Anthony Cody, co-founder of the Network for Public Education, strongly supported Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination. Like Bernie’s many millions of followers, Anthony was deeply disappointed when Bernie lost the nomination and thoroughly disgusted when he learned that the Democratic National Committee had undermined Bernie’s campaign.
What to do now? Anthony will vote for Clinton, but not with enthusiasm.
He writes:
How will education reform be handled by a Clinton administration? We know that big money held sway over education policy under President Obama. Candidate Clinton has been vague and inconsistent, offering both criticism and praise for charter schools and high stakes tests. Tim Kaine has shown a better understanding of education issues. But in 2008, many of us thought that Obama would be better than George W. Bush on education, especially with Linda Darling-Hammond advising him. But then the hedge fund money talked, Darling-Hammond walked, and we got seven years of Arne Duncan. So the only thing that will keep Clinton from going the way Obama went is intense grassroots pressure.
All of this brings us to the great challenge this election presents to us. We have a balancing act to perform. While I plan to vote for Clinton, we cannot simply “get on board” the DNC campaign train. We cannot unsee the corruption, the deep flaws in Clinton and her corporate allies. There IS something wrong with taking big money for speeches from Wall Street financiers, especially when they invite you back time after time – and you refuse to share what you told them.
We must continue to uncover the corruption of both corporate Democrats and corporate Republicans. If grassroots organizing can reclaim the Democratic Party so it fights for working people, then that would be excellent. Such a reclamation is under way over in Britain right now and is worth watching. If corporate Democratic Party leadership clings to power and will not allow this to happen, then a third party alternative should be strengthened. I respect those who have already made this leap, but I cannot do so while Trump looms. I have joined Bernie Sanders effort to continue his political revolution and defeat Donald Trump, and look forward to the continued growth of this movement.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
SCARY times.
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The exact position of many progressives ,anybody but Trump, if that means Clinton so be it. Till January 20th when the battle resumes.
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Agree Joel…Anthony, Mercedes, Diane…all speak for many of us.
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Vote Hillary (if you must, since in reality the only crucial votes for her are in swing states) on November 8th. Start fighting her on November 9th.
It’s the only way.
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Anthony Cody makes the case with which I concur. Hillary made a decent speech and she took on the NRA which will lose her a massive amount of votes from all the gun lovers in this country. People will say that she would have lost those people and the NRA in any case, no big deal and no show of courage on her part. I think she does deserve some credit because other Democrats have been known to have been photographed sporting guns and rifles while dressed in camouflage attire to pander to the NRA and gun loving Americans. I wish she had brought up the financial transactions taxes (FTTs); it raises revenue and limits wild speculation.
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Be thankful for what she did bring up . For her, it was probably like Root Canal without Novocain. Sanders was told to drop out from the day he entered the race, in a constant orchestrated media barrage.
If not for the pressure right up until Monday, I wonder what the speech would have sounded like .
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I do not think Clinton lost more NRA supporters, if anything she may have gained a few. Polls show majority support for reasonable gun control. The responsible gun owners don’t want to arm criminals, terrorists, abusers, and people with anger and impulse control issues. Wouldn’t it be desirable to be able to avoid ALICE training in our schools?
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Great analogy Joel to Hillary’s “root canal pain”..but she did introduce Bernie with seeming respect, and she did announce they would “partner in making change”. Now it is up to all of us who supported Bernie, to keep both their ‘feet to the fire’ to make our positions remain in HER purview. You and Joe speak for me so often.
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Ellen, I did have that party last night . With out mentioning names I gave a two minute talk, that there is no way I could put here or on the web ,making it clear in no uncertain terms that there is only one choice .
Let us say that scab was the mildest phrase I used to describe a Union worker who votes for Trump . .They laughed and cheered ,lets hope they vote the right way.
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cross posted the link to Anthony’s site:
http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/A-Critical-Vote-for-Clinto-in-Best_Web_OpEds-Critical-Thinking_Democratic_GrassRoots_People-160729-204.html#comment609609
and this comment: Anthony’s site, Living in Dialogue is a go-to place if you want to know the TRUTH about the war on public education. He and Diane Ravitch have created , with others, the NPE Network For public Education so the issues that really affect public education can be addressed.
In the link I posted today, this is what he says, as it pertains to education: “How will education reform be handled by a Clinton administration? We know that big money held sway over education policy under President Obama. Candidate Clinton has been vague and inconsistent, offering both criticism and praise for charter schools and high stakes tests. Tim Kaine has shown a better understanding of education issues. But in 2008, many of us thought that Obama would be better than George W. Bush on education, especially with Linda Darling-Hammond advising him. But then the hedge fund money talked, Darling-Hammond walked, and we got seven years of Arne Duncan. So the only thing that will keep Clinton from going the way Obama went is intense grassroots pressure.”
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Cash would be more effective.
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“Bernie Sanders effort to continue his political revolution and defeat Donald Trump”
There is an old saying that has been traced to 4th century B.C. in India. “The Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend.”
Bernie and Hillary’s common enemy is Donald Trump and everything he represents.
Before Bernie and his followers can confront Hillary and her faction in the Democratic Party, Trump must be dumped first. A Trump victory would be a defeat for not only Hillary but also Sanders and everyone that supports him, and Trump’s VP, who belongs to the Koch brothers and is far too dangerous as an extremist far-right hater, will be a heart beat away from moving into the White House.
If it takes tainted alliances to defeat someone or something that is far worse, then we plaster a fake smile on our faces, swallow our negative emotions, roll up our sleeves and go to work.
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But the enemy of an enemy is not always a friend. Look at the opposition to Common Core, for instance. People opposed to it because it’s a “Communist plot” that’s “going to turn our kids gay” are *not* my friends, even though I too am opposed to Common Core.
Bernie and Hillary may both be opposed to Trump, but that doesn’t (or shouldn’t) make Bernie allied with Hillary since his entire message was against every establishment neoliberal policy that Hillary stands for.
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Bernie endorsed Hillary in good conscience. Are you suggesting he sold out? I don’t think so. He knows that Trump is ignorant, divisive, boastful, misogynist, racist bully, and Pence represents the extreme right that would privatize everything.
Bernie is allied with Hillary.
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The use of “friend” here refers to an ally in the fight with a common enemy. The definition of a friend in this context is not the same as a personal friend we actually like, love and respect.
Alliances in the political arena are far different and complicated than those in our personal lives.
For instance, during World War II, the Soviet Union became America’s ally in the fight against Hitler and as soon as Hitler was defeated, the Soviets became our enemy again and we spent decades fighting a Cold War with them before defeating them too.
What was at stake if the U.S. had ignored the Soviets and let Hitler crush them — after all the U.S. hated Communism so why work with the Soviets to defeat a common enemy?
Imagine what the world would be like today if Hitler had won World War II?
What is at stake if this animosity between some of Bernie’s stubborn and emotional followers continues and eventually allows Trump to win the White House?
Do you really think it will be easier to save our community based, democratic, transparent, non-profit public schools with Donald Trump in the White House compared to dealing with Hillary?
To help with the answers to those questions, Politifact came up with Clinton’s top 10 campaign promises.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/jul/22/hillary-clintons-top-10-campaign-promises/
How does that list compare to Donald Trump’s boasting of “Making America Great Again”?
And again from Politifact: Donald Trumps top 10 campaign promises
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/jul/15/donald-trumps-top-10-campaign-promises/
And before anyone dismisses Politifact for being unreliable, read this first:
PolitiFact.com is a fact-finding project of the Tampa Bay Times (formerly The St. Petersburg Times) and has been assailed as a partisan member of the “liberal media.”
PolitiFact.com, which was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, examines statements by politicians and pundits and rates what they say on its Truth-O-Meter. The website also tracks promises by Obama and Republican leaders.
It is true that some of its reporters work for the Tampa Bay Times, a fact not lost on a website called PolitiFactbias.com, which exposes what it calls liberal bias by PolitiFact.com.
But PolitiFact.com uses strict journalistic standards, according to its mandate. Its reporters and researchers use original reports rather than news stories. When possible, PolitiFact.com uses original sources to verify the claims and interviews impartial experts.
These fact-finders all help to arrive at the truth. But we believe that confirming accuracy through multiple sources and original reporting is the best guarantee. And as Emery says:
“In the thorny search for truth, there’s no substitute for doing one’s own research and applying one’s own considered judgment before thinking oneself informed.”
http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2012-09-28/story/fact-check-so-whos-checking-fact-finders-we-are
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Bernie is allied with Hillary now,
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Yes, Bernie is, but not all of his followers and supporters are on board with him, and in this fight our side needs as many people as possible. A Trump presidency is unthinkable even to many members of the Republican Party, but at worse, an HRC presidency might just turn out to be more of the same that we got from G. W. Bush and Obama (And I want to emphasize the world “might”).
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Bernie’s whole platform was an attack on neoliberalism. Clinton is neoliberalism personified. I’ll leave it to you to decide whether or not Bernie and Hillary are truly allied and what that means about Bernie’s capitulation to Hillary.
Anyway, over and out, this is getting really bad for my blood pressure. I have a doctor’s appointment next week and I can’t afford (literally) for him to find anything wrong.
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I do not agree that Hillary is neo-liberalism personified. G.w. Bush was neo-conserative and Obama is an obvious no-liberal, but if we look at Bill Clinton’s record as president, it was mixed at best.
I suggest you read this piece from Dailykos.com
“I think it is clear that Hillary Clinton ideology is fundamentally neoliberal, albeit softened or tempered by a desire to ameliorate some of the harsher consequences of the neoliberal order.”
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/7/19/1403488/-Anti-Capitalist-Meetup-How-Neoliberal-is-Hillary-Clinton
So you are willing to support Donald Trump as President of the Untied States, because Hillary is a softened and tempered neo-liberal?
If so, then the choice is between a fascist president or a softened and tempered neo-liberal. There is no other choice and not voting is also a choice for one of these two.
Father of Fascism Studies: Donald Trump Shows Alarming Willingness to Use Fascist Terms & Styles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0oSxJFF0gg
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Dienne
True enough, but he will do whatever he has to do to defeat Trump. While keeping as much pressure on Hillary as he can. The larger the role he can play in defeating Trump the more pressure he can exert on a Clinton administration. The further he can advance a progressive agenda ,I hope.
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Bernie has agreed to work with Hillary, and Bernie has vowed to continue the “revolution.” I hope this is true because it will force Hillary abide by the more progressive platform the Democrats proposed. Democrats know Bernie is a man of his word. He does not want to blow up the party. He wants the Democrats to move to the left, and they will gain a lot of enthusiastic young voters, if they do. We must deal with Trump first, and then hold Hillary’s feet to the fire.
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I think Bernie is smart enough to know that it is wrong to be unwilling to compromise and that the road to a more progressive Democratic Party will be through compromise. For instance, what has the far right achieved with its no compromise, say not to everything stance since Obama became president?
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Great group of smart people here…respect and learn from you all.
Lloyd, wasn’t it that Obama originally appointed Hillary to be his Sect. of State for just this ancient Chinese statement…”the enemy of my enemy is my friend”….and “to keep your enemy closer”….and they did become partners in the end? Obama reminded us with his speech, of how they were focused and determined enemies on the campaign trail.
I always thought that is why Obama appointed the very capable and intelligent Repub, Jon Huntsman as Ambassador to China…similar logic…but he got the best of the Repubs away from the seat of power. influence, and public recognition.
Wish Huntsman would step up and refute Trump…what does he have to lose? The intelligent contingent of Repubs have always and still have great respect for him.
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All good points.
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Similar to these lines from the movie Argo,
“There are only bad options. It’s about finding the best one.”
“You don’t have a better bad idea than this?”
“This is the best bad idea we have sir, by far”
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Sadly, the high rollers are already comin out of hiding to gaina ccess an influence policy:
“For many Clinton donors, particularly those from the financial sector, the convention is a time to shed what one called the “hypersensitivity” that had previously surrounded their appearance at Mrs. Clinton’s fund-raisers or at her political events, during a period when Mr. Sanders repeatedly attacked Mrs. Clinton’s connections to Wall Street and her six-figure speaking fees from financial institutions.”
In terms of education:
“At a private luncheon on Wednesday at El Vez, [an upscale] Mexican restaurant, over a dozen Democratic governors mingled with representatives from a host of labor unions and companies, amon them the Apollo Education Group, an operator of for-profit colleges that has faced a series of state and federal investigations into alleations of shady recruiting, deceptive advertisin and questionable financial aid practices.
“It’s business as usual,” said Libby Watson, who monitored lobbying events in Philadelphia on behalf of the Sunlight Foundation, a group devoted to government transparency.”
There’s more–worth reading the article…
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David…Trump and his band must be salivating at this rapid tear down of Hillary by the NY Times. It is news and they have the right, the obligation, to report the background info on her power broker supporters. I hate it, you hate it. Bernie hates it.
But face it folks, she is all we have between Trump and his dangerous fallout.
It seems to me that it behooves us now to not widen the divisions between us, but to focus on getting out as much info on Trump and his reactionary allies as we can. There is so much dirt there that we should be publicizing.
Most of the major print media reads this blog, so we have a chance to influence investigative reporters to spill more beans on Trump and Pence. Trump has openly said he will not be doing the hard work of running DC (governing) and the nation, bu the will find smart people to do that.
Thus he will set himself up as the public face ‘front man’ for the Repubs…while ultra Right Wingers Pence, Cruz, McConnell, et al, even idiotic Palin, will be behind the scenes creating disruption and intransigent policy. We will never get liberal appointments to SCOTUS, nor changes in redistribution of wealth as with tax changes, and all the things we KNOW must happen for a fair American recovery.
I agree with all you say about Hillary’s probable neoliberalism, but the polls still are low for her survival…and we must have her survive and prevail. And we must now be advertising, publicizing, everywhere all the great progressive Dems who are running for office. We cannot let the obstructionist Dems ‘on the take’ from lobbyists, like Shumer, lead the Party and bring in more like himself who are willing to collude with the wealthy Dem donors mentioned in this NY Times link from David.
i would love to read here all things that are going right with the new young progressives who are on tickets all over the country right now. And they should all be contacted by teachers and educators on the need to save our public schools. The rest of these continued Hillary diatribes are just exhausting. Let’s get her elected first.
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I get his disappointment but I honestly don’t understand the “enthusiasm” part.
Enthusiasm is nice but if you’re a consistent voter, as I’m sure he is, it’s often lacking.
I vote in local elections too and I would say 90% of the time I’m not particularly thrilled with my choices. I don’t “trust” Hillary Clinton any more or less than I “trusted” President Obama. It’s more a matter of looking at the options, voting, and hoping for the best with all of them.
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I can commiserate with Dienne regarding her doctors visit. I visited the urologist this week and after the hand shake and hellos, I was subjected to a non-stop anti-Hillary filibuster: the Clinton’s wealth, the Clinton foundation has 1 billion in assets and only a fraction of that goes to charity, the Clintons have dealings with Russia and so on. I really didn’t want to get into it as he was performing his “duties,” he spent more time denigrating the Clintons than talking about my prostate. He’s a libertarian which I did not know until much later. I need to find a new urologist.
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Libertarians. Ugh. The irony is if not for socialism and government involvement in health care, that doctor would still be bartering tonics for chickens.
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BTW…I recommend, with my educator hat on, that everyone here and all Americans including the media, READ Wm. L. Shirer’s book, Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, which was written in the 1960s. It is an accurate account of the history that led to WW2.
It is so apropos and it mirrors what is happening in America today.
The build up in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s, based on their bad economy, and on the push to frighten the populace about Communism, could not be closer to what is happening here.
An uniformed populace, joined with the greedy overlords and oligarchs, and with the virulent bigots and nationalists (isolationists), to form the most efficient killing machine in human history.
addendum….Cannot imagine anyone of intelligence voting for Trump, who today sent another simplistic donation order to send him money to “make America great again…which seems to be all he can say. He also offered his campaign not only matching funds, but says he put one million into his campaign coffers today. I guess things are not going well for his money raising…maybe the Russian billionaires who finance his projects (since American bankers are not loaning him funds) will help Putin get him elected.
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I’ve read that Trump isn’t donating money to his campaign, he is loaning his campaign money and paying himself back with the money others are sending his campaign, and I suspect when he applies for the almost $100 million that comes from the tax payers, he’ll take most of that to pay off the loans he is making from his own money to his own campaign for president.
Trump has a long history of profiting off of his failures while leaving the path behind him littered with unpaid contractors, workers and investors who didn’t make any money off the ventures before they went under.
I remember reading that a few years ago Trump even said if he ever ran for president, he’d make a profit off of it.
Fortune reports How Donald Trump Made Millions Off His Biggest Business Failure
http://fortune.com/2016/03/10/trump-hotel-casinos-pay-failure/
The Washington Post reports The Myth and the reality of Donald Trump’s business empire
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/29/the-myth-and-the-reality-of-donald-trumps-business-empire/
The International Business Guide reports with A Guide to Donald Trump’s Business Career using inforgraphics.
http://www.internationalbusinessguide.org/trump-business-career/
The National Review gives us Donald Trump’s Scandals and Business Failures Roundup
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/432826/donald-trump-scandals-business-failures-roundup
Then there is this from Bloomberg.
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meant UN-INFORMED public, not uniformed…but that could happen…there are so many Brown Shirts supporting Trump and David Duke.
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Sure it will still be a skirmish with Clinton but a full outright war with Trump!
Getting rid of Citizens United would be a good start.
Our battle will continue and how we vote in our local and State elections will determine the time frame of our battle!
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Cody makes sense and the comments today, especially from Diane, are rational and in the spirit of true
discussion…as opposed to arguments that seek to demean. There is no choice but
Hillary…after Trump defeated, there will be time, as Bernie says, to push for real change and in fact both can be done at same time. The argument that somehow Bernie doesn’t
mean what he says about defeating Trump is insulting to Bernie and the idea
that Putin’s moves in Crimea and his and Trump’s unholy alliance means nothing–is very wishful thinking…first thing first is defeating Trump.
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“There is no choice but Hillary…”
Tis a fairly fatalistic attitude.
My pat response to the presidential candidates/election season threads:
I refuse to and don’t live my life in fear.
I trust that this country can weather any presidency, hell we weathered 8 years of Georgie the Least. Trump can’t be any worse than that. I trust that our system can handle narcissistic con men, hell it handled Tricky Dick. Can Clinton be worse than him?
It has handled the assassinations of 4 presidents Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy. I trust the checks and balances that are in place even though I don’t always agree with the outcomes.
I don’t vote out of fear, I vote for what I believe is in the best interests of this country and that right now is to break the stranglehold of the political duopoly. Therefore I vote 3rd party.
Were all the dissatisfied and more importantly those who feel disenfranchised voters to vote for what they believe in versus out of fear of the greater of two evils we’d be in a hell of a lot better shape as a country.
And as far as the polls go, for me anything under 15 points at this stage is close. Close races make a lot more money for those who gain from a protracted election season, i.e., the media and advertising agencies.
I will use my vote to vote my conscience and beliefs, not to stop anyone. And my conscience dictates that I vote with the long haul in mind so that we can eventually break the stranglehold that the two headed monster of oligarchical duopoly will be slayed and flayed. I will vote FOR something/someone not AGAINST something/someone just as I have since my first presidential vote. That means voting 3rd Party Green, for Jill Stein.
Personally I have my doubts that both the duopoly’s candidates will actually still be in the race come November.
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I am voting my conscience too Duane.
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To Senõr Swacker and Abigail Shure:
If parents think that Charter schools are fraudulent, and TFA (teach for awhile with no expectation of credentials) did not meet parents’ expectation. As a result, parents prefer to home school for their children.
Time went by, charter schools have SUPREME COURT ORDER to force their children to attend to Charter schools or they would be in jail.
TFA might be not the best solution according to your personal interest. However, with your community pressure and your well organized movement, your expectation in a whole child education might come true for your GRANDCHILDREN. (= there is no shortcut for any CHANGE to have a better result; except suicidal change or sudden death.)
Nobody can change other mind set, BUT the only logical mind set in people with experience and opened minded will help them to realize what is best for them and for a country, and worldwide peace.
For instance, when I set foot to a fragile wooden boat, I thought should I took a risk to live with a hope for freedom or to die in a shark’s mouth? Which risk is more important to my life? (Pls note that I really prefer to die in ocean more than die under communist control)
In the same vein, I hope that you will ask yourself that how important SCOTUS to you in your possible dream of a future progressive party if you vote for the reasonable and conscious human being or the impossible and dangerous con man?
IMHO, the truly conscious people will ignore their personal interest and do whatever they can for others who cannot do for themselves = those who are victims of systemic racism and economic disadvantage. (that is including me who was told by someone in this forum “you may not comprehend the finer points” because I was not born in English speaking country)
Sincerely yours,
May
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May,
I am an ESL teacher in Newark, New Jersey. You are clearly grasping all the finer points. Since 1989, I have been working with English language learners both children and adults. My career is being ruined by corporate reform. When Hillary said zip codes in her acceptance speech that was a dog whistle for corporate reformers. I am sickened by US Middle East policy. Wall Street was given a free pass after nearly bringing the global economy to its knees. The perpetrators were rewarded with bonuses larger than some American workers’ lifetime earnings. The coddling of Debbie Wasserman Schultz by Hillary was the last straw for me. The DNC was unethical in its treatment of Bernie’s campaign. The revelations thus far are the tip of the ice berg. I congratulate you for bravely setting foot in that boat and I wish you success on our American ship that is presently sailing way off course,
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May,
“IMHO, the truly conscious people will ignore their personal interest and do whatever they can for others who cannot do for themselves = those who are victims of systemic racism and economic disadvantage.”
I agree. At the national level we have a chance to vote that ideal from the one person (and party) that embodies that sentiment, that is Jill Stein and the Green Party. Neither of the two main stream candidates and their party’s platforms come close to embodying that ideal. Nor does the Libertarian party as libertarians tend to be the embodiment of “personal interest” taken to the Nth degree.
Hope all is well for you and your family,
Duane
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Thank you Professor Abigail Shure for being ESL teacher. I was ESL learner in 1979, and became community ESL teacher in 2008. In between those years, I have experienced and learned from others through being laborer and being co-ordinator.
It may sound to others that I am overconfident when I declare that I am a captain of my own destiny with my compass of doing good deeds. Life with unfairness is like the uncertainty in ocean with full of wind and wages that come to attack our destiny from three dimensional directions XYZ.
I need to remind myself that God gives me a second chance for me to prove that I must do my best to help and never harm those in need and hope to have a better life.
Today, I pour my heart out to show people that fascist and communist are not fiction. They are savage. They are not human. All American business tycoons gear to be fascist sooner or later due to their ambition with global control.
In short, you must agree with me that TFA teacher needs time to build experience in teaching properly. In the same vein, Leaders in Green party and Libertarian party need time to build their governing and foreign diplomacy policy skills.
Could you visualize the damage on young learners when TFA teacher is a liar, a bully, and a shady con artist? Similarly, Trump will damage America’s economy and American spirit beyond repair.
Your personal interest will contribute to the damage beyond repair, but you choose to do it because you cannot fathom the consequence. However, if you acknowledge it but you intentionally choose to ignore. Would you be proud to be an educator?
For now, you still have a choice. Fifty years from today, your grandchildren with live with the consequence of your choice of today, like all Russians, Chinese and Vietnamese of today. Sincerely yours, May.
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I have immense respect for Robert Reich and Cornel West, both very intelligent men of character. Reich will now support Hillary while West will be voting for Jill Stein.
I will be voting for HRC because I came to that conclusion all on my own, independently of Reich, Mike Moore or the Washington Post. I listen to what Trump is/has been saying, I watch the videos, listen to his words and my jaw just drops, I can’t believe that someone running for president can say the things he says, it’s mind boggling. Rewatch that 60 minutes interview to reacquaint yourselves with the crazy factor of Trump. This guy must be blocked.
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I have not heard this being mentioned, and I apologize if it is already out there. I think most people are yearning for someone that has their best interests at heart. I think the only way Hillary can ensure a win, is to talk from the “gut.” I think she should release her speeches from Goldman Sachs, she should explain why she said what she said. She should be honest with the American people. It’s been a crazy primary, but Trump is proof enough that publicity good or bad doesn’t seem to phase him. Maybe the phrase of “Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back,” might be just what we the people need to get behind Hillary. ~Coming from a Bernie supporter that is inspired by Bernie’s honesty, integrity and service to the people.
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Hillary could offer to release her private sector speeches if Trump releases all of his tax returns — but since he is a serial like, fraud and crook, Trump has to go first.
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Yes he should release his taxes. But if there is anything that this primary has shown, people are tired of politics as usual. I think Hillary and the DNC need to think outside the box. I think it’s a way she can pull in the millennials. Admit that we all make mistakes and she continues to grow and learn from those mistakes. It’s just a different philosophy going against the grain of the norm of calculated political moves.
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