“Polar Bear, I’m with you: the more noise the less reason...and the banksters are laughing.”...I wrote that as a reply to a diary where the comments had devolved into a shouting match.
So if you’re a Hillary...no questions asked...supporter, don’t bother to reply. I’m just going to ignore you. If you are a Bernie supporter, or a Hillary supporter who is trying to be thoughtful, please listen for a minute.
Clinton may take the nomination...fairly or unfairly, it doesn’t matter. The important thing is to keep the REAL progressive momentum going.
So how do we do that…
I contribute to candidates who I think have their heart in the right place, and who I think, have a chance of getting elected. Usually that means a Democrat. Of course that means I now get hundreds of emails every day from Democratic candidates all over the country asking me for money.
I know it’s important to take back the Congress and state legislatures if we are ever going to reverse all the nonsense that has been passed...even just since 2010. But sifting through all the candidates for trustworthy ones is very difficult.
So I have an idea and I’d like any real feedback from any thoughtful person.
Who do I trust…? On a national level these days, it’s pretty much Bernie and Elizabeth Warren. There are certainly others but I often don’t have the time to try to figure it out. There are SO many candidates trying to jump on the progressive band wagon these days...who’s for real?
I got an email from Elizabeth Warren the other day recommending a couple of candidates for the US Senate. I gave to them because they were recommended by her. This has two positives: one, they might be good candidates, who have a chance of getting elected, and two, it will consolidate Elizabeth’s power...the contributions are, or should be, recorded as coming through her.
So, when the bullcrap all dies down among Dems, and no matter who is nominated, I think Bernie should start doing the same: sending emails asking for contributions for candidates who HE thinks will support REAL progressive change and, who will KNOW the contributions came to them BECAUSE Bernie thinks they will support real change.
Think about it...and let me know what you think...please, the operative word here is “think”.
Thanks...