OPOL gets a timeout while at least 3 FP’ers were allowed to flame pro-Bernie diaries for months?
Supporting Hillary really is an acid, corrosive to principle. On almost every topic, Bernie’s positions are the ones advocated by this site for over a decade. Now longtime users and the site’s founder are advocating for the pro-AUMF, pro-Patriot Act, pro-fracking, pro-TPP Xmas BFF of Henry fucking Kissinger when an actual progressive is available. And i mean the traditional definition of “progressive”.
Not the “evolved” definition of “progressive” that allows ‘Murica Privilege to forget Iraq2.0 as “a mistake”.
Not the “evolved” definition of “progressive” that allows fracking to be an OK response to climate change.
Not the “evolved” definition of “progressive” that says international trade agreements are the “gold standard” of anything besides TP & fishwrap.
Not the “evolved” definition of “progressive” that allows “cut it out” to be an effective solution to financial industry bullshit.
Not the “evolved” definition of “progressive” that is perfectly OK with its standard-bearer getting millions in speaking fees from Wall Street.
We have a real progressive available. One with history proven judgement on both foreign and domestic policy. One who has oft been willing to be the lone voice for what they believe as opposed to standing head and shoulders among the crowd.
FFS, Markos, you were in a fucking combat unit. Who would you rather be in the shit with? When bullets, shrapnel and entry wounds are a probable thing, whose steadfastness, consistency and courage would you rather have in your LT or Top? Hillary’s or Bernie’s? You think a Hillary squad-leader would get down in the mud and crawl thru the hershey squirts, ants, shell casings and body parts to drag your wounded ass out of hell? What in Hillary’s history suggests Hillary prioritizes anything other than her own political survival? You want MIA’s? Have a Hillary for company commander. THAT’S how you get MIA’s.
Speaking as an 11B, I’d rather a Bernie than a Hillary watching my back. Besides a crystal clear historical record of better judgement under pressure, Bernie does the right thing, regardless of personal cost.
I’m voting for courage. I’m advocating for honesty. I’ll put myself out there for history-proven judgement vs. more-of-the-same “experience”. If highlighting Hillary’s lack of consistency and the people she most often goes bat for means standing in the rain with OPOL, the DailyKos umbrella was a porous illusion to begin with:
Iraq2.0 was “bad” because it was an R idea, not b/c of the dead, wounded and horrified.
The Patriot Act was bad b/c it was an R idea, not because it was invasive to individual privacy or draconian in application.
Fracking was bad b/c the oil industry is overwhelmingly an R thing, not because pollution and global warming.
Trade agreements were bad because corporate beneficaries are primarily R, not because wages get driven down, unions busted and pollution tends to increase.
Henry Kissinger was bad because he hung with Republican Nixon, not because of god knows how many deaths in non-white, non-1st world nations.
I was under the impression it was principle that made the above a list of evil shit; not because Hillary wasn’t trying to get elected when those topics first made appearance on dkos.
