TOM said many times that he would be willing to pay higher taxes if they went
to the right programs - like those that Bernie promoted.
Tina
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On Nov 9, 2016, at 10:06 PM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I was hoping that Bernie would be chosen as the VP candidate, which
>> would have kept most of his supporters. Instead, it's very likely that they
>> went towards alternative candidates, thus diluting the Democratic vote. I
>> got the impression that Kaine was chosen as he spoke fluent Spanish and
>> would therefore attract Hispanic voters.
>
>
> So, we did a post mortem in our household. There were THREE very
> enthusiastic Bernie supporters who participated in the Iowa Caucus.
> (first in the nation to cast our "votes" in the primary/caucus
> season). Of those three, in the general election, one voted Trump, and
> the other two voted Jill Stein. Hillary was 0 for 3.
>
> The fourth person in our household is a Republican. Well, nobody is perfect.
>
> Anyway, the story of our household is NOT uncommon in Iowa. The
> majority of people who came out for Bernie, ended up either supporting
> somebody else or staying home. And many actually voted for Trump for
> the very same reason--outsider candidate.
>
> What really fried our goats was how much the system was stacked in
> Hillary's favor an entire year in advance. She never even announced
> her candidacy until the super delegates were locked up and she had a
> commitment from the DNC to avoid a challenger of significance. The
> head of the Iowa DNC was not only a Hillary committed super-delegate,
> but had "HRC 2016" as her license plate. Is it any wonder that the
> Iowa Caucus from manipulated to have Hillary win by the equivalent of
> seven votes?
>
> We Bernie Supporters didn't forget it and when the Donna Brazile
> revelation came out, it was curtains. What cranks me up is that when
> Ms. DB fed the CNN debate questions to HRC ahead of time, the response
> wasn't one of "we can't do this, we need to be ethical" or something
> like that, but one of "thank you".
>
> Illegal? No. Unethical behavior? You betcha.
>
> And because of all that, we end up with Trump. Thanks a lot, HRC/DNC/NYT.
>
> AG Schnozz
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