Here is a
link to an artist's song that sums up the movement happening in America right now. He also wrote a song for Bernie Sanders, but ... it's not as good. Still, it's worth checking out if you're a Sanders fan.
Bernie Sanders is the kind of stand up guy who understands that he must have your back if he expects you to have his. You don't go pledging allegiance to a person, not really. You throw your support, your time, energy and hopes behind an ideal. Bernie seems to have carried Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's message with him all these years and applied it in every major political decision he's ever made. He unites people.
Outsiders might have heard of Bernie Sanders when he defended Greece, and condemned those who would feed off Greece's financial crisis with more loans, leaving legislators there no opportunity to jump start the economy with economic stimulus packages for the citizens. Bernie stands up for people when they're being taken advantage of by powerful forces. He does this, virtually alone. It's made him seem like a crazy man at times. The lone dissident. He yells, his hair goes in all directions, and he's old. What can we do? After MLK was assassinated, there was no one to take his place. No one could carry on that message. Year after year went by. A message of humanism, a message of a world where we can all live a reasonably comfortable life. A world where no one is scapegoated so others can benefit.
Well. Not only does Sanders come with this message of unity and hope, he comes with information and a plan. The most his opposition can say against him is that "it can't work", "the world doesn't work that way", and "he's selling pipe dreams to the masses". But, Bernie isn't applying his plan to the way America is today, but to the way America would be if we would all join together.
This is my last stand. This is the last movement, I believe, in my lifetime, where many Americans are standing together to shrug off the bullies, the cheats, the liars, the manipulators and saying... we know you're out there, we know you'll try to work yourselves into our movement as well, but we are going to find ways to minimize the damage you can do rather than lay down and take it. We are done, accepting, that you get to dominate the world just because you're willing to lie, cheat and steal for the power and money to rule over everyone else.
So many women are telling me that I should elect Hillary Clinton to basically finish the job that Gloria Steinem started, and to that I say, "Her work is already complete. I can judge Hillary on her policies, her actions and her speeches without considering whether or not a woman can be POTUS. It's unfortunate that Hillary won the boys' game, the last time it would be played... instead of being the person to create the game that would replace it. But that's life." Voting for Bernie is voting for equality. Not just equality for Hillary Clinton, but equality for all of us.
