#y'all think bernie is suffering???

[mxquill]

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[sleepingfancies]

I just want to understand. Do you want people to suffer just because biden got nominated? Why? Innocent people will continue to suffer if trump wins why not vote for biden to get trump out of the wh? - If biden gets the nomination

I'm bad at reading vibes over the internet so I apologize if I'm wrong here, but I think you misunderstood. I'm asking the same questions.

Mind you, I'm in no way a Biden stan. He wasn't my first or second choice, and barely made it to third. But it's looking like he's going to win the nomination. I cannot in good conscience say "I guess I won't vote," or worse, "I'll just write in the name of the candidate I want so I can make the DNC scared" (protip: this will not scare the establishment. This will further convince the establishment the youth vote isn't worth courting or integrating into the party's ideology, because the youth vote appears to be uncooperative).

Do I expect Biden to push some of Bernie's policies? Unfortunately, no. Or at least, not at the speed with which Bernie wanted. Do I expect Biden to make no mistakes or problematic policies ever? Not really. Do I expect Biden to be as liberal as I want him to be? Not hardly.

But I also don't expect him to try at every turn to ban Muslim immigrants from this country. I don't expect him to promote conversion therapy for LGBT+ kids. I don't expect him to encourage mass rollbacks on gun regulations. I don't expect him to try to repeatedly suppress black voters. I don't expect him to hike national debt via military spending. I don't expect him to continue building this STUPID border wall. I don't expect him to congratulate states on their efforts to take away a woman's right to choose. I don't expect him to alienate or full on abandon our foreign allies. I don't expect him to break all precedents regarding corruption, nepotism, and financial fraud in the presidency. I don't expect him to gut education programs. I don't expect him to appoint unqualified billionaires into the cabinet. I don't expect him to get impeached in his first term. I don't expect him to cozy up to Putin. I don't expect him to give massive tax breaks to billionaires at the expense of the working class. I don't expect him to call a global pandemic a "Chinese hoax."

There's a LOT of things Trump has done, is doing, and will continue to do that I don't think - even in my worst nightmares - Joe Biden would take on as a presidential legacy.

Would everything get miraculously better and we would have all the progressive policies we want? No, of course not.

But truthfully, I don't think that would happen under Bernie, either.

Do you remember how hard the Republican controlled Senate stonewalled Obama? The very moderate Obama? The Obama people look back on with "wow he wasn't actually super progressive at all" lenses? Yeah. Imagine what they'd do to stop ANY policy from reaching Bernie's desk. And contrary to what tumblr seems to believe, no, you cannot enforce M4A or taxation reforms via executive order. That would be a breach of executive power and given the Senate is Republican, would likely get Bernie in huge amounts of trouble (since it's only okay for Their Team to overextend power).

What I'm trying to say is that I do not and never will understand the satisfaction in allowing all of these horrible things to continue just because Bernie isn't the nominee. I do not understand the sentiment behind "if my candidate doesn't get nominated, then everyone else in the entire country deserves to get fucked over by Trump for another 4 years." I don't get it. I don't get how people can be so empathetic and goodhearted in wanting more social programs that help marginalized people, but at the same time be totally okay with the continued suffering of women, POC, LGBT+, immigrants, and working class/minimum wage workers under the Trump administration.

So that's what I meant when I said: y'all got me fucked up

[artisanalgoats]

Something I posted on fb that I think is important re: Elizabeth Warren

Hey, y'all. I want to address something I've seen in some circles online regarding the state of the Democratic primary, especially in the wake of Elizabeth Warren's suspending her campaign. Now, before I say anything else, I want to get a few things out of the way: I'm a white, cisgender man, who has been extremely fortunate in a number of ways in my life, none the least of which being that I've been surrounded by a very small number of people in my life who have tried to defy sexism as best they can, and to instill those same habits in me. I don't say all that to gloat, or to try to inoculate myself against accusations of sexism, but rather to let y'all know heading forward that I've never really experienced misogyny or the strain of toxic masculinity that tends to run through our society, at least not directly; so my ability to spot them, although I do my damnedest, may not always be the best. Less consequentially, I was also planning to vote for Warren in my state's primary, with Sanders being my second (now first) choice. So what I say is in no way an attack on Warren or on those upset at her suspending her campaign. What I have to say is about the way we talk about her suspending her campaign.

I've seen some people complaining about how the Democratic primary has been reduced to "two white men yelling at each other." And while people's frustration at the failure of yet another female candidate is perfectly valid, saying Biden and Sanders are just "white men yelling at each other" is, frankly, offensively reductive.

When most people refer to "white people," what I think they mean is "white Christians," and white people who were raised with Christian worldviews (I'm looking at you, atheist ex-Christians). And while white Jews can absolutely perpetrate the same sort of racism that white Christians perpetuate, treating Jewishness and Christianness as comparable is only possible with a basic misunderstanding of what Jewishness is. It is not (only) a belief in one or another god. It's also an ethnicity, one that for over a thousand years has spent its existence surviving genocide after genocide, and remembering those countless innocents who didn't make it; just look at half our holidays, if you don't believe. Start with Purim.

And unlike many black folks, many Latino folks, many Asian folks, etc., we white Jews can hide our otherness - we can refuse to wear yarmulkes, not put mezuzahs on our doors, and so forth. That is a privilege not many have. But the fact that we even face the threat of violence if we fail to do so must not be forgotten! By treating Bernie as just another white guy, we're erasing all of that history, violence and bloodshed that Jewish people have suffered and continue to suffer. And I hate to sound like an alarmist, but, frankly, aside from being offensive, nothing enables more violence like a persistent refusal to acknowledge that violence has happened and continues to occur. This is not to say that the people engaging in this talk are trying to incite a pogrom! But our actions have consequences, intended and otherwise.

Criticizing Sanders is fine! Being upset that once again an extremely qualified woman was passed up for men is fine (I agree with you)! But as liberals and lefties we have to be better than this. We can't just ignore an important part of someone's identity and pretend that he's just the same as his opponent just because he's also white. We can't erase Jewishness without denying the value of Jewish people, and when we refuse to talk about Jewish people or their Jewishness, that's exactly what we're doing. Those of you who have been engaging in this: I don't think you meant to erase us. But you have. Think about how you talk. Be better.

[hillaryisaboss]

I hope Hillary includes these key points in her book "What Happened": Hillary Rodman Clinton already made it to the White House twice with her husband, President William Jefferson Clinton. The Clintons don't have anything left to prove. The Clintons left us a surplus and a booming economy (23 million new jobs, 7 million fewer living in poverty, minimum wage up 20%). President Bill Clinton balanced the budget 4-times because he was a great negotiator and a true pragmatist. These days, both the far-left and the far-right hate pragmatists. During the '90s, Hillary helped create the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP -- 8.9 million children insured) and was instrumental in all of Bill’s policy decisions. Many said Hillary was the one who ran the White House during the prosperous 1990s. The Clintons will always be political icons and legends. Two-time winners that won the popular vote for a 3rd straight time. Thanks for leaving our country in such great shape! The 1990s were great. Wish we could have continued our progress with Vice President Al Gore. Unfortunately, in America, we usually switch parties every 8 years no matter what. But just think where we would be on global warming if Vice President Al Gore had won after President Bill Clinton. Sadly, I guess progressives always love screwing us after two-terms of a Democrat -- cue Ralph Nader and Bernie Sanders (spoilers). Obama is lucky he didn't face a far-left opponent, which would have diminished his support among millennials -- a core part of the Democratic coalition missing in 2016. It's as if we don't understand the word "pragmatism" after we've had a Democrat in the White House for 8 years. Remember: Hillary had the most progressive platform of all-time. She would have built on President Obama's progress. Just like Gore would have done in 2000 after Clinton. When will progressives remember history? "Those who don't learn history are doomed to repeat it." ~George Santayana Y'all could have voted for the most progressive platform of all time -- a platform Hillary worked on directly with Bernie Sanders. Yet many of you ultimately voted for Donald Trump. Sexism? Oh and nothing Hillary did with her e-mail server was illegal. Republicans have been manufacturing fake Clinton scandals for decades, even creating a small cottage industry for "Clinton Hate" ($$$). That is why so many Americans chanted "Lock Her Up" at Trump rallies. They have bought into decades of Clinton smears. It’s a clever tactic. Yet Hillary was triumphant and destroyed the false Benghazi witch-hunt during her brilliant 11-hour testimony. No one puts on a show better than a Clinton. Sorry Trump. '90s Bill was awesome. In addition -- the Clinton Foundation provides HIV/AIDS medicine to 11.5 million people, none of the “pay-to-play” accusations has ever been proven (it’s all speculation), and the Uranium Deal is correlated with donations to the Clinton Foundation but not proven to be the causation of the donations. Correlation doesn't equal causation. Again – pay-to-play has never been proven (unlike the Trump Foundation which is, in-fact, guilty of pay-to play in the state of Florida). Meanwhile, the Clinton Foundation has a higher charity rating than the Red Cross. So let us never forget: the Clinton Foundation provides 11.5 million people with HIV/AIDS medication. That amounts to supporting half of all adults and 75% of all children affected by the virus worldwide. Also -- none of Hillary's e-mails were correctly marked as classified at the time they were sent and none were directly sent by Hillary herself (that’s why the FBI ultimately dropped the case). The few e-mails that were classified didn't have the proper markings and were only found in long e-mail chains, never sent by Hillary herself. Having a private server was a mistake, though not illegal. Remember -- it was originally set up for President Clinton. It was never sinisterly set up after Hillary got the job as Secretary of State. It was a pre-existing server that has been proven to be safer than the already hacked government servers. Remember -- Hillary's server was set up for a former President. Talk about a mountain being made out of a mole hill. Ultimately, though, Hillary still beat Trump by 3 million votes and beat Bernie by 4 million votes. 7 million more total votes for Hillary Rodham Clinton. The last two Republican Presidents lost the popular vote – Bush and Trump. Democrats are the majority. Have been since 1992, especially if you consider voter suppression of minorities in red states. Trump was right, however – the electoral college *IS* a rigged system. Republicans can never win both the electoral college *AND* the popular vote. On the contrary, President Bill Clinton and President Obama won both the popular vote *AND* the electoral college. Did I mention Bernie lost the popular vote by 4 million votes? The DNC "corruption" charges don't change the fact that Bernie lost the popular vote by 4 million. 4 million! Maybe his support of the NRA hurt him at the polls? Also -- Bernie half-heartedly campaigned for Hillary and by that point, his most ardent supporters thought Hillary was vile scum. Nothing even Bernie said could change their minds. Some even called Bernie a "sell-out." Unfortunately, Bernie ran a horribly negative campaign towards the end and stayed in the primary for far too long. This delayed Hillary being able to morph into general election mode, and required Hillary to do a ton of repair work. I guess I'll never understand why Bernie supporters couldn't just vote for the platform -- for a chance to finally have two consecutive Democratic Administrations. Naive? Oh and can you imagine the field day Fox News would have had with Socialist Sanders, his rape essay's, and the fact he wanted to raise taxes on everyone to pay for moochers to go to college? Middle America never would have gone for that, either. Interestingly, the Clintons pay a higher tax-rate than Bernie -- 35.% vs. 13%. Who truly is the corrupt one? Plus -- Bernie couldn't show us how he was going to pay for any of his plans (as Bill used to say -- we need some "arithmetic!"). Oh and good luck getting a GOP Congress to pass his Socialist budget. A real revolution is 60 Democratic votes in Congress. But Bernie spends all his time demonizing us and our party. Who let him in...? Yet despite Bernie-mania demonizing Hillary for playing the game and winning (Nader 2.0), suffering highly personal attacks from Trump (bringing Bill's accusers to the 2nd debate -- though Bill has never faced a conviction/affairs are different than rape), blatant sexism from everyone (even subconscious), fake Benghazi and e-mail “scandals,” the racist Obama backlash ("deplorables" -- Hillary was right!), the trend of one party only staying in power for a max of two-terms (8 years), Brexit (making Trump a very strong candidate contrary to popular brief -- exploiting racism/propaganda/nationalism), the media claiming a false equivalence between Hillary's negatives and Trump's negatives for ratings, and Russia targeting Middle America with “fake news,” Hillary was *STILL* riding high in the polling after her 3 debate dominations. Then... Comey re-opened the Clinton e-mail case right at the very last minute. I remember looking at the photo of Hillary receiving the news on her plane. I thought -- is this the moment Hillary lost the election? It was. So I guess I don't understand why people don't just come out and say the 2016 election was stolen from Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton. Are people afraid to? Because I'm not. Ironically, the official reason Trump gave for firing James Comey was his malpractice in regards to the Clinton e-mail case -- the very thing that won Trump the election. The re-opening of the e-mail case came after the Trump Access Hollywood tape, switching the headlines from negative Trump headlines to negative Clinton headlines. The re-opening of the e-mail case caused many voters that were inclined to vote for Hillary to just stay home on Election Day. It depressed Hillary's turnout. So did the fact that everyone thought Hillary was going to win. Many assumed Hillary would win and therefore didn’t vote. Were they totally wrong in their assumption? No. Why? Because Hillary won the popular vote by 3 million (and no, it wasn't because of illegals voting, you right-wing conspiracy theory nuts). Despite literally *EVERYTHING* thrown at her, Hillary was still polling high at the very end due to her 3 debate dominations. But Comey screwed her at the very last minute -- the ultimate "October Surprise." Oh and remember: Comey was already in the midst of the Trump-Russia investigation, but chose not to publicly comment on that investigation. Yet he publicly commented on the re-opening of the Clinton e-mail investigation? Double standard? Malpractice? Trump seems to think so based on the fact that he fired Comey over his handling of the Clinton e-mail case. However, Hillary truly is forever the "People's President" -- 3 million more total votes. Never forget: Trump deeply resents and hates that he lost the popular vote. It delegitimizes him. He's a big numbers guy. So always bring up his popular vote loss. It infuriates him. It also appears Hillary's themes of "Love Trumps Hate" and "Stronger Together" actually made for a brilliant strategy that received more total votes. By the millions. I don't buy the argument that her political framing was off. In fact -- I think her slogans were right-on the money. Perfect in an election facing a propaganda artist and ultimate con-man like Donald J. Trump. A man who relied on hate, fear, division, scapegoating, nationalism, and propaganda to win the electoral college (ie: Middle America). Furthermore, Hillary was the first person to correctly point out Trump's reckless temperament, something we are currently suffering from right now in regards to North Korea. "A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons." ~Hillary Rodham Clinton Unfit. Unqualified. I also loved the fact that Hillary called out his dog-whistling to racists. She was the first high-profile person to do so in no uncertain terms. Trump not only loves the support of white racists, he emboldens them. Maybe that's why he was sued by the Justice Department in the 1970s for housing discrimination against African American. He's a racist. Sadly, everything Hillary predicted and warned us about Trump is coming to fruition. Is it still "too negative" for you if everything Hillary said about Trump comes true within his first 6 months? Though I still fundamentally believe that "Love Trumps Hate" and that we are, in-fact, "Stronger Together." I think those slogans are why people felt so awful on Election Day -- *HATE* won based on an outdated election system. Oh and the fact that lots of people that should have voted stayed home. Guilt is a very powerful emotion (Bernie-Bro's, I'm looking at you!) Get rid of the electoral college. It has cost us 2 elections in 20 years. Gore received 500,000 more votes than Bush. Hillary received 3 million more votes than Trump. (Oh, and it would have come down to more than just Michigan and Wisconsin -- another state would still be needed) Hillary also doesn't get the credit she rightfully deserves: Youngest lawyer ever appointed to an impeachment trial -- 27-year-old Yale Law graduate Hillary Rodham. Watergate. Children's Defense Fund: Investigated African American juveniles being placed in South Carolina adult prisons, and posed as a racist housewife to expose segregation throughout schools in the South. First Lady of Arkansas: Hillary successfully reformed the entire K-12 Arkansas educational system, expanded healthcare for those in rural Arkansas, worked at the Arkansas Children's Hospital Legal Services, and co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. First female partner of the Rose Law Firm. The joke in Arkansas was that they "hired the wrong Clinton." First Lady of the United States: Hillary spearheaded the Adoption and Safe Families Act, the Foster Care Independence Act, Office on Violence Against Women, the Campaign Against Teenage Pregnancy (lowering abortion and teenage pregnancy rates), and the Children's Health Insurance Program -- providing 8.9 million low-income children with healthcare access. In 1994, Hillary proclaimed on the world stage in Beijing, China: "If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights once and for all." Two-time New York Senator: Hillary secured 20 billion in federal funds to rebuild downtown New York City after 9/11. She also secured healthcare for 9/11 First Responders and expanded access to care for the National Guard, Reservists, and their families. U.S. Secretary of State: Passed the first-ever U.N Resolution on gay rights (proclaiming "human rights are gay rights and gay rights are human rights" on the world stage) and made it so trans Americans could legally change their gender on their passport. Hillary also rebuilt relations with every nation after the disastrous Bush Administration, traveling to 112 countries -- more than any other Secretary of State. Our worldwide favorability rose 20% during Hillary's tenure. Her primary focus was on women's rights, bringing up issues such as forced abortion and maternal mortality rates. Hillary re-opened relations with Burma, enacted a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and killed Osama Bin Laden. She also was instrumental in putting together the Paris Climate Agreement, something Trump has since removed us from. Inspirational Hillary quotes: “I’m not going to mislead anybody. Politics is really hard. And it is harder for women. There’s a double standard, and you can’t complain about it. You just have to accept it, and be smart enough to navigate it. And you have to have a pretty tough skin. To paraphrase a favorite quote from Eleanor Roosevelt: If a woman wants to be in politics, she has to have the skin of a rhinoceros. So occasionally I’ll be sitting somewhere and I’ll be listening to someone perhaps not saying the kindest things about me. And I’ll look down at my hand and I’ll sort of pinch my skin to make sure it still has the requisite thickness I know Eleanor Roosevelt expects me to have.” ~Hillary Rodham Clinton "When you stumble, keep faith. And when you're knocked down, get right back up, and never listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on." ~Hillary Rodham Clinton "I really don't spend a lot of time worrying about what people think about me...I would be totally paralyzed. How could you get up in the morning if you worried about some poll or what somebody said about you? That's giving up power over your life to somebody else, and I don't intend to do that." ~Hillary Rodham Clinton "Every moment wasted looking back keeps us from moving forward. Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been." ~Hillary Rodham Clinton Never Forget: The Clintons are 2-time winners and 3-time popular vote victors. Thanks for the surplus! 3 million more votes! Love Trumps Hate! Stronger Together! Currently ordering 50 copies of Hillary's book, "What Happened." #imSTILLwithher

[hussyknee]

I don't think either of them can win against Trump because dems and conservative white people will band together and vote for anyone who won't upset the status quo, and by now Trump is the devil they know.

But y'all going after the most desperate and marginalized who have always been thrown under the bus despite party loyalty and holding them responsible for Trump instead of the DNC and the white libs is some callous white privileged assholery. When a black trans woman says she's terrified of anyone but Bernie winning is a good time to let that opinion stand respectfully instead of jumping on it to argue the point.

Reminder that "lesser evil" means that a lesser number of people will suffer. These are the voices of the people you are sacrificing in your political trolley problem. Have the decency to respect that.

Hoo boy. This is heartbreaking.

If Biden is nominated, then it’s gonna be a really really close election. And I’m uncertain that Biden can beat Trump. Sanders polls better at beating Trump. Biden is risky af. But once again, the DNC places the bet and then my black ass (and other marginalized groups) has to pay the tab when they lose. Shit is mad frustannoying.

[missrosienorris]

The Election that is Bad, Part 3

CW: lots of politics, mentions of ableism, a hint of racism and abusive behaviour, also a little corona at the end

Statement of potential privileges and biases: Translucently white. Finnish, and thus less directly affected by US elections, although I’d argue the whole world should be concerned about them. AFAB enby. Probably a gray ace with no gender preference, but frankly I’m not quite sure wtf I am. Rather far left but haven’t found an appropriate ideological label. University educated. Middle class. Young-ish (is 30 still young?) My mental health is ass.

So, I’ve already made a few posts about the US presidential election and the shit it’s stirring up, which is why I’m now giving the series a name. In this post I’m going to lengthily bitch about some arguments between Biden and Sanders supporters that I’m currently seeing a lot, and I’m already planning another post that’ll be a more personal rant about how I’ve had to make a purge in my parasocial relationships because so so so many of the people I follow have morphed into dicks during this election season (or perhaps revealed themselves to be dicks, I can’t assess which one from afar).

In this post I won’t be discussing Biden or Sanders themselves or their policies all that much, but I will summarize where my allegiances lie here for the record, not that my opinion is likely to surprise anyone who’s read any of my stuff before:

I think Biden’s policies suck, albeit not as much as Trump’s but that’s a low bar to clear. I think he’s a neoliberal and a sleazeball, I don’t like his incoherent speaking style or his proneness to temper tantrums and were I American, I’m not sure I could bring myself to vote for him in the general even for harm reduction purposes (but to make it crystal clear, I would never vote Trump either, it would be third party or blank in that case). I think he will lose to Trump if he is the nominee.

I have a soft spot for Sanders despite being way to the left of him, he’s a socdem at best and I’ve never voted for a socdem in my life. However, in a US context, he would be a major step to the left, his policies are alright, and he’s way more coherent than Biden. Some people on the left flanks say he’s too nice and that’s probably true, socdems tend to be like that, but my lizard brain finds the niceness endearing even though I think it’s politically not ideal. I would vote for him in a heartbeat and I have given him money (funneled through a clothing vendor, so yeah I’m a foreign interference Russian bot). I think his chances to beat Trump would be better than Biden’s. Not great, mind you, Trump has quite an advantage going into the general and I’m not sure he’s beatable, although I sure hope he is.

Alright, now then, onto my long-ass rant about bad political arguments.

So, at the time I’m writing this, it sure looks like Biden will be the Democratic nominee, the race isn’t called yet but it’s looking pretty hopeless for the Sanders campaign. Consequently, the Bidenists are looking for everyone to rally around Biden and the Berners are pissed and/or discouraged and many of them are considering not voting or voting third party (and I guess some are considering voting Trump, but I genuinely think that group is real small and I’m ignoring them because fuck anyone who would do that).

Now, there are arguments for both of these stances that I find understandable. Like, I get the Bidenist argument that Trump is worse and therefore a vote for Biden is harm reduction, and I get the concern for the supreme court. I’m not convinced by these arguments, but I get them. On the flip side, I'm very sympathetic to the arguments that Biden is corrupt and awful, and that while Trump may be worse in the short term, voting for Biden will tell the Democratic party that they can keep putting up shitty status quo nominees and progressives will just take it, and thus the party won’t change and more people will be hurt by that in the long run. This is probably the position I’d take if I were in the US, as stated above.

Either way, these types of arguments from either side are pretty reasonable, but they’re not really the ones I’m hearing the most, at least not on the ol’ internet. What I’m hearing is a lot of crap, and I’m now going to list said crap and bitch about it.

1. Biden has dementia and keeping him in the race is elder abuse.

I want to get this real oof one out of the way first, because I drag Biden a bunch and will continue to do so, but this I don’t like. Yeah, the guy is incoherent when he speaks and lashes out a lot, but we shouldn’t be armchair diagnosing him or accusing anyone of abuse without proper evidence of that. I think it’s fair to criticize him for the way he behaves and to point out that Trump will definitely use that against him, but leave health assessments to professionals. Also, I get that a presidential candidate must be scrutinized more than the general public, but some of the stuff y'all are writing about people with cognitive disabilities is like super ableist and not cool. Don’t call people soup brains, for example, that’s trash behaviour.

2. Not voting in the general/voting third party is a vote for Trump.

Hey fuck off, no it’s fucking not. A vote for Trump is a vote for Trump. I get voting strategically, I really do, but the people who choose not to vote strategically are not voting for Trump. Doesn’t matter what the reason is, if you don’t vote for Trump you don’t vote for Trump and are not to blame for Trump. It’s unbelievably shitty to accuse people of being equal to Trump supporters if they don’t line up behind a particular other candidate.

3. Sanders supporters who won’t vote for Biden in the general are making that choice out of pettiness and/or childishness.

This is some ad hominem bullshit and also kinda contrary to the whole “unite the party behind Biden” thing, you don’t typically woo voters by calling them pissbabies. Especially young people don’t tend to respond well to frumpy people condescendingly telling them to grow up. Also it’s usually not true. Most people I know of that aren’t voting for Biden have well rounded reasons why, typically that they think voting for Biden would make things worse in the end. And unless someone tells you why they’re not voting for Biden, you don’t really know their reasons, so assuming “petty and childish” reflects more on you than it does on them.

4. Anyone who WOULD vote for Biden in the general is either a not a real progressive or a “low information” voter.

Shut up about that. Trump is a nightmare and many feel that four more years of him would be so disastrous that they’d rather take four years of Biden as the lesser of two evils. Being super scared of Trump and going the harm reduction route is not a sign that you’re uninformed or not progressive enough, I may disagree with it but not for that reason. The “low information” thing also seems to be directed at minorities a lot, which is kinda gross. Talk about voter suppression and try to reach out to people, absolutely, but sort of implying that minorities are ignorant is not a good look to have.

5. I was for Warren and now I’m for Biden because Sanders supporters are abusive.

I don’t have as strong an opinion on this one as the other ones, I just feel like it’s a super weird take to jump from supporting (relatively) progressive policies to supporting whatever it is Biden’s got going on because some of the Bernie crowd are kinda dicks (which I’m not denying by the way, I’ve seen them, I just feel like policy is more important). As I stated above, I’m not about to start accusing anyone of being a fake progressive or whatever, I’m just saying it’s a little weird and if there are any Warrenites out there who would like to explain it to me that would be swell. Preferably explain it civilly, since many of the #WarrenToBiden types I’ve seen have been surprisingly abusive themselves considering their stance on the whole Bernie bro thing.

6. Not voting for Biden in the general is a sign that you’re privileged and aren’t that affected by the vote, and that you don’t really care if minorities suffer another four years of Trump. Or the converse, voting for Biden in the general is a sign that you’re privileged and aren’t that affected by a continuation of the status quo, and that you don’t care if minorities suffer in the long run.

This argument can just fuck off whatever side it comes from. It’s another ad hominem attack and super reductive, both the people rallying behind Biden and the #NeverBiden people are a diverse bunch. Some are privileged, some are not, and this generalization helps no one. Especially cringe is when someone who is decidedly not part of a minority of any kind makes this argument, which I’m seeing A LOT of. I’m all for identity politics, but this ain’t it.

7. Sanders has said he will support Biden if Biden is the nominee, so you should too.

Why? Sanders isn’t flippin’ Jesus, it’s completely possible to support him and still disagree with him on occasion. I’m not quite satisfied with his explanations considering his record on guns, for example, nor do I think he should co-opt the term “democratic socialist” when he’s really just a socdem (although it is admittedly very funny to see conservative Americans freaking out over the mention of socialism). It’s not weird to not be a sycophant, personality cults are not a good thing.

You know, I’ll probably come up with like 100 more bad arguments I’ve seen floating around once i press the “Post” button, but it’s 3 AM and this post is already dragging even by my standards so maybe I’ll release another one of these at a later date. Until then, please wash your hands, stay safe if you belong to a risk group, and if you don’t belong to a risk group, don’t be a fuckface and hoard the supplies they need or endanger them by not following recommendations to limit the spread. I’ve had a probably-just-a-cold this week and you bet your ass I haven’t left my apartment even once just in case it wasn’t just a cold and I ended up murdering a grandma. Just don’t be pricks.

[hillaryisaboss]

I hope Hillary includes these key points in her book “What Happened”:

Hillary Rodham Clinton already made it to the White House twice with her husband, President William Jefferson Clinton. The Clintons don’t have anything left to prove.

The Clintons left us a surplus and a booming economy (23 million new jobs, 7 million fewer living in poverty, minimum wage up 20%). President Bill Clinton balanced the budget 4-times because he was a great negotiator and a true pragmatist. These days, however, both the far-left and the far-right hate pragmatists.

Instead of declaring “Clintionism” dead, Americans should remember how much compromise, corporation, and broad-based prosperity occurred during the 1990s when two pragmatists (and policy wonks) occupied the White House. Minimum wage was up 20%!

Though the '90s weren't progressive compared to today’s standards, we must remember — the Clintons were a breathe of fresh air after the “Reagan Revolution.” If not for Bill Clinton rebranding the Democratic Party, we would have been stuck with another 4 disastrous years of Bush Senior continuing Reaganomics.

During the ‘90s, Hillary helped create the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP — 8.9 million children insured) and was instrumental in all of Bill’s policy decisions. Many said Hillary was the one who actually ran the White House during the prosperous 1990s.

The Clintons will always be political icons and legends. Two-time winners that won the popular vote for a 3rd straight time. Thanks for leaving our country in such great shape! The 1990s were great. Wish we could have continued our progress with Vice President Al Gore.

Unfortunately, in America, we usually switch parties every 8 years no matter what. But just think where we would be on global warming if Vice President Al Gore had won after President Clinton. Sadly, I guess progressives always love screwing us after two-terms of a Democrat — cue Ralph Nader and Bernie Sanders (far-left spoilers dead-set on “purity” tests for Democrats — why do they hate us so much?)

President Barack Obama is lucky he didn’t face a far-left opponent, which would have diminished his support among millennials — a core part of the Democratic coalition absent in 2016 (but strongly present in 2008 and 2012). It’s as if we don’t understand the word “pragmatism” after we’ve had a Democrat in the White House for 8 years.

Remember: Hillary had the most progressive platform of all-time. She would have built on President Obama’s progress. Just like Gore would have done in 2000 after Clinton. When will progressives remember history?

“Those who don’t learn history are doomed to repeat it.” ~George Santayana

Y'all could have voted for the most progressive platform of all time — a platform Hillary worked on directly with Bernie Sanders. Yet many of you ultimately voted for a man like pervert pussy-grabber Donald J. Trump. Sexism at play?

Oh and nothing Hillary did with her e-mail server was illegal. Republicans have been manufacturing fake Clinton scandals for decades, even creating a small cottage industry for “Clinton Hate” ($$$). That is why so many Americans chanted “Lock Her Up” at Trump rallies — they have bought into decades of Clinton smears and brainwashing. It’s a clever tactic. Yet despite decades of smears, Hillary was still the highest-polling politician immediately following her tenure as Secretary of State. Then began her slow destruction from all sides (FBI included).

Hillary, though, was triumphant over her critics when she destroyed the false Benghazi witch-hunt during her brilliant 11-hour testimony. No one puts on a show better than a Clinton (sorry Trump — '90s Bill was awesome — the saxophone!)

In addition — the Clinton Foundation provides HIV/AIDS medicine to 11.5 million people worldwide, none of the “pay-to-play” accusations have ever been proven (it’s all speculation), and the Uranium Deal is correlated with donations to the Clinton Foundation but not proven to be the causation of the donations. Correlation doesn’t equal causation. Again — pay-to-play has never been proven (unlike the Trump Foundation which is, in-fact, guilty of pay-to-play in the state of Florida).

Meanwhile, the Clinton Foundation has a higher charity rating than the Red Cross.

So let us never forget: the Clinton Foundation provides 11.5 million people with HIV/AIDS medication. That amounts to supporting half of all adults and 75% of all children affected by the virus worldwide.

Also — none of Hillary’s e-mails were correctly marked as classified at the time they were sent and none were directly sent by Hillary herself (that’s why the FBI ultimately dropped the case). The few e-mails that were classified didn’t have the proper markings and were only found in long e-mail chains, never sent by Hillary herself.

Having a private server was a mistake, though not illegal. Remember — it was originally set up for President Clinton. The server wasn’t sinisterly set up after Hillary got the job as Secretary of State in order to hide her e-mails. It was a pre-existing server that has been proven to be safer than the already hacked government servers. Remember — Hillary’s server was set up for a former President.

Talk about a mountain being made out of a molehill (looking at you, media!)

Ultimately, though, Hillary still beat Trump by 3 million votes and beat Bernie Sanders by 4 million votes. 7 million more total votes for Hillary Rodham Clinton. And don’t say Trump won more counties — 65% of all U.S. economic activity occurs in the counties Hillary won.

The last two Republican Presidents lost the popular vote — Bush and Trump. Democrats are the majority. Have been since 1992, especially if you consider voter suppression of minorities and widespread gerrymandering.

Trump was right about one thing, however — the electoral college *IS* a rigged system (his old tweets always come back to haunt him). Point is — Republicans can never win both the electoral college *AND* the popular vote. On the contrary, President Clinton and President Obama won both the popular vote *AND* the electoral college. Go Democrats!

Did I mention Bernie lost the popular vote in the primaries by 4 million votes? The accusations that the DNC is “corrupt” and somehow “rigged the primaries in Hillary’s favor” doesn't change the fact that Bernie lost the popular vote by 4 million votes. 4 million! Maybe his politically-motivated support of the NRA hurt him at the polls?

Bernie half-heartedly campaigned for Hillary and by that point, his most ardent supporters thought Hillary was corrupt vile scum. Nothing even Bernie said could change their minds. Some even called Bernie a “sell-out.”

Unfortunately, Bernie ran a horribly negative campaign towards the end and stayed in the primary for far too long. This delayed Hillary being able to morph into general election mode, and required her to do a ton of repair work. Divide your enemy is Politics 101, and Republicans successfully divided us with both Nader and Bernie. We have fallen for it twice.

I guess I’ll never understand why Bernie supporters couldn’t have just voted for the progressive platform — for a chance to finally have two consecutive Democratic Administrations. A very pragmatic and logical decision. Perhaps his supporters truly are a bit naive? Maybe they are too young to remember the highly successful 1990s?

Remember: it’s not that Hillary doesn’t agree with universal healthcare anymore — she fought for it in 1994 and eventually passed the Children’s Health Insurance Program, a very pragmatic victory. It just so happens that Hillary is a political realist who believes we should build on what we have already achieved — Obamacare. And look how hard it was to achieve Obamacare even with a Democratic majority!

Maybe because Bernie doesn’t have the same political scars, he doesn’t understand the political realities of a GOP obstructionist Congress, something President Obama dealt with on an almost daily basis. Bernie would have passed zero legislation because not only does he disagree with the GOP, he demonizes the very people he would need to support him in Congress (Democrats).

I mean — can you imagine the field day Fox News would have had with Socialist Sanders, his rape essay’s, and the fact he wanted to raise taxes on everyone to pay for moochers to go to college? Middle America never would have gone for that, either.

Interestingly, the Clintons pay a higher tax-rate than Bernie: 35% vs. 13%. Who truly is the corrupt one?

Bernie also never showed us how he was going to pay for his plans. As Bill Clinton used to say — he could use some “arithmetic!” Maybe that’s why Bill Clinton (and not Bernie) balanced 4-federal budgets by compromising with a GOP Congress. President Clinton led our nation to a balanced-budget and surplus. Can you imagine Bernie being forced to compromise with a hostile GOP-dominated Congress? The man refuses to compromise on anything, which would ultimately lead to ineffective Presidential leadership. On the contrary, the Clintons are effective pragmatic leaders that get things done. Maybe Clintonism isn't so bad after-all? Maybe that's what we actually need?

In 2016 we finally had the chance to unite the ultimate combination: a truly progressive platform with the pragmatic, effective Clintons. And the far-left blew it... again.

Yet despite Bernie-mania demonizing Hillary for playing the game and winning (Nader 2.0), suffering highly personal attacks from Trump (bringing Bill’s accusers to the 2nd debate — though Bill has never faced a conviction/affairs are different than rape), blatant sexism from everyone (even subconscious), fake Benghazi and e-mail “scandals,” the racist Obama backlash (“deplorables” — Hillary was right!), the trend of one party only staying in power for a max of two-terms (8 years), Brexit (making Trump a very strong candidate contrary to popular brief — exploiting racism/propaganda/nationalism), the media claiming a false equivalence between Hillary’s negatives and Trump’s negatives for ratings, and Russia targeting Middle America with “fake news,” Hillary was *STILL* riding high in the polling after her 3 debate dominations.

Then…

Comey re-opened the Clinton e-mail case right at the very last minute.

I remember looking at the photo of Hillary receiving the news of the re-opening on her plane:

I thought — is this the moment Hillary lost the election?

It was.

So I guess I don’t understand why people don’t just come out and say the 2016 election was stolen from Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton. Are people afraid to? Because I’m not.

Ironically, the official reason Trump gave for firing James Comey was his malpractice in regards to the Clinton e-mail case — the very thing that won Trump the election.

The re-opening of the e-mail case came after the Trump Access Hollywood tape, switching the headlines from negative Trump headlines to negative Clinton headlines. The re-opening of the e-mail case caused many voters that were inclined to vote for Hillary to just stay home on Election Day. It depressed Hillary’s turnout. So did the fact that everyone thought Hillary was going to win. Many assumed Hillary would win and therefore didn’t vote. Were they totally wrong in their assumption? No. Why? Because Hillary won the popular vote by 3 million (and no, it wasn’t because of illegals voting, you right-wing conspiracy theory nuts).

Despite literally *EVERYTHING* thrown at her, Hillary was still polling higher than Trump at the very end due to her 3 debate dominations. But Comey screwed her at the very last minute — the ultimate “October Surprise.”

Oh and don’t forget: Comey was already in the midst of the Trump-Russia investigation, but chose not to publicly comment on that investigation. Yet he publicly commented on the re-opening of the Clinton e-mail investigation? Double standard? Malpractice? Trump seems to think so based on the fact that he fired Comey over his handling of the Clinton e-mail case.

However, Hillary truly is forever the “People’s President” — 3 million more total votes.

Trump deeply resents and hates that he lost the popular vote. It delegitimizes him. He’s a big numbers guy. So always bring up his popular vote loss. It infuriates him.

It also appears Hillary’s themes of “Love Trumps Hate” and “Stronger Together” actually made for a brilliant strategy that received more total votes. By the millions.

I don’t buy the argument that her political framing was off.

In fact — I think her slogans were right-on the money. Perfect in an election facing a propaganda artist and ultimate con-man like Donald J. Trump. A man who relied on hate, fear, division, scapegoating, nationalism, and propaganda to win the electoral college in Middle America. The American Brexit.

If you truly know the American heartland, you know Trump was in actuality a very strong and formidable candidate. A scary fact all Americans must recognize and learn to navigate through.

Hillary was right on the money as usual — we have many “deplorables” throughout our nation. But always remember: 50% of Americans didn’t even bother to vote, which means Trump only won 24% of all eligible voters (Hillary won 26%). As we all know, there are more registered Democrats than Republicans. If we vote at 2008/2012 levels — we win. So get it together, progressives!

Furthermore, Hillary was the first person to correctly point out Trump’s reckless temperament, something we are currently suffering from right now in regards to North Korea.

“A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.” ~Hillary Rodham Clinton

Unfit. Unqualified. Unpresidential.

I also love that Hillary called out Trump’s dog-whistling to racists. She was the first high-profile person to do so in no uncertain terms.

Trump not only loves the support of white racists, he emboldens them (especially at his violent, hate inciting rallies — “deplorables”). Maybe racism is why Trump was sued by the Justice Department in the 1970s for housing discrimination against African Americans. He’s a prejudiced bigot that began his political career spreading the racist “birther” lie about our first African-American President, Barack Hussein Obama.

Sadly for us, everything Hillary predicted and warned us about Trump is coming to fruition. So is it still “too negative” for you if everything Hillary said about Trump comes true within his first 6 months?

Though I still fundamentally believe that “Love Trumps Hate” and that we are, in-fact, “Stronger Together.” I think those slogans are why people felt so awful on Election Day — *HATE* won based on an outdated election system. Oh and the fact that lots of people that should have voted stayed home. Guilt is a very powerful emotion (Bernie-Bro’s, I’m looking at you!)

Get rid of the electoral college. It has cost us 2 elections in 20 years. Gore received 500,000 more votes than Bush. Hillary received 3 million more votes than Trump.

(Oh, and it would have come down to more than just Michigan and Wisconsin — another state would still be needed for Hillary to have won)

**Hillary also doesn’t get the credit she rightfully deserves:

Youngest lawyer ever appointed to an impeachment trial. 26-year-old Yale Law graduate Hillary Rodham. Watergate.

*Children’s Defense Fund:

Investigated African American juveniles being placed in South Carolina adult prisons, and posed as a racist housewife to expose segregation throughout schools in the South.

*First Lady of Arkansas:

Hillary successfully reformed the entire K-12 Arkansas educational system, expanded healthcare for those in rural Arkansas, worked at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Legal Services, and co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. First female partner of the Rose Law Firm.

The joke in Arkansas was that they “hired the wrong Clinton.”

*First Lady of the United States:

Hillary spearheaded the Adoption and Safe Families Act, the Foster Care Independence Act, Office on Violence Against Women, the Campaign Against Teenage Pregnancy (lowering abortion and teenage pregnancy rates), and the Children’s Health Insurance Program — providing 8.9 million low-income children with healthcare access.

In 1994, Hillary proclaimed on the world stage in Beijing, China:

“If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights once and for all.”

*Two-time New York Senator:

Hillary secured 20 billion in federal funds to rebuild downtown New York City after 9/11. She also secured healthcare for 9/11 First Responders and expanded access to care for the National Guard, Reservists, and their families.

*U.S. Secretary of State:

Passed the first-ever U.N Resolution on gay rights (proclaiming: “human rights are gay rights and gay rights are human rights” on the world stage), and made it so trans Americans can legally change their gender on their passport. Hillary also rebuilt relations with every nation after the disastrous Bush Administration, traveling to 112 countries — more than any other Secretary of State. Our worldwide favorability rose 20% during Hillary’s tenure. Her primary focus was on women’s rights and health, bringing up issues such as forced abortion and maternal mortality rates. Hillary re-opened relations with Burma, enacted a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and killed Osama Bin Laden. She also was instrumental in putting together the Paris Climate Agreement, something Trump has since removed us from.

Inspirational Hillary quotes:

“I’m not going to mislead anybody. Politics is really hard. And it is harder for women. There’s a double standard, and you can’t complain about it. You just have to accept it, and be smart enough to navigate it. And you have to have a pretty tough skin. To paraphrase a favorite quote from Eleanor Roosevelt: If a woman wants to be in politics, she has to have the skin of a rhinoceros. So occasionally I’ll be sitting somewhere and I’ll be listening to someone perhaps not saying the kindest things about me. And I’ll look down at my hand and I’ll sort of pinch my skin to make sure it still has the requisite thickness I know Eleanor Roosevelt expects me to have.” ~Hillary Rodham Clinton

“When you stumble, keep faith. And when you’re knocked down, get right back up, and never listen to anyone who says you can’t or shouldn’t go on.” ~Hillary Rodham Clinton

“I really don’t spend a lot of time worrying about what people think about me…I would be totally paralyzed. How could you get up in the morning if you worried about some poll or what somebody said about you? That’s giving up power over your life to somebody else, and I don’t intend to do that.” ~Hillary Rodham Clinton

“Every moment wasted looking back keeps us from moving forward. Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been.” ~Hillary Rodham Clinton

Never Forget:

Any man with Hillary’s credentials and qualifications would have been given the benefit-of-the-doubt far more than Hillary was given. People would have been quick to say: “they’ve been around the block and had to play the game” — don’t hate the player, hate the game, right?

Yet with Hillary she was demonized. But a man would have been glorified for playing the game and winning (just like Trump was). The ironic difference is that The Clintons actually left our country in great shape while Trump went bankrupt on Daddy’s money and got bailed out by a Saudi Prince.

The Clintons are forever 2-time winners and 3-time popular vote victors! Thanks for the great economy and surplus! 3-million more votes!

Love Trumps Hate! Stronger Together! Onward Together!

Currently ordering 50 copies of Hillary’s book, “What Happened.”

#imSTILLwithher