I know you're out there... I hate to ask.... I know what you are thinking but...

When I got involved in local conventions for Obama before his first term, I knew two things:

1. Bush really fucked things up.

2. Clinton (friend of the Bush family) was the WRONG choice to lead the party.

I've been disappointed with Obama, that's a fact. I know many people have been disapointed. Between the Wall Street amnesty, drones, oil drilling, and most of all TPP. Perhaps the Iran deal is important in the abstract, but that seems to be the problem with today's Democratic Party. Every tangle benefit for the middle-class and below is several orders of magnitude removed from reality. It is in the abstract.

But I have come to understand that things would have been much worse under Clinton. For example, Clinton just refused to endorse a minimum wage and instead championed "profit sharing" which is just an abstract application of trickle-down economics.

And there it is, convoluted, Rube Goldberg plans to help the middle class by lining the pockets of the rich.

From regime change to drones to Keystone and climate change - the modern Democratic Party finds 1000 reason why supporting corporate interests over good public policy will eventually benefit the middle class and below.

But it never does.

There's no point of going on about. The signs of what a Clinton presidency would be like are easy to read.

Sanders is the first candidate to speak directly to the problems facing the nation in a way that Clinton will never be able to do. She is a walking conflict of interest.

So - here's the point. For those of you who busted their butt for Obama way back when, I think we all agree that neither Bush nor Clinton would be the right direction for the nation. We have another choice, Bernie Sanders.

It is time to get back in the game.

Consider being a delegate at your local conventions. It doesn't take much time. Send some money to his campaign.

I know you are pissed. Who wouldn't be? But the alternative presumed "front runner" to the Democratic Party is MUCH worse - it is the same old thing over and over and over. Jobs to Asia, environmental roll backs, corporate influence and gifts to the rich.

It's time to start thinking about getting involved. When convention time rolls around, vote for Bernie.

You can make a difference. It won't take much time.

At least you will have tried to make a difference. Your kids and their kids will thank you for it. On the other hand, there's nothing particularly patriotic or brave about voting for the status quo - the same old 3rd way, centrist, corporate-centered bullshit.

Eventually you will be asked, by someone, "why didn't you try to do something to stop it?".

What are you going to say - you were too afraid to vote for the right thing?