2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Has Stuck To The Same Message For 40 Years. hillary?...not so much. [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)He is for the middle class and economic measures that help the middle class -- me, my family, other Social Security recipients, other people who work in the fields I worked in -- he has been and will always be for us.
All of his views arise from his strong support for the poor and the middle class.
AND THAT IS AS IT SHOULD BE.
And that is why he, unlike so many other politicians, because his thought process is to remind himself of his values and then based on those values takes a position on issues, is so constant, so consistent in his stands.
I like Bernie's way of thinking.
It is not rigid. If a situation arises that requires Bernie to apply his values to new facts and come up with a change in his policy, then he changes.
In contrast, Hillary thinks what is politically expedient, what is the popular view of the moment, and decides what stance to take on an issue based on that sort of political consideration. It's shallow and pretty pitiful.
I can vote for all the other Democrats on my ballot, but if Hillary is in the top spot, I do not trust her and will not vote for her.
It's not her personally. It's the way she thinks and the process she uses to make decisions. It is not based on fundamental human values. It is based on superficial considerations like what other people will think.
We have had too many Hillary's in the White House since FDR. Too many. We need a president who makes decisions based on principles. Obama does that to a greater extent than most of the other presidents we have had since FDR, but he did not have the experience when he first entered the White House to staunchly struggle against the unprincipled people who surrounded him.
Bernie has the experience and the stubbornness to carry through. It would be great to have a president who was willing to lose an argument rather than betray his principles. Doesn't mean that Bernie won't compromise. He did compromise in the Senate and House and as mayor many, many times. It means that he will know the difference between compromising to get something done and just giving up his principles.
I hope that people can understand what I am saying.