Clinton vs. Sanders

[piepiepie]

The way certain Sanders supporters handled the BLM protesters' interruption last summer made me cautious of his supporters, but I'll happily vote for him. Of course, I'll happily vote for Clinton, too. I'm leaning towards Bernie, but I am not "feeling the Bern" or any of that dumb shit.

I'm not as into this political discussion (overall) as I feel I should be. I took that isidewith quiz, and I matched Sanders more than anyone else (but barely more than HRC). I made the mistake of making a politics joke at this dinner my family had with our old neighbors last week. They're old, white, conservative Trump supporters. Because he's a "businessman". That scares me. I don't live in Baltimore but there's a Democrat running for mayor as a "businessman" and for the life of me I don't know why people think that's such a good thing. (I don't think he'll get elected though.)

[BJMoose]

Originally Posted by piepiepie

. . . I don't live in Baltimore but there's a Democrat running for mayor as a "businessman" and for the life of me I don't know why people think that's such a good thing. . . .

It's because, for a couple of centuries, they have insisted that They Know Best what is good for this country, that they are More Important to society than anyone else, and people buy that bullshit. That's one point in Bernie's favor. So far as I know he is not in any businessman's hip pocket. The same can not be said of Hillary (nor Bill - NAFTA, anyone?).