I'll Never Vote for Hillary Clinton

Both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are corrupt. Neither party serves the people, they both serve their corporate masters. The carefully crafted illusion of democracy in America has been destroyed. The curtain has been pulled back and we see the Great Oz doesn't exist. We see the levers and smokescreens that are manipulated to give us the false impression that "we the people" are in control when we're not. That is the evil we're protesting. Again, I won't vote for evil.

As for me, I'm not buying the idea that there are no important choices worth voting for. I think preserving Social Security and Medicare in their present form is important. Medicaid too. I think Keynesian economics got us out of The Great Depression, not WWII like the conservatives try to claim, and the Democrats are Keynesians and Republicans are not. That's a big choice. If you, Lash and Ed want to celebrate your ideological purity while the country is run by an egotist wheeler dealer who thinks he can "deal" himself and the country into a better position without bothering to even know the first thing about governing, international affairs, or anything but how to publicize oneself into making money, go right ahead. But I will challenge you when you say that your position is a logical or sensible one. It clearly is not.

"My husband, who I'm going to put in charge of revitalizing the economy, cause you know he knows how to do it," Clinton told the crowd at an outdoor organizing rally. "

Apparently many people here did not get the memo, telling that doing the same thing the same way every time, even though it never gave satisfactory results in the past, will not give a differing result this time.

Yet, given all this, the article never mentions the likelihood Bernie would do better against Trump.

Hillary Clinton spoke to a crowd of supporters in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 5. By all accounts, the atmosphere inside was initially warm and celebratory among the supporters gathered in the gymnasium of East Los Angeles College. But during Clinton’s speech, multiple anti-Clinton protesters were removed from the event after interrupting her, shouting and chanting while she was speaking. She ended her speech early due to these interruptions.

As they left the gymnasium, Clinton’s supporters were forced to walk through a gauntlet of harassment. Anti-Clinton protesters lined the gym’s exit on both sides, and as attendees left, they shouted obscenities at Clinton’s supporters. “F—- you!” one man screamed into a woman’s ear using a megaphone.

Witnesses report that protesters called female Clinton Supporters gendered slurs and suggested the supporters commit suicide. According to Twitter reports, one protester snatched a sign reading “We love you Madam Prez!” out of a little girl’s hands and tore it up in front of her —  Hillary had signed the poster herself. The protesters held signs reading “LIAR LIAR LIAR,” “HILLARY FOR PRISON,” and “BERNIE 2016.” Chants of “Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!” echoed through the gauntlet.

I’ve never experienced anything close to the level of verbal assault endured by the Clinton supporters in East LA, but I learned quickly in this primary season that if I openly support Hillary Clinton, I will be confronted. When I speak positively about her online, I can expect to be swiftly reprimanded and even shamed by people who support other candidates. People I’ve always had friendly relationships with have called my integrity into question because I support the candidate who best represents my political priorities.

There is little recent public polling in Kentucky, but the Clinton campaign hopes to benefit from a different political environment than the one that greeted her in nearby West Virginia, a state she lost last week by 15 points.

For instance, Kentucky will hold a closed primary, shutting out independents who have heavily favored Sanders in other contests.


The state’s moderate Democratic leanings may also favor Clinton. She has consistently performed well among Democrats — even in West Virginia, where she lost overall to Sanders but won 49 percent to 45 percent among those registered as Democrats.

“She’s a little more conservative,” said Sherry Baucom, 47, of Louisville, pausing to correct herself. “Not conservative — a little less liberal than Bernie.”

She added: “That’s how she’s going to win the state."