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Hedera helix (Ivy) ([personal profile] ivy) wrote in [personal profile] ironymaiden 2016-02-02 11:18 pm (UTC)

Yeah, I go back and forth on this... I think I voted for Bill as well, but I'm not sure I didn't go Green. (I was too young in '92, but was eligible in '96.) Still disappointed that there aren't more viable third parties, I pick them for local elections when I like their candidates. But I'm cautiously optimistic about Bernie Sanders... he does a lot of things that I like, and if he walks his talk I think I'd really like a President Sanders. (It's only cautiously optimistic because I was wildly enthusiastic about first-term President Obama, voted for him with a resounding "Yes We Can!", and then was crushed when he continued a lot of the Bush era foreign policy/surveillance state/use of executive orders that he had campaigned on ending. Harder to take when you feel someone does know better and understands, and then does the thing you don't want despite it. So I'm not sure that getting the job doesn't change people, and it would take a lot for me to be that optimistic again.)

My mother is furious with me that I do not intend to vote for Hillary. Mom's volunteering for her campaign.

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