The victory that counts, is the Bernie Sanders victory. I see a Sanders victory coming, and it's coming fast. The demonstrations in Illinois were just the beginning. Remember, Bernie is coming right out of big wins — and he’s effectively tied two large, delegate rich states — Missouri and Illinois.
Hillary Clinton’s home state should have been an easy win for her, but the people who knew her best effectively split between her, and Bernie Sanders.
The victory that matters, is the victory that includes and establishes the voter as the decision maker. 28% on the way to the finish line, you are running a Marathon and you’ve only run an 8 miler (shout out to Eminem!) out of the 26.2 left to go. As a marathon runner, I can promise you, things get interesting in the last 23 miles. They get REALLY interesting in the last 24 miles. It’s an absolute page turner at 25 miles, and by the 26th mile you just can’t wait to read the ending.
The finish line, the counted vote, the victory that puts the voter in charge, is the place where things are truly won or lost, if we are a democracy. Bernie Sander’s victory has always been one of the people, for the people. A victory for the voters. A victory decided by the vote itself. Not the news media entertainers.
And so, to be fair, the vote count is in favor of Madame Secretary, 774 to Bernie Sanders 553, with only 28% of the total vote in — and finally, Dixie is done. Kevin Phillips, and his southern strategy, has now come of age. The Republicans now almost blindly control all of the south, including Florida, which is a large delegate prize. All of the chest beating that the Clinton democrats have pursued in recent days , with rhetoric such as “we have the largest number of total votes” has come to nothing because she’s not inspiring high voter turnout, or activism, both of which will be needed in the general election. She “won” Florida last night, and lost it in the General Election. I say this from the perspective of someone who is writing from the south, living in the south, and well aware of how the dirty south will vote in the General Election. Although it saddens me deeply to say that nearly all of Hillary’s victories will not translate into a victory in the General Election, with or without her biggest campaign supporter to be across from her on the podium , her definition of victory is not the one that brings America safely away from the threat of fascism, corruption, and control by Goldman Sachs. The clinton campaign, at 12 percent of the vote, tried to call Iowa , her husband cheated in Massachusetts for her, and now that the Secretary of State’s vote recount is leading to an Iowa victory for Bernie , the idea that the definition of victory somehow excludes the voter is false. It is imperative that we incorporate into that definition of victory that Madame Secretary espouses, the simple fact that 37% of America see Hillary Clinton as untrustworthy. There will be no general election victory with 37% of America refusing to vote for Hillary Clinton no matter what she says or does. The era of the Clinton Democrat is over. They paid off the news media entertainment to crown her into the oligarchy, but the vote count shows the race is on like donkey kong. That’s the definition of victory I follow.
As I write this, yet another corporate news media entertainment clip tries to play in my headphones while I look for resources, fact check this essay. I hear the breathless support of her news media entertainers, and reflect back to her town hall a few nights ago- the stark differences between her, and Bernie Sanders. How she had a person across from her whose wife’s campaign her super PAC and contributor is funding, how she sat in the seat and spent most of her town hall taking his scripted questions, while Bernie Sanders opened the floor to the voters, and listened to their concerns, and spoke directly to the voters.
After last night is that the Bernie Sanders supporters are energized. To phone bank, canvas, and guide the Bernie Sanders get out the vote machine into full action. To find a real victory.
Perhaps, we will see a return to vote counts that exclude the anti democratic “super delegate” count that was a product placement ad campaign for the Clinton Democrats. Perhaps we will see a return to representative democracy. Perhaps we will end all of this peacefully.
But what we will not stand for, is what happened last night. When the news media entertainment cut away from Bernie Sanders speech even while Missouri was an even split and a win until the 98 percent mark, even as Hillary’s home state was an effective split — and to see news media entertainment cut away to a GOP candidate, who supported Hillary in her 2008 race.. we still see Bernie Sanders raking in good delegate count out of the two or three states out there, I am proud to say that a Bernie Sanders victory is the victory our country needs more than the victories we’ve seen so far. The victory that excludes the voice of the people is not the victory we want.
It does not bring me pride to state that Hillary has won in SC on incredibly low turnout, or that her fundraising machine is getting outstripped by her opponent, or that her troubles continue to mount. What happened last night for her, is that the states she heavily invested in, to win — which were polling for her well in advance of the election, went into her column. But she wasn’t able to effectively close the deal with the voters in her own home state.
And she won’t be able to close the deal now, with the progressive states coming up — I simply offer, that Bernie Sanders victory is the right definition of victory. You’ll see him apply it today “Who cares, in Missouri — the delegate count will be split, let’s move on” … because to Bernie, the only victory that matters is when the people get out and vote. Sure, Kasich ended up with a massive, last ditch all or nothing effort in Ohio that attracted independents and young people. That was a voter victory — a firewall against a fascist in their own party, and well should the GOP be proud to elect someone who is not so incendiary as Hillary’s former supporter and close family friend. Sure, Bernie split the other two big delegate rich prizes. Sure, Hillary won the dirty south, with its emasculated democratic parties that almost exist in name only and are being driven to complete irrelevance in house and state senate. But the when the voters spoke for Bernie — and when the supporters stood up for Bernie, they stood large.
When voters decide the race, that is the Bernie Sanders victory. Get out the vote for Bernie and let’s rally to get the White House.