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Barack Obama

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts) Sat Oct 24, 2015, 02:16 AM Oct 2015

I'm going with Hillary. [View all]

Which is baffling to me because, in 2008, I seriously thought I'd never vote for her if she won the primary. I despised her.

But she seems to be the only candidate, now that Biden is gone, embracing Obama's legacy. I think Sanders has a lot of good ideas but I don't like how dire of a picture he paints. His rhetoric is almost as negative as the GOP's and while I think there is so much more work to be done, I firmly believe America is 1,000 times better than it was in January, 2009.

I think Bernie is a good man ... but I want a president to continue what Obama started.

Because of that, I find myself going with Hillary. Even if reluctantly.

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I'm going with Hillary. [View all] Drunken Irishman Oct 2015 OP

Good choice, DI. nt SunSeeker Oct 2015 #1

Welcome. In solidarity riversedge Oct 2015 #2

I started liking Hillary at the Dem Convention and then when Pres Obama chose her as his Cha Oct 2015 #3

America Is A 1000 Times Better Than It Was In 2009 - But.... global1 Oct 2015 #4

All BS does is talk talk talk.. he never gets anything done. Cha Oct 2015 #5

Bernie's campaign is sort of stuck. If he can broaden his message, SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2015 #6

Where do you live, to me the idea the middle class is disappearing is treestar Oct 2015 #8

I was lucky in 2008 I was happy with either treestar Oct 2015 #7

The Berniacs are out in force today. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2015 #9

TBH ucrdem Oct 2015 #10