Trump, Hillary and Bernie.. What is going on?

I have not hidden my opinions on Trump (Hitler reborn), Hillary (too middle ground for me, but I will vote for her if she wins the Democratic nomination), and Bernie (the man I believe can turn this country around, if we take back democratic control of the Senate and House in a dramatic fashion).

Trump Fans??
Yesterday was super Tuesday, and Trump won most of the states and is still leading the Republican nomination. To my fellow citizens, why are you voting for him? Just because he speaks his mind? But his mind is hateful and fear-mongering! If you are afraid of terrorist attacks (which I understand, they scare me too) but do not support gun control, you frighten me more than "Muslim" terrorists.

source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34996604

 

I know you're afraid, I really get that. But let's sit back for a second and realize a few things.

1) Muslim's are people too who believe in God (Allah), as many of you do as well, and most of them are against terrorist attacks.

 

2) Having a gun does not mean that you are protected, and do you really want more people to be able to have guns on school campus' when regulation is so low and they could be planning to kill someone? What if your child is caught in the crossfire in college?

 

3) Mexican immigration is another hot topic in terms of what Trump keep's yelling. Where are his statistics that illegal immigrants are criminals? In 2007, when illegal immigration was MUCH higher from Mexico than it is now, the Immigration Policy Center found that Hispanic immigrants are incarcerated at lower rates than native-born Americans. And now Mexican immigration is much lower than it used to be, lower than Chinese immigration and on par with India.

 

Source: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-08-17/three-facts-that-can-refocus-u-s-immigration-debate

 

So why are you such a fan of someone who is spouting comments with absolutely NO basis in fact, meant to merely galvanize a frightened population that he seems to consider highly uneducated and easy to manipulate? Do you really want to be manipulated or do you want to do some research and think about the facts? This isn't a liberal idea, this is an equal rights, I should know all the facts before I make a decision grown-up kind of thing.

 

 

 

Hillary and Bernie

 

I have said it before, and I will say it again. If Hillary wins the primaries, I will vote for her. If Bernie wins the primaries, I will vote for him (and be thrilled). But I am a Bernie fan #feelthebern and all that. And I understand that some liberal websites have taken sides between the two of them, and that is fine. But what bothers me is when they take things that either have said and stretches it as far as they can to be able to say "look how horrible this is".

 

   Someone actually commented this in reply to my own comment on a motherjones.com post: "A vote for Hilary is a vote for Trump. Bernie supporters will not vote for Hilary." And all I can say in reply is WHAT? You would rather vote for Trump than Hillary? Really? Crazy-speak much? How can anyone make a jump from being a full supporter of Bernie to ever being able to vote for Trump? There is NO logic in that.

 

  It is understandable that these websites want Bernie or Hillary to win, respectively, but we can talk about it as adults and without mudslinging. There are enough differences in ideology alone to simply discuss it. And I am looking forward to being able to once again follow my favorite liberal pages on Facebook haha.

 

Finally

 

This race is really scaring me. I want us to have jobs, not cater to the rich, and keep social programs well funded (for once). If you are Christian, really look at what Jesus would do. Jesus defended a woman accused of prostitution, washed her feet. He only became violent when it came to money-changers in the temple.

 

Free markets do not work. The rich do not raise wages without being forced too. They do not create safe working situations without being forced to and with monitoring. The trickle down theory does not work. The rich are more likely to send jobs overseas than to create jobs here, and good jobs. We need to raise the pay for jobs that women typically take and are needed in this country, mental health and teaching (for example).

 

So much work needs to be done, but do you think that Republicans will do any of the previous paragraph? When have they supported these in the past 30 years?

 

Republicans need to realize that what is good for everyone is to have higher wages and more jobs. People will spend more, which will bring more revenue to the businesses and everyone is happy. Businesses do not need to get greedy and raise the prices of everything because they can, keep the prices low and sell more. We're Americans, we hoard, it will work :).

 

Go VOTE!