Agree, and from my view just right of center, just about ANY Republican (except maybe Ted Cruz) would be wiping the floor with Hillary, at this point.
I "like" Bernie too, but it's pie-in-the-sky idealism. He had no idea on foreign policy, he just wants to make sure that the guy ringing up your McRib makes the same as the guy breaking his back unloading trucks, or almost as much as the new college grad working for peanuts. Oh, and free college. Meanwhile, he's made millions and has a very comfortable, privileged lifestyle for his years of "public service."
We, the people, have only ourselves to blame for not using the vote as a tool for sending a message to our elected representatives (in many cases, "you're outta there") when they do not represent the constituency that put them in office. They have effectively divided us along issues that we could argue all day about and never come to any understanding -- so we blindly vote for the side that resembles our narrow "world" view.
Now, the vote is a weapon -- to stack the deck against Obama, or to deal the "death blow" to the Republican party, by voting Hillary and Democrat straight down the line. All because you're pro-abortion, or pro gay-marriage (both of which are fairly well settled, on a federal level)? Nevermind that we have a huge trade deficit, a mess in the Middle East, a re-loaded Russia pointing missiles at our allies, and at home: terrible minority-law enforcement relations, collapsing infrastructure; homeless, hungry, and mentally ill on the streets or in horrid conditions miles from where we live. Oh, and weapons -- we have individuals and groups armed to the teeth that would be the envy of any militia in history.
Very few reasonable people are happy with the choices in this election, which is historically bad. Can we learn the obvious lessons of why we made it to this point, or do we dig our heels in further, blame the other party, and continue to make millionaires and celebrities of our elected legislators?
