Listen up, Democrats and Independents: no matter who you voted/caucused for in the primaries, the time is going to come to join forces. When it comes time to choose a candidate, it is going to be very important to commit to whomever the party selects, in order to defeat a strongly supported Republican candidate. Whether you like Hillary or Barack, they, and we, need to put aside our strong feelings for one or the other and support the chosen candidate. Allowing ourselves to be divided puts us right where the Republicans need us to be in order to continue on the same conservative, destructive, corporation-coddling, have-and-have-nots path we are already on.
Personally, I am pretty cynical about elections. As far as I'm concerned, at this early stage, we're just electing a different bus driver to drive the same old, gas-guzzling dinosaur of a bus. For the most part, the status quo will be maintained. The next president, should he or she be able to sustain two terms, might be able to get some retrofitting done on the bus, and possibly change its direction a little. It's too soon to tell, amid the dancing with Ellen, pointless name calling and aspirational oration, whether either of these people has the vision and the courage to actually make the changes they speak of happen, and whether we, as a country, can summon up enough energy and steadfastness to hold them to their promises and shape their leadership.
The nation cannot endure another George W. Bush.
Either Democratic candidate will make history the day he or she is elected. I want a president who will make history better.
If you're not registered, register. If you're undecided, decide. If the Democratic party doesn't pick your candidate, support the candidate they choose. Push and don't stop pushing until we turn this goddamn bus around.
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