2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Black Voters in NH Unconvinced by Sanders [View all]noretreatnosurrender
(1,890 posts)I hear you. You are right to be skeptical. Everyone should be skeptical of political candidates. I'm not here to try to convince you to support this campaign. You have to be the one to take a leap of faith for any candidate. No one can do it for you. I've supported plenty of candidates who let me down. I wish there was a guarantee that they will do what they say but there isn't. All any of us can do is to educate ourselves on their positions (their REAL positions) and watch how they handle themselves during a campaign. You know what you're looking for and I know what I'm looking for. When I see it in a candidate I still watch them to see if I can see any tells that they aren't shooting straight. I then vote for the one that is closest to what I want. I worked on Bill Clinton's campaign in '92 and I've watched the Clinton's since then. I just don't think that we can be content to work within the corporate framework that has become business as usual in Washington. I'm very anti-establishment. I want the people involved in their government and right now they are just being used as props. I hope you will continue to point out things that you see that you don't like from my candidate and from yours. I'll try to do the same.