Not only did the failed Democratic nominee, people in her campaign, and key players within the Democratic National Committee bamboozle Senator Sanders; they also had the arrogance and lack of vision to believe that Clinton could win the presidency without him. Let's not forget that she had Barack Obama, the majority of the media, SNL and Jay-Z; yet she still lost.
All Clinton needed was the person who's voice echoed those of John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln, the man who appealed to the voters who decided the 2016 election. That man was Bernie Sanders and those voters were the "working class"/white vote he would have delivered to her and taken away from Donald Trump. The venerable Vermont Senator carried strength in key swing states with the same voters that helped Donald Trump become the president. How could Clinton ignore Sanders; the man who out-momentumed her from the day Americans understood his message and what he was fighting for, which turns out was them. Sanders and his "revolutionists" would have fortified Clinton's "firewall" in Pennsylvania and Michigan at the very least. Now the only wall left to fortify is the wall.
If Clinton would have taken Sanders seriously and thrown him a bone, she would be smiling ear-to-ear at this very moment; nestled in a nice blanket in the comfort of her Chappaqua, New York home; surrounded by friends and family, sipping Syval Blanc wine; the one her friend Phyllis Feder created in honor of Hillary’s 2016 presidential run – ironically the bottle is called Victory White, true story. Feder explains the inspiration for the wine in the YouTube video below, saying, “Great wines are associated with history and legacy...” Well my dear Phyllis, the legacy is history, but I’m sure the wine is nice.
Donald Trump on the other hand (regardless of the size), will be celebrating this victory forever, and we're going to be hearing about it, forever. As for tonight, maybe Trump’s butlers are currently shaking up a martini with his failed Trump Vodka, and the cook is defrosting the last of the Trump Steaks for him and the future First Lady, Melania Trump, while they wear their gold-reflecting goggles - sounds classy.
It's a shame that the DNC thought they could get away with killing Bernie's chances, as well as trotting their steroid-using cheater of a horse onto the racetrack in the hopes that no one would catch on; only for the world to watch Clinton trip over her own feet and crash before the finish line; losing everything in the process: the House, the Senate, and of course, the presidency.
Six-months ago I wrote about Trump defeating Clinton in an article for InquisitrNews, unfortunately I was right,
“My projection has businessman Trump becoming President Trump,
and here’s how I see it playing out: Trump holds her feet to the fire like no
one has ever done to her before (nothing suggests he won't) ... Trump will convince enough voters to believe that he is more
centrist than right wing, perhaps even more left of Clinton on game-changing
issues. The beauty of his candidacy is that he can basically do or say anything
and not come off as a pandering flip-flopper to the degree that Hillary would
due to her political past. Her 10-point margin will vanish and the ghosts of
Clinton’s past will come back to haunt her.”
So what’s next?
What’s next is the evolution of Bernie Sanders “political revolution”. Bernie Sanders and organizations that support his movement such as FeelTheBern.Org, need to sustain his progressive message and continue to evolve one day at a time, one month at a time, and one year at time; until the US electorate gets the opportunity to truly make America great again in 2020 - a slogan that's sure to be used against President Trump along the campaign trail at that time.
It's up to Sanders supporters and supporters of forward-thinking, human rights, the environment, education, decent living conditions and much more, to grow the grassroots "political revolution" that Sanders started and carry it into the 2020 election. In the meantime (no pun intended), get inspired by the issues that matter most to one of the finest progressive minds in the world by following the links below.
Which issues are most important to you, which are not, and why? Here is a list of issues progressive leader Bernie Sanders is championing:
Racial Justice
Fighting for Women’s Rights
A Fair and Humane Immigration Policy
Restoring the American Democratic System by Getting Big Money and Special Interest out of Politics
Reforming Wall Street
War and Peace
Caring For Our Veterans
Medicare For All
How Bernie Sanders Will Pay For His Progressive Plans
Making the Wealthy, Wall Street, and Large Corporations Pay their Fair Share
Fighting for Affordable Housing
Fighting To Lower Prescription Drug Prices
Fighting for Nurses
Fighting for the Rights of Native Hawaiians
Defeating Constitution Pipeline
Fighting To Lower Prescription Drug Prices
Fighting for Nurses
Fighting for the Rights of Native Hawaiians
Defeating Constitution Pipeline
For up to date information on the evolution of Bernie’s “political
revolution”,
visit Our Revolution.
For now, President-elect Trump needs all the help he can get if he intends on taking the country in the right direction, or as Bernie Sanders so eloquently put it per the LA Times,
"To the degree that Mr. Trump is serious about pursuing policies that improve the lives of working families in this country, I and other progressives are prepared to work with him ... to the degree that he pursues racist, sexist, xenophobic and anti-environment policies, we will vigorously oppose him."
"To the degree that Mr. Trump is serious about pursuing policies that improve the lives of working families in this country, I and other progressives are prepared to work with him ... to the degree that he pursues racist, sexist, xenophobic and anti-environment policies, we will vigorously oppose him."
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