Your response is wonderful! Reminds me that on that terrible Dukakis Election Day evening my friends and I wandered over to a gazebo near Democratic HQ after watching results and smoked weed to contemplate the gravity of the situation. :) And coincidentally around that time I remember wishing my parents would divorce,…

Hey, I appreciate the sentiments. I spent every day after high school as a 16-year-old volunteering for the local branch of the Dukakis campaign. That Nov was tough! :)

“who operates like a 21st century Nixon”

Thank you.

“He obviously abused his position of power over Monica Lewinsky? And Hillary did in trying to cover it up?

I’m far more likely to believe a rape victim, but once in a while it’s a challenge. That doesn’t make me less of a feminist.

That’s quite an accusation. Care to back it up?

“It is not right, I should not hold women to a higher standard, as a feminist I strive for equality.”

Oh no, that is never the answer.

“Actually if you specifically wanted a woman to run for president that I could trust it would have to be Elizabeth Warren.”

“I think she could have been President by now had she actually divorced him and stood for something other than her own career.”

I’m sorry.

I have this same condition on my hands, triggered by stress but also during rainy or cold/dry weather.

I have an issue with the death penalty and I still understand where you’re coming from.

As recently as 2006 he boasted about being “tough on crime.” Here is an archived web page from Bernie.org: https://web.archive.org/web/2006101818…

I do understand the legislative history. I’ve been watching Bernie since he first appeared on CSPAN. The environment and progression of social awareness was much slower back then due to lack of a consumer internet, and you certainly didn’t see the exponential discussion/adaptation you do now.

To be fair, Bernie voted for the crime bill (Hillary didn’t).

As I’m sure was the case with your mom, I’m guessing some decisions were made with information that cannot be released to the general public, yet the results (good or bad) were accessible to anyone.

Both my mom and my aunt. No shame here.

Seriously! Not that I’d ever have the energy to accomplish as much, but I see a dedicated yet socially awkward nerd with an unprecedented attention to detail...and I’m also at the age at which I still want to help people, but I stop giving a shit about pleasing every last person.