2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: For those saying you won't vote for the Democratic nominee [View all]politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)Well guess what. I'm not a right-winger, and I came up with my FREE STUFF mantra all by myself and I will keep repeating it. Imagine that.
Maybe it harkens back to my high school days when the kids who gave out candy and stuff running for student government, seemed to get more votes than those who didn't get any Candy or other stuff courtesy of their parents.
Maybe it harkens back to my time raising 3 kids who were more willing to do their chores if I paid them, but I didn't, because it was their house too, and they needed to learn that the house didn't get cleaned by fairy's who came out during the night while we slept.
Maybe, just maybe my 32 years as an Accountant, allows me to understand balance sheets enough to realize that this nation is broke, and we need to find a way to shore up the entitlement plans we currently have before asking a GOP dominated congress to approve another one.
Maybe my 42 years as a Political Junkie dating back to the time I was on the Debating Team in Junior High school convinced me that when a GOP lead obtructionist congress say that they are never going to agree to an increase in taxes, I believe them.
Maybe, when a GOP lead obstructionist congress says that they are going to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act but they never offer up a plan for the Replacement part after 6 years, I don't believe them.
Maybe when a GOP lead obstructionist congress makes up bullshit that our Christian black president is a Muslim and a third of the their party believes it, I somehow know that there is no way in hell that they are going to vote for self-described Democratic Socialist as President of the United States. After all, it's THEIR COUNTRY remember, and I believe them.
Maybe when Hillary Clinton says that she knows how to work with people in Congress and can reach across the aisle to get things done, that she wants to build on the progress that we've already made as a party, and strengthen the Affordable Care Act, I believe her.
No one on this board has to believe anything that I've said, but than again that's the beauty of DU. You don't have to.