The latest debate happened today, this time with the Democrats, I had to work and honestly, they aren't nearly as entertaining or terrifying so I haven't been watching these ones much, I have however read some recaps and watched a few highlights and it is so reassuring to actually watch people talk about issues with each other and not sound like they are planning literal genocide. The level of discourse is elevated, is what I am saying.
The debate was between Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Martin O'Ma- haha yeah it was between Hillary and Bernie and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Now I fully expect Hillary to secure the nomination, even though Bernie is my personal pick. Clinton is a really good politician, and that is actually something that helps kind of a lot when you want a job in politics, but so is Sanders really, and he's got a crapton of experience too. Hillary's big weakness I think is that she isn't much of an orator, I never feel inspired when I listen to her speeches, more than that I never really feel like she is inspired when she talks, there is this sense of calculated control whenever she speaks that doesn't help her speak with feeling. There are good reasons for this, she, more than any candidate in history, has to be excruciatingly careful when she speaks to avoid being taken out of context, and she has been learning that since 1992, I don't think she can turn it off and I don't really care if she does or not, but I can see why people don't get inspired.
Sanders on the other hand very much does sound like he is invested in what he is saying, sometimes to the point of sounding like a crazy grandpa, he's no Obama, but pretty much no one is, and he has more charisma than the entire Republican field put together even so.
The DNC has pretty clearly decided that Hillary should be the nominee, we've seen that with the news coverage all but ignoring him during the post debate coverage as well as on the campaign trail, as well as earlier this week when the DNC flagrantly attempted to shut him out of some pretty important resources on a quite flimsy pretext, they quickly reversed position when the public got word of it, and that whole ordeal is what might be turning me around on him, like I said, I don't think he is gonna win, but I am not as certain right now as I was two days ago.attendance at rallies, and petition signing still doesn't equate to voting, but enough people put in enough effort to make a national organization sit up and take notice, and that ain't nothing.
I do not subscribe to the idea that a politician must hold the same opinion throughout their entire career, the term "flip-flopper" as an insult baffles me, of course someone can and should change their mind on important topics as new information comes to light, as Clinton did on the gay marriage issue, this actually encourages me, however it is clear that Sanders has been holding views I agree with for a lot longer than Clinton has, and you have to ask yourself, "why did she wait so long to change?" I don't feel like her changing is a weakness, but the fact that Sanders had the right opinion for so much longer says something about either her willingness to accept new information or her willingness to ignore new information until it is politically advantageous. And that sort of makes the difference to me.
But like I said, as long as it isn't one of the line of proto-rage zombieson the GOP has to pick from, I don't care who gets it, ideally it's Bernie but if Hill-dawg gets it, that works for me, she'd probably do better in the debates for sure. Being a strong researcher and concise speaker.
That's all I have for tonight, time to go pass out.
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