I'm a happy camper tonight for sure. This is a HUGE upset in Bernie's favor. As mentioned by Cylnar, nearly all of the pollsters and the various talking heads were predicting a landslide for Hillary Clinton in Michigan. But instead, Bernie Sanders rocked our world... by more or less destroying Hillary in the Michigan primary election. This is a big win for Sanders... and it also tells us that the race between Clinton and Sanders is far from over.
And now, I have a few comments and observations...I think I know what Bernie's biggest problem is: he's too chivalrous and decent. No really... the man is simply too honest, forthright and polite for the seething sea of sleaze that has become modern politics. Bernie could do a lot better against Hillary... if only he were willing to be just as nasty, sarcastic, condescending and pompous as Hillary is. When I watched the most recent debate between Clinton and Sanders.. a debate which I agree was a win for Hillary... I kept shouting at the TV and saying
"BERNIE... NOW!!! NAIL THE TWO-FACED BITCH!!! SHE JUST LAID HERSELF WIDE OPEN FOR AN ATTACK... SO WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU WAITING FOR..?!?!"But no... it was not to be... because Bernie is far too kind and chivalrous and sincere to drop down to the level of negative campaigning that seems to be the norm in today's politics. That sweet old man keeps letting Hillary off the hook, when instead he should be closing in on her like a growling dog and waiting for her to provide an opening to bite her in the ass.
Don't get me wrong... I fucking HATE negative campaigning and attack dog strategies. Nevertheless, reality is reality... and if Bernie still wants to win in this race, then he's going to have to double down and start meeting fire with fire. Hillary is already guilty of unfairly attacking Sanders several times... attacks which Bernie just sort of let slide off his back and then did nothing much in the way of retaliation. And this is where Bernie fails -- he needs to bite his lip and then use his famous wit to nail Hillary to a cross.
You know... it wouldn't even need to be all that nasty on Bernie's part. Simply reading back a string of Clinton quotes ought to be enough to turn most people away from Hillary. Here... let's look at some examples of what Hillary has said about various issues -- and in her own words:
Those are pretty damning statements. What Bernie needs to do is to start dredging up a little muck on Hillary, and then let the people know just how phony and right-wing she truly is. Hillary Clinton is a Democrat in name only, folks. In every other meaningful way, she's a dead-ringer for an old-school Goldwater Republican. As a matter of fact... before she met Bill Clinton back in the early 70's, that's exactly what Hillary Clinton was: a right-wing member of The Young Republicans. She switched parties when she got married to Bill -- but from what I've seen, she didn't switch her philosophies very much at all.
Anyway... so how did Bernie win big in Michigan tonight, despite every single poll placing him at least 20 points behind in that state..?
Well, I think it's because most of those polls were taken several days or weeks ago. And during the interim, I think an increasing number of Americans are starting to get to know Bernie Sanders a little bit better. I think they're finally waking up to the idea that socialism isn't evil, liberals are not dangerous, and the Establishment (of which Hillary is a card carrying member) are ruining all of our lives... a little at a time, day after day, the quality of our lives keeps decreasing. And meanwhile, the rich just keep getting richer and more bloated at all of our expense.