2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSo I have to say that I have been a bit on the fence until tonight...
As a Bernie supporter I was skeptical and was going to unenthusiastically mark my ballot for Hillary to block Trump.
That is no longer true. I'm now an actual supporter She's stern, forceful, smart, brilliant and awesome. Go Hillary! Yeah, I'm on board!
nolabear
(42,001 posts)And I mean that.
ncgrits
(916 posts)MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)Beartracks
(12,827 posts)He/She didn't say they were out there booing speakers at the convention before Clinton's speech tonight.
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MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Better America without the republicans blocking everything.
jimlup
(7,968 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,344 posts)Yallow
(1,926 posts)And yesterday I started my ActBlue for Hillary, and donated to her campaign for the first time.
Imagine what America could be if Hillary actually listened to us Bernie folks, and began working on our number one problem.
Corruption.
We can only hope......
WIProgressive88
(314 posts)to supporting her in the general. She was great tonight, and I feel much more enthusiastic about November. I believe that she will be, in the words of Sen. Sanders, an outstanding president.
radical noodle
(8,016 posts)We need to elect Dems up and down the ballot AND vote in the off year elections!
NBachers
(17,170 posts)glennward
(989 posts)SunSeeker
(51,787 posts)fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)OhioBlue
(5,126 posts)in the general. I just felt "bummed" that it wasn't like '08 when I had a candidate that truly inspired me. I worked full-time, had a baby but still donated and volunteered every extra waking moment to the campaign. One of my kid's first words were "Bama". I knocked doors with him in the stroller, made phone calls, marched in parades, made tee-shirts, served as precinct captain and staging location director, etc. I felt like I knew Hillary, knew she was better than a Republican but she was still DLC, hawkish, centrist..... and when Bernie came along, I was happy to have a progressive voice to cast my vote for in the primary. I wasn't as emotionally invested as I was in '08. I didn't campaign or donate in the primary this cycle. Mostly because I've been a kinda SAHM - part-time worker for the past few years that has invested heavily in volunteer work at my kid's school and in the community and just didn't have the time or money. I do feel inspired after this convention and can honestly say #ImWithHer with excitement.