I was a Bernie Supporter, then a Stein Supporter...Now I'm Voting Clinton and the FBI Made Me Do It

[DemocraticSocialist8]

You can look at my DU name and see that I joined back when Bernie was still in the race. I still like Bernie and think he would've been the best option for the future of this country and progressivism in general. I was going to vote for Stein as a protest vote, and I still like her and some of her ideas, however I live in NC which could determine the election.

I've been playing it by ear over the past few weeks. I wanted to see how Clinton would do with early voting in NC and she's doing well. However I see turnout is soft in the Black community in NC so far and we shouldn't be shocked why that is. There are legitimate problems with Clinton and her ardent supporters need to be honest about that. The Democratic Party made a MAJOR gamble this election cycle that we all better hope doesn't blow up in our faces.

So...I'm voting for Clinton. Not because I really want to, but because I think Stein can get to 5% without me and this election is too important. The amount of damage that Trump can do if he gets in will be felt for a loooong time and leftists such as myself can't miss that point. I AM worried about the Supreme Court going hard right for another generation. I AM worried about the deplorables that Trump enables. I DO think Trump is a fascist...I actually think he's MORE fascist than he's letting on!! No one should be cool with a fascist, soft white supremacist becoming President. People talk about the gains we've made since the 1960's...well if Trump gets in we can just about say all those "gains" amounted to nothing in the end and we could end up losing everything we've fought for because a handful of knuckle-draggers in America wanted to take the country back to the 1950's.

The long-term future of this country is not a bright one. This goes beyond Trump and Clinton. I'm talking about how decisions are being made in this country at the highest levels. It's corroding America from the inside and it's GOT to stop!! From BOTH parties! America has problems on top of problems on top of problems. Flint, TPP, Mass Surveillance, Criminal Justice reform, climate change...SERIOUS problems and when I see the people who are supposed to LEAD us...not LEADING but instead copping pleas and making excuses and sometimes making problems even worse...yea...the future to me is bleak and grim.

I'm voting Clinton thought because it looks like she'll need my help in NC.

Onto the FBI, because the FBI was really the last straw for me. I think Comey is trying to influence the election and this is the same guy pushing the debunked "Ferguson Effect," so I'm now wondering what they have up their sleeves over there in the FBI. We already know Trump has a ton of LEO support and the FBI is an arm of LE in America. So I'm not trusting this ComeyGate controversy at all and I'm beginning to wonder if people like Comey want Trump in office so they can do what they want to do without worrying about the White House not backing them up. IDK, but as soon as this Comey story came out is when I started leaning Clinton.

[Cary]

1. "Conservatives" are the enemy

You have no idea how much abuse I have taken for trying to make that point. I am "censoring" people. I am trying to scare them. I am this or that.

No, but you damn sure ought to be scared.

Soon I hope to be able to drop the word conservative and the quotes and call them what they really are: Nazis.

[Xipe Totec]

2. I was a Sanders supporter then, and I'm a Sanders supporter now.

And Sanders said: "I support Hillary Rodham Clinton".

So I support Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Just like I said I would, after the primaries.

[RandySF]

3. Thank you so much.

I know you'll want to hold her accountable to her agenda and that's part of Democracy. But at least we might escape the nightmare of a Trump White House.

[get the red out]

4. Thank you.

We are living in scary times, I liked Bernie in the primary also, but to ever get someone like him in the White House, we first have to maintain the right to get someone like him in the White House.

[hlthe2b]

5. Thumbs up

I have always liked Bernie but we need to let him work WITH a Pres HRC to get things done and we'd will all have to have her back

[apcalc]

6. During elections we always have choices

We choose from available options, to best lead our country forward.
This one is no different,

[DLCWIdem]

7. The reason why AA turnout is low or soft

There have been many reports that the repugs have closed a number of the polling places in minority neighborhoods. Perhaps you should look into that before you start on her problems.
Thank You for your vote and maybe if you look into and find that closing polling places is, indeed, the problem you can help GOTV in those places.

[FrenchieCat]

8. Thank you!

We need all votes onboard!

[herding cats]

9. Thank you, your vote is important in this election.

The fear of the FBI under Trump is indeed a terrifying thought, and if we don't vote it is a possibility.