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Nanjeanne

(6,603 posts)
6. I can't vote for a Republican but I'm fortunate to live in a blue state - so I'm voting my
Thu May 5, 2016, 05:11 PM
May 2016

conscience. I will write in Sanders (if I can on my ballot - not sure if I can) or vote Jill Stein. At least that's how I feel now. By the time she is the nom (if she is) and the day I go to vote - she still has a chance to win my vote.

If Hillary is a great candidate - she will win - and she doesn't need my help. If she's not - she's not.

I said a long time ago that I know it sounds crazy and the Supreme Court does worry me - but I truly believe if she is President the DLC/Third Way Dems will take that as a sign of how to move forward and future Congresspeople will also follow that corporatist lane thinking it works for them too. A real progressive - in my opinion - will have a very tough fight trying to break down the tightly held power of the establishment Dems.

But if Hillary loses - a progressive argument can be made that the DNC has to heed - and I believe a really strong candidate would emerge in 4 years and have a real chance. I also think Sen and House candidates would be braver and push the Sanders message more - looking to capitalize on his supporters without fear of what the DNC and the establishment politicians who will be phasing out to their lobbyist jobs will do to them.

But what an awful choice . . . it pains me to even think about this election - that I titled "The Huckster & The Grifter".

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