Except for Jimmy Carter and Obama, I have never felt all that good about voting for anyone. Both times Bernie ran and got snatched out of the race, I was astonished. I had been looking forward to voting. With Carter, I was a neophyte and I voted for him because he was from Georgia and because I felt sorry for him since he was a poor peanut farmer. I'd seen all the people on the side of the road selling boiled peanuts in cotton field country, and all the falling apart shacks people lived in when I was a kid! Yeah, yeah, I was set straight on him not being impoverished. I also think that he was the only totally honest president in my lifetime. I'd be gobsmacked if he was found to be like most politicians are. I, frankly, would rather be known as an ambulance chaser or a used car salesperson than a politician.
If the party got with it, got current, and did what likely most Dems want, I would be happy with that, even if the candidate wasn't my favorite. Because we would be doing something significant. It would also thrill me beyond words if the Dems could figure out how to make us a country of laws that prevent us from ever getting into this situation with Trumpism again. Something besides torching another political party.
Please don't point to Obamacare. When Mass had a similar plan, our insurance cost went down and we were very happy with it. For the first year, After that it went Way Up. So when I found out that the Mass idea was what Obamacare was based on, I knew it would end up being expensive for the middle class. That makes me unhappy.
I am just so so tired of being unhappy with our government. Not just federal, state, local ... they mostly seem like a bunch of crooks and liars.
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