October 21, 2015

I just don't understand

I'm not American and I'm very aware that the opinions of 'outsiders' are not very often welcome, especially when the subject is political. So even though I've been politically active for many decades, it takes a 'yooge' issue to prompt me to participate in discussions that are primarily located and taking place in the U.S.

The Iraq war was one issue. The numerous, grotesque crimes of Bush / Cheney was another.
The upcoming Presidential election is the latest issue that I feel is so important that I'm going to try, as civilly and as positively as I can, to contribute to the discussion.

When the electorate of the US chose George W Bush to be President twice (I know, the Supreme Court gave him the first but it was close enough for them to pull it off, and the second one was handed to him on a plate) I couldn't understand how a large segment of the American public could ignore the stench of corruption, moral perversion and gleeful ignorance that emanated from him and his cronies.

And I do not now understand why there's any argument about who is best candidate for the Democratic party for the upcoming presidential election.

Bernie Sanders is the most honest, straightforward, clear thinking Presidential candidate that America has produced in years. When you look up integrity in the dictionary the definition is a perfect description of Bernie.

If you watch this video...

....his honesty and integrity shine out like a beacon. His policies for change are clearly stated and outlined, his strategies for achieving it are exactly what's required to bring America back from the edge of an oligarchic cliff and his ongoing political theme cries out for the American people to be actively involved in their own political destiny.

And yet, even here, at one of the hubs of Democratic activism, people are arguing as to whether or not he could win.
Believe it or not, I've seen this before, when John Kerry ran for president. False issues (in Kerry's case, 'is he elitist, was he Skull & Bones?', in Bernie's case, 'is he strong enough on guns, is he racist?' ) are promulgated as reasons for doubt by the media and (I believe) covert operatives who infiltrate all websites to divide and separate whomever they wish to defeat. In Kerry's case they succeeded.

For goodness sake DUers, don't be misled, don't be intransigent, don't be frightened. Radical change is required in the U.S. to avoid an ongoing political, environmental and economic cataclysm. Bernie Sanders is the man to lead your country away from the looming maelstrom that people like Trump and Cruz and Huckabee and Bush (!!!!!) would create.

As Bernie has repeated so many times (and everyone at this site instinctively knows to be true) no President, not Billary, not Bernie, no President can take on the power on the media, the military industrial complex, Wall St and the billionaire class without the organized, proactive, undivided, ongoing and vociferous support of the electorate at large.

All of that starts here, at Democratic Underground.