Bernie Supporters Partly to Blame

The majority of the ardent young Bernie supporters almost never voted in the off-year (non-Presidential) elections of 2010 and 2014. They are partly to blame for the country being in the shape it is today. They allowed the GOP to win the Senate, House and most State positions. That’s why we can’t raise the minimum wage, or strengthen unions, or create jobs rebuilding our infrastructure, etc.

• If Bernie wins the Presidency, but the GOP maintains their majorities in the Senate and House, he will accomplish nothing.
• If Bernie does not win the nomination, and his supporters go back to thinking politics doesn't matter so why bother voting in November, they again will be partly to blame for what comes next.

Note to the young liberals: If you want the respect you think you deserve from the Democratic Party, then show up and vote every 2 years.

Who Gets to Vote in Primaries?
Bernie Sanders knew Independents would not be able to vote in many State Primaries when he chose to run as a Democrat almost two years ago. If you’re angry you couldn’t vote for him in your State’s Primary, blame Bernie! He could have run as an Independent, won the Inde Primaries, and then run for President against the DEM and GOP candidates (as Ross Perot did in 1992 and 1996). But Bernie chose to cut out Independents…

Democrats Shooting Ourselves in the Crotch

With the GOP in complete disarray in 2016, the DEMs have an amazing opportunity to come together and win the Presidency as well as get back the Senate and perhaps even the House. And of course more Supreme Court Justices. But as liberals so often do, we can’t see the forest for the trees. 

Hillary Clinton has been fighting the liberal fight for 30 years, and all of sudden, she isn’t liberal enough. That’s crazy. It seems the bulk of Sanders' supporters are young liberals who haven’t ever helped the cause. While their elders have been voting and supporting Democrats the past 10+ years, many Bernie supporters have been staying home and thinking “politics is boring”.

And now that they have a candidate to cheer for, they couldn’t care less that splitting the party will kill any chance of winning big in November. They like being able to rail against something… anything.

It’s so true that we liberals have very little discipline. And that “wild streak” always keeps us from achieving the wonderful things we could in America. We’re like teenagers who want to go to their friend’s party because it will have booz… never thinking about whether driving home drunk may have dire consequences. Why worry about the consequences… just do what feels good.

Very sad for the progressive movement and America,
JJS

P.S. Perhaps even worse than the young Bernie supporters who just don’t know how change in America comes about (a piece at a time), are those who should know - like Susan Sarandon who wants to stick her finger up at the establishment even if it means the GOP will keep control of the Senate. How she came to hate Hillary Clinton is a shame - Hillary is not the enemy, the GOP is! But people like Sarandon want a socialist America; one that looks a lot like Cuba. She, like Bernie, are not Democrats, they are Independents who want a revolution… and look what that did to the Cuban middle class!

Sanders supporters don't believe this;
they believe it's their way or the highway;
so the GOP wins.

States with Openly Discrimination Policies

I will not visit or do business with firms in these States due to their discrimination laws:

• Mississippi (LGBT bill)
• North Carolina (LGBT bill)
• South Carolina (abortion bill)