and passionately stated, JAG. Hekate May 2016 #92
"Sanders knows this, he just wants to get a slice of the slightly less racist white people" Number23 May 2016 #63
It's hyperbole not racism. The point of his whole campaign, I would argue, Blue Meany May 2016 #8
Question... fleabiscuit May 2016 #77
I mean by this people who work for a living Blue Meany May 2016 #79
Do me a favor and update op with JustAnotherGen May 2016 #10
Ooops, I didn't see your post. But GMTA, it seems! KitSileya May 2016 #11
votes of the majority of working people in this country JustAnotherGen May 2016 #12
Not very many working people are in unions anymore gollygee May 2016 #17
Yep JustAnotherGen May 2016 #21
Yes. My cousin had to take her employer to the EOC -- a scary thing to do pnwmom May 2016 #47
This is why we need a Paycheck Fairness Act JustAnotherGen May 2016 #48
If you mean he wanted to raise the lid on social security earnings, of course that should happen. pnwmom May 2016 #49
Yep raise the lid JustAnotherGen May 2016 #50
And I think he missed the rise of the Obama coalition. pnwmom May 2016 #42
Here's a good article about this but about Trump and not Sanders gollygee May 2016 #13
forget those other 60% .... ? you might think you are not saying that but, Hiraeth May 2016 #18
Math gollygee May 2016 #20
Yep again JustAnotherGen May 2016 #22
do you think ALL 40% of those will come out to vote for her? I don't. Hiraeth May 2016 #24
Have you done a survey? gollygee May 2016 #26
a formal survey? lol. Look, where I was working there are more black people than white Hiraeth May 2016 #30
NAFTA did away with jobs where I live too gollygee May 2016 #32
The youger blacks that have talked are not registered to vote and think the whole thing is a joke. Hiraeth May 2016 #34
I think it's arrogant to say that people vote against Bernie because they lack information gollygee May 2016 #35
personally, I think this whole thread/OP is arrogant. I am done here. Hiraeth May 2016 #36
After reading your posts in this thread, I'm not the slightest bit surprised that black people would Number23 May 2016 #68
They voted for President Obama. And I think they will vote for Hillary and against Trump. pnwmom May 2016 #44
Yes. Romney lost even though he had the majority of white men and white women. pnwmom May 2016 #43
Thanks for this link. The Polack MSgt May 2016 #19
I agree that he's not doing it purposely -- the same as some of the problems with women. pnwmom May 2016 #39
So women, African Americans, Hispanic/Latinos don't belong to the working class. Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #29
PoC have fit nicely into the Hillary Clinton victim/aggressor/divider policy. More the pity for the highprincipleswork May 2016 #51
bernie has jumped the shark MariaThinks May 2016 #52
That's so Hillary! CanadaexPat May 2016 #54
Sounds like nit-picking at a generalization to me. immoderate May 2016 #55
It's not nit-picking to point out that Bernie seems to have a blind spot pnwmom May 2016 #56
Bernie doesn't think all workers are white. immoderate May 2016 #57
He must have been thinking that when he said this: pnwmom May 2016 #58
Well, I don't think he anticipated this level of equivocation. immoderate May 2016 #59
Equivocation? You mean, attentive reading? n/t pnwmom May 2016 #66
Yeah, reading things that aren't there. immoderate May 2016 #78
Ah, 'inference!' A valid literary method of both communicating and understanding LanternWaste May 2016 #90
Can things be inferred that were not implied? immoderate May 2016 #91
I too, used to imply that 'clear, concise language' is simply a tactic. LanternWaste May 2016 #89
he has shiity advisors. JI7 May 2016 #61
Read Josh Marshall at TPM. It's not Bernie's advisors that are the problem Number23 May 2016 #69
I really thought he was getting advice from Weaver rbrnmw May 2016 #71
I thought the same thing. That he was a great guy just getting bad advice Number23 May 2016 #73
I started out a supporter last Summer rbrnmw May 2016 #74
Yeah, the TPM piece really troubled me Recursion May 2016 #86
Wow. There's no doubt in my mind it's absolutely correct. fleabiscuit May 2016 #80
i still wonder if it's lack of good advisors, his campaign is full of people who hate clinton JI7 May 2016 #82
I don't see nor do I even hear of any quotes or suggestions that Bernie did as such. RepubliCON-Watch May 2016 #76
It's 2016. lovemydog May 2016 #81
Sanders is attempting to run a very specific "revolution" ismnotwasm May 2016 #87
White working class people were away us is target..... bettyellen May 2016 #93
BS' constant derision of "identity politics" wasn't a dogwhistle, it was a foghorn. I've known.... Tarheel_Dem May 2016 #95
Weird, I could have sworn that most working class Americans vote D YoungDemCA May 2016 #97
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