By SJ Otto
Officially this site still backs Bernie Sanders. But it
looks more and more like Joe Biden will be the Democratic candidate for the
Democrats. Many Democrats hate President Donald Trump and they will vote for
Biden. But the problem is that there are a lot of young people who may or will
decide that, as with Hillary Clinton, their support of Sanders was unfairly
prevented. Some of these people won’t vote, others may actually vote for Trump.
This factional conflict was largely responsible for the election of Trump
against Hillary. Most of my brothers and many of my friends said they couldn’t
bring themselves to vote for Clinton
As much as I hate Biden and what he stands for, I do not
look forward to four more years of Trump. What is more, he is a criminal, a war
criminal and just a dangerous buffoon. He does not belong in the White House.
I have seen a few signs that Biden may be aware that he has
to make overtures to the young progressives that his party has so far, just ridiculed.
A New
York Times article recently told us:
“Biden Has Talked to Sanders About Process for Picking a
Running Mate
On a virtual fund-raiser, Mr.
Biden also mused aloud about filling positions like secretary of state,
attorney general and chief of staff, but said, “I haven’t asked anybody yet.’’
Joseph R. Biden Jr. said on
Friday that he had discussed the process of selecting a running mate with his
chief rival, Senator Bernie Sanders, even as both men continue to compete in
the Democratic primary.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. said on
Friday that he had discussed the process of selecting a running mate with his
chief rival, Senator Bernie Sanders, even as both men continue to compete in
the Democratic primary.”
This is actually good news. I have heard Sanders say that
Trump is ‘the most dangerous man we have had as a leader in many years.’ He realizes
just how bad Trump is, and as he did in the last election, I believe he will
back Biden against Trump.
If Biden is smart he will make overtures to try and make the
progressive wing of the Democrat Party feel they have a stake in this election.
As with the last election, I can easily predict that the so called “Bernie or
Bust” people will continue to sit this election out as they did the last
election. Some of those people are so stubborn they will oppose Biden no matter
what he does. But I consider that position irresponsible. There is no way that
Biden can be as bad as Trump.
I agree with those who saw this as an opportunity to bring
about real change. Sanders planned on addressing our dismal, unfair and
expensive health care system. Sanders planned on providing students, burdened
by huge college loans, some relief rather than a life-time of dept and a lack
of real career opportunity.
Despite the loss of Sanders as a presidential contender,
there are many other progressives running across the country. We need to
support those people.[1] We can still change
this country. We should not get too hung up on a national presidential
election. It is the smaller races that provide us with the hope of change. It
is smaller races that progressives can make use of and they are actually more
important. We still have Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and we will likely have
other socialists and progressives after this next election.
Biden needs to open up to the progressive wing of the party
and progressives need to realize it is just plain irresponsible to let Trump
win another election. He has hurt a lot of people, he has viciously attacked
progressive foreign
governments, especially in this hemisphere and he needs to go. To give this
man four more years is a crime against humanity. We may not get anything we
want from Biden, but we know what we will get from Trump, who is nothing more
than a conservative criminal and buffoon.
Pix by Orange Buffoon.
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