Issues fucking matter. (I am cross-posting this from a post of mine in GD-P)

That's all. I am sure this comes as a big surprise to many.

Also - leopards do not change their spots, and Hillary will not ever move even a millimeter to the left; she will keep marching to the Third Way right. That is why the idea that, even if he loses in the end, Bernie will have "changed the conversation" is dangerous and naive. Well, actually, the conversation, otherwise known as campaign blather, would have been altered to fit the polls. Lies would have been carefully crafted, now that it is known that we can fucking right well look stuff up.

The hard work is, really, perhaps just beginning, because IMO there will be real anger that the expected script has not been followed. Just a feeling.

Bernie will be speaking right up the road from me, tomorrow. Grandson really wants to see him. So we are juggling an appointment at the Humane Society, pretty far away for my old truck, and through horrendous traffic, with trying to get to the Fairgrounds in a timely manner. Gotta get our beautiful rescued German Shepherd, Miss Charlotte, over there for some shots and her first heartworm treatment. Some lovely angel pays for the treatments, so dogs don't have to be put down because their owners did not treat for heartworm, or just did not know about it. If we miss an appointment, I think we have to give her back, and she is already a much-loved part of our family. We were lucky to get her!

Anyway, LOTS of driving tomorrow, but we really want to see Bernie. When I was young, my shop-steward, Democratic Ward worker dad took us to see JFK give a campaign speech in a parking lot in Chester, PA. We could not hear much, but I remember JFK's red hair glinting in the sun, and the energized crowd. Like a glimpse into a parallel world or something. So - I want to see Bernie, and want my grandson to see and feel the reality of things, in addition to the reddit-stoked enthusiasm.

Yikes! This is turning into the DU version of Ulysses! Sorry! And yay! Also - this is not about "beating Hillary". This is about this country, and the world. Let's just leave it at that.