Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumHe is not fighting for his sake, but for ours. And the money we contributed...
Did not come from surplus coffers of billionaires, but from ordinary people. These people who push for him to drop out are disgusting and/or disingenuous.
Further, didn't Hillary end up as Secretary of State after her "support" for Obama?
Further, haven't there been occasions when the "presumptive nominee" of a party doesn't make it through to the convention? Whether it's a criminal indictment or failing health or a bolt of lightning, chance favors the persistent person who stays in it until the end.
All the media and talking heads criticizing Bernie for staying in AND for his critique of Hillary -- why aren't they critiquing Cruz for staying in and criticizing Trump? It's laughable to picture the media faulting any Republican for attacking the presumptive nominee for the GOP.
Keep going, Bernie. Thank you for having respect for the voters in California who deserve a legitimate chance to influence this election. You honor every one of us who contributed to your campaign by fighting the good fight. And life is not predictable.
And by the way, Bernie, please do us all a favor. ASK FOR AN AUDIT in one or two of these states with a paper trail on these stupid electronic machines. They will attack you for being a sore loser, but do it anyway. There are a few states where we saw in 2004 probable vote skimming, perhaps accomplished at the central tabulator. Florida was one. Massachusetts was another. Do we need to start a petition among your supporters to ask for this? I'm pretty sure a lot of us would sign.
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)Baobab
(4,667 posts)We need a very simple system with optically scannable ballots - a very simple system thats used in the entire country, with clear plastic ballot boxes that can be audited easily.
We also should have multiple choices, second choice, third choice. So people could vote for third parties without fearing their vote was wasted.
And maybe a parliamentary system might be better than what we have now if it gives us a vote of no confidence.
Also, no trade deal should be able to give rights away to corporations forever. That is unconstitutional.
Making that clearer would remove a huge incentive to make elections corrupt.