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SHRED

(28,136 posts)
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 04:12 PM Mar 2016

I didn't vote for Obama

And I won't vote for Hillary should she get the nomination.

Why?
I didn't have to and they are both much too corporate/Wall St. friendly for this FDR Democrat.
I live in solid Blue California and not a swing state.

Having said this; if I lived in a swing state you're damn right I would vote for her!

The alternative would be unbearable for our country.
We can't always get what we want and I'm aware of that.
It would be childish to allow a Republican to get into the Whitehouse...and a disaster.

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I didn't vote for Obama (Original Post) SHRED Mar 2016 OP
Who did you vote for, those two times, if I may ask? Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #1
Jill Stein SHRED Mar 2016 #3
Both times, in CA? Did you vote the democratic ticket senate and house, if I may ask? Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #4
You bet SHRED Mar 2016 #7
LOL i was gonna say Feinstein YUCK Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #9
The you voted for the GOP and Bush that lied the counrty into War. lewebley3 Mar 2016 #12
How are you even making sense? SHRED Mar 2016 #13
OK, thanks for sharing! zappaman Mar 2016 #2
K&R one_voice Mar 2016 #5
I hear you, my dear SHRED... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2016 #6
Yes it is SHRED Mar 2016 #8
I'd vote for her if I lived in a swing state, while blacked out drunk. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #10
I'll alert the media. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2016 #11
Look at the bright side SHRED Mar 2016 #15
Thanks for the head's up. Won't be reading your posts any longer. n/t seaglass Mar 2016 #14
Thanks!!! SHRED Mar 2016 #16

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
9. LOL i was gonna say Feinstein YUCK
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 04:21 PM
Mar 2016


But what else can you do!

I wish we had actual liberal politicians to vote for, other than Bernie, that arent by necessity too closely linked to Wall Street, but the Democratic Party felt it had to do that back when in order to survive.

Wrong then, wrong now.

And they count on the alternative being so bad that they wont have to change.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,534 posts)
6. I hear you, my dear SHRED...
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 04:17 PM
Mar 2016

I think there are many folks who agree with you.

I did vote for Obama, both times, although I was holding my nose the second time. He did not live up to his promise.

But: I am done holding my nose.

I haven't decided what to do if Hillary gets the nom. I sure do agree with your views on how friendly she is towards corporations/Wall St.

And I also agree about what would transpire if a Republican got into the White House.

It's a mess, any way you look at it.

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
10. I'd vote for her if I lived in a swing state, while blacked out drunk.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 04:25 PM
Mar 2016

Thankfully, my home of record is deep red. So yeah. No.

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