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In reply to the discussion: Serious question (not trying to bait anyone). What do you make of the rise of Independents? [View all]OxQQme
(2,550 posts)I didn't have any interest, as raising a family and the 'daily grind' kept my interests away from active political attention.
I did feel, from the occasional headline here and there, that it didn't really matter which candidate was qualified.
Politicians were removed from the working class and cared more for their own status. Not mine.
From tales told around large holiday family gatherings, (Dad was from a family of 11 bro/sis who migrated from Missouri to Cali in '38) as I was growing up in the later 40's and 50's and forming opinions/beliefs of 'my own' (lol) FDR was a HERO.
I guess, as I grew older and paid a little more attention, that all the candidates presented by the 'elite' class, were never going
to measure up to him (FDR).
Ike was a good man in my eyes. Warning us about the MIC. I spent some times in the Marines and saw the waste and over spending.
JFK caught my attention. Good man. But he was, again, an 'Elite' who couldn't possibly know what it's like to be a wage slave.
Jimmy Carter also made me feel a little better when he put the solar panels on the WH roof.
He's probably still doing that in Habitat for Humanity.
A fine example.
I even went on a hunt for, and bought some Billy Beer.
My first presidential vote was for Bill Clinton. Then the world seemed in a better place. For a while.
Then - f**k! Same old same old BS from those posers. All of them. Left and Right. Buncha kabuki actors. Good cop, bad cop.
Ross Perot had my radar up. "Can you hear that sucking sound?" Yes I could. But still withheld from voting.
And then along comes Obama. WOW! I voted again. More like him would be good.!!!!
And then......Bernie! Yes! Speaking my language. (And FDR's.)
That little bird in his Portland event sent chills of hope.
He'd have been the 'swamp drainer' in my opinion.
Until super delegates took that away. Boo!
How in hell can 'the system' be so f'd up as to install a candidate with lesser crowds at rallies.
I held my nose and voted for Hillary as drumpf is one scary dude. The likes of which I've encountered along my path.
I'd bet, though, that many Bernie supporters held their noses and didn't vote at all out of frustration.
"Same old, same old" comes around again for them.
Trickle down is piss.