{"id":26062,"date":"2016-06-08T01:11:50","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T05:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themysticalunderground.com\/?p=26062"},"modified":"2016-07-08T20:21:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-09T00:21:32","slug":"dear-bernie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themysticalunderground.com\/?p=26062","title":{"rendered":"Dear Bernie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dear Bernie,<\/p>\n

You fought the good fight. You moved Hillary Clinton\u2019s discourse farther to the left \u2013 even though we have no guarantee that she will abide by any of it \u2013 and fueled incredible enthusiasm in millions of young people. Throughout your campaign, you have been true to the principles that have guided you throughout your decades in politics. You have never been in bed with Wall Street, never voted for war, never said something you didn\u2019t believe just to secure votes. It\u2019s why so many of us felt the bern and still feel it.<\/p>\n

In the last few months, the one supposedly progressive TV cable news Rob and I watch, MSNBC, turned decidedly toward Clinton and basically ignored you and your campaign. This turn became so obvious and sometimes painful to watch that I doubt if I\u2019ll bother watching Rachel Maddow again. It was as if all the commentators on MSNBC got the word from the higher ups that Clinton was to be touted.<\/p>\n

At one town hall, I think it was, Maddow gave Clinton an hour; you got 30 minutes. I think that\u2019s when I realized the tide really had turned in the election, that the candidate would be determined by the media. I often felt and still feel that Maddow hopes to become the press secretary in the Clinton administration.<\/p>\n

I doubt if there is a genuine bone in Clinton\u2019s body. She is the establishment, through and through. Expedient. She has considerable baggage. She is the one who will say anything to get elected. I never feel that about you. You fight for what you believe and you haven\u2019t changed your tune on the basics of progressive politics in all your years in politics.<\/p>\n

Even when the AP called Clinton the presumptive nominee on June 6, the day before California and five states were left to vote in their primaries, it felt like a ploy. It felt as if the call was intended to give Clinton a chance to do her victory speech this evening. I\u2019m it, folks. The first female nominee of a major party.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now Clinton is going for your supporters. I wish her luck. The pundits have said that it\u2019s up to you, Bernie, to sway them. I disagree. It\u2018s her task to woo us. It\u2019s her task to prove that she\u2019s worthy of our support. And, I\u2019m sorry, but falling back on the card called, We must defeat Trump <\/em>isn\u2019t enough. I would love to see a woman as president. But not Clinton.<\/p>\n

Your platform represents the future. Clinton\u2019s campaign represents business and politics as usual. Trump represents Fascism. If she wins, Bernie, I don\u2019t think her moment in the sun will last longer than four years. But in the larger scheme of things, however this election shakes out, you have made a vital difference in how the Democratic party moves forward.<\/p>\n

Will they become truly progressive? Or will the Democratic party still be one that\u2019s rigged with super delegates, in bed with Wall Street, and won\u2019t allow independents, who represent 40 percent of the electorate, to vote in primaries? Will the Democrats, who supposedly represent the people, still be a party that favors the one percent? Who aren\u2019t that different from the Republicans?<\/p>\n

In 2008, I changed my party affiliation from independent to Democrat so that I could vote in the primary for Obama. He moved me. Unfortunately, he was up against an intractable congress, did what he could, but didn\u2019t quite make it on many fronts. Before this election, I plan to become an independent again. If, in 2020, Elizabeth Warren or some true other true progressive runs on the Democratic ticket, then I\u2019ll switch again. But for now… back to the independent status.<\/p>\n

Onward, Bernie! When you return to the Senate, it will be with greater power, a greater voice, and greater clout for pushing forth a truly progressive agenda. We who feel the bern have your back.<\/p>\n

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