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In reply to the discussion: If you want to lose the Millennial vote completely, nominate Hillary Clinton. [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)Brown has a bit of charm that is pleasing to me, he makes me feel comfortable. I don't feel like he's being a phony and when he takes a question you can see him think about the question. No sound bites.
Bernie Sanders is cute. I like his face and I like him and he makes me laugh. He also is very stubborn when it comes to liberal policies, he doesn't play that watered down republican bit. I respect that. I don't care if he's old as moses, his heart is good and his positions fit in line with my generation. Except on Israel, but that is a never-ending story, not a deal breaker. I think he should run in the Dem primaries and we the people should get to decide if he is electable.
Hillary has not really come out in support of immigration reform more than any republican. So what's the difference. I mean I speak spanish, have a hispanic name, but all my relatives are at least second generation citizens in my generation, my mom's mom was illegal, but she got papers of someone else. Living in the shadows, and she was born here. She couldn't get papers after a fire and the government decided she was just illegal, even though she was born her and black. Obviously the descendant of slaves. But the government made it impossible for her to be a citizen. This is a serious problem that many may not deal with themselves, but they know about it. She can 't just wait until the last minute to say anything. Still haven't heard any support from her.
Things that were common beltway knowledge before, are changing. I am used to living under republican rule, most of my life has been under republicans. I do not fear a republican government. Fear motivates righties. We need to find what motivates the left again. And it's not her sadly. She seems to not like the base very much. I never forget this how she acted during primaries, the things she said. Turned me off forever. It will come up over an over again. She won't be able to pretend that it's the republican that dislikes black people. Cause they can just google her on usa today. The idea of her running and losing saddens me. We can do better if we try.