2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Even if Bernie Sanders doesn't win the primary, he has given every indication that he will [View all]Jarqui
(10,122 posts)- some of that going back to 2007-08
I was all for holding my nose and supporting her until this most recent DNC fiasco. Now, I don't see her as any more honest or ethical than the GOP. I think she'd sell her soul to the Devil on any policy to get elected. She strikes me as having the heart of a cold blooded reptile. There's a ruthless, calculating nature to her. You don't get straight talk from her - it's too often carefully phrased word games to sleazily circumvent the truth. There's a reason 60% of America does not trust her - that's not my fault - she's the one who lost them with her deceitful actions and words. At some point, I have to put my foot down and say "I have limits." There's some line of deception in a candidate that I just can't cross. And Hillary has crossed that line for me with this data breach fiasco because she's stooped to corrupt the DNC's duty to impartiality and even-handedness or at the very least be complicit with it. I can't work for or support someone like that. I do not tick that way and never have.
I strongly supported the Kennedys or MLK or Jimmy Carter or Barack Obama because I believed in my heart that they were sincere and meant a lot of what they said. They had real conviction behind their words. They inspired me to be a better person. Yet they weren't perfect. But if they told "lies", it was a fraction of what we've got from Hillary and often a mere misspeak or context issue.
I don't agree with any politician 100% and that goes for Bernie. But Bernie is an honest and decent man I'm proud to support. Part of what has upset me is this little dust up with the data has smeared Bernie's integrity some with the electorate. That bothers me a lot. It wasn't an accident. It was deliberate. I cannot support people who would do such a thing to an honest man. It's that darn line I guess that I just can't cross.
This is the office of the president of the United States of America. Not a local sheriff or city clerk. If we can't come up with quality candidates, then so be it. I'll find something else to put my heart into.
Bernie will always have my heart and respect. Hillary won't. Neither will Trump and the rest of those scoundrels. That's just the way it is with me. Always has been.