Is this really what our American voters are thinking? No wonder the turn out is so low. They probably aren't showing up because the candidate they "liked" isn't on the ballot.
NEWS FLASH: This is not a popularity contest, folks! This is serious, or in other words - S.E.R.I.O.U.S. I can't believe how many times I had to reiterate the fact that if you don't vote for the candidate running and choose to "write in the candidate of your choice," you are essentially giving your vote to the opposing team.
So, here's the nuts and bolts. Bernie Sanders is running for President and so is Hilary Clinton. But only one can be selected by the Democratic Party as the actual candidate that will appear on the ballot opposite the Republican candidate chosen by the Republican Party. So - what some are saying is that if Bernie isn't chosen, they will write him in before they will vote for Hilary. Their reasons run the gamut - some don't like her and her quasi Democratic ways (I call it a Republican in Democratic clothing) or others just want to remain loyal to Bernie. But none of them "get it." I try to explain that they have to vote for the best of the TWO that will be on the Presidential ballot and if they write Bernie in, they are just taking that vote away from the Democrats and giving it to the Republicans. But for some reason ... they just.don't.get.it.
But why? That's what I want to know. How hard is it to understand? Do they think Bernie is going to write himself in? Hell no! He'll vote for Hilary because he knows that the best Republican candidate will be worse than the worst Democrat. Hilary doesn't have all the honesty and genuine caring of the citizens that Bernie does but she's Democrat and she will do more to keep our freedoms, control over our personal lives, and guns out of the hands of lunatics. She'll work to get the minimum wage increased, pay for women to equal that of men. And she'll not let them over turn gay marriages or abortion rights. She will, just like Bernie Sanders, work to keep America a country where choice doesn't mean choosing only what the Republicans think is good by their god. Republicans want us to have freedom of choice, freedom to choose from what they give as options.
ABORTION:
Democrats: Choose to have an abortion or not to. It's your choice. That's what Freedom of Choice means.
Republicans: Choose to have your baby, keep it and raise it. But don't go on welfare, get food stamps or any other kind of government assistance.
MARRIAGE:
Democrats: Choose whom you want to marry, choose the person you're in love with to spend the rest of your life together. Plain and simple.
Republicans: Marry only someone of the opposite gender. But feel free to cheat on your spouse because you can repent on Sunday in Church and we all know god forgives all sinners (except for gays, Muslims, people that have abortions and ... heck, the list is too long to list here).
GUNS:
Democrats: Only responsible people with no history of mental illness or violence should be able to buy a gun. Also, since this kind of information can be hard to come by at times, a background check and waiting period should be in affect.
Republicans: If you have the money, you should have the gun. It's your Constitutional right. Too bad children and innocent people are being gunned down by unstable people who have guns. If you're an American, you should be carrying (unless you're a Muslim-American because we all know they're just terrorists).
MINIMUM WAGE:
Democrats: The economy does not run on the corporations but the "little people" that buy what those corporations sell. If citizens can't afford to buy, our economy collapses. Corporations, that make billions in profits yearly, can well afford to pay a living wage to their employees. They also need to keep jobs at home because farming jobs out to places where workers make pennies on the dollar and slave to make things they'll never be able to buy is un-American and down right evil.
Republicans: Without corporations there would be no America. Corporations are the backbone of the United States of America. Who would employ all those people if corporations had to raise their salaries of the peons? They certainly can't lower the salaries of their Presidents, COOs and CEOs. THAT would be un-American!
HEALTH COVERAGE:
Democrats: Every citizen deserves to have health coverage. A country should provide for its citizens, not allow them to get sick, go homeless, hungry and die. No civilized society can sit back and watch while its people suffer. Everyone deserves to be healthy ... or at least the right to decide if they want to use a Universal Health Care Plan or not.
Republicans: Where in the Constitution does it say that health care is our right? And why should I have to pay for someone else's health care? If they're too lazy to get a good paying job that gives them insurance, then it's too bad. Never mind that Jesus healed the sick, fed the hungry and comforted the downtrodden. It's my money and I'm not about to give it to some stranger so they don't have to get sick and die. (Besides, I need it to buy more guns.)
GLOBAL WARMING:
Democrats: No one is arguing that climate doesn't change, sure it does, history proves that. But why can't it be sped up by humans? How can the amount of pollutants being pumped into the air not cause damage that in turn causes changes in our atmosphere? What is wrong with not polluting? What is wrong with recycling? What is wrong with alternate forms of energy? And what is wrong with admitting humans are at fault, at least for some of the problems? Who said humans are perfect?
Republicans: Humans are perfect. There is no way the warming of our planet could, in any shape or form, be connected to us. Man is god's creation; how can he do harm to the earth that god gave us? Why don't Democrats just have faith that The Lord will fix things?
And so the debates go on ...
I'm voting Democrat ... Bernie is my #1 Choice but Hilary will be who gets my vote if Bernie is not selected. Why?
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