and for the democrats

No we are not switching to Hillary because she has stolen won the nomination, you see some of us don't vote blue or red or against the other guy; we want to cast our vote for someone we believe in and she ain't it.

You think she is really worth your vote, I dare you to READ THIS: 27 Questions for Hillary Voters.

We Got Old

Last Tuesday demonstrated just how old my generation has become. We gave into the fears of age and voted for a corporate hack over a true revolutionary. Back in the day with another war raging and dividing the country we supported Eugene McCarthy, Bobby Kennedy and George McGovern. Now the 60+ plus "liberal" vote went to pro-war, pro-death penalty, pro-Wall Street Hillary Clinton.

Another Clinton, nearly another Bush. What happened to us?

I am disappointed in my peers and I am surprised. Have memories faded over the years or have aging fears and 401Ks become more significant than the progressive values we once held together?

I get it that enemies foreign and domestic are on your minds. ISIS, ISIL and all the other threats seem too big and scary. And Hillary has experience with those demons. She bombs them and supports right wing leaders to suppress them.

At home, Trump is looming but poll after poll have shown that Bernie beats Trump by a much wider margin than Hillary. You get no excuse on the home front.

So, to my aging Boomer friends, I say and will say again. I am disappointed in what the years have done to our values and to our fervor. Where did it all go? Why did so many of you, of us, never even look at Bernie Sanders.

I leave you with this memory. When we were protesting Vietnam, do you not remember how it was us (the young) against them (our elders). Families were divided. Parents and children did not speak.

Remember?

U.S. Senator Bernard Sanders is getting 80% of the youth vote.

How can we not remember when we were right where those kids are today.

Do you think we were wrong?

Iowa or Not

Am I happy about the caucus results from Iowa? Let's call it a tie.

BUT . . . let us also be consistent or contrarian, you chose.

Why the hell are 180,000 frozen Iowans in February determining who gets to plow on in the presidential race? Why are they using a coin flip to award delegates? Why was turnout on the democrat side down 33% from 2008?

Our election system makes no sense. None, zero, nil.

George W. Bush was president for eight years, even though he lost the election.

Sixteen states have effectively blocked between four and ten million voters from even registering. How are those DMV closures working for you white folks in Alabama?

Gerrymandering has rigged the congress for one party over the other for over 12 years. [See Florida Congressional District redrawing by rabid ferrets]

Not to mention, billionaires buy hundreds of hours of media time to spew out lies, fabrications and racist, bigoted, vicious venom. It all started with The Big Bribe.

This is how we determine who will be "The Leader of the Free World" with the power to send militarized drones to any place in that free world? Which is why staffers don't stand too close to the candidates.

Anyway, nicely done Iowa. Oh, and by the way, if you work the evening shift, let's say in a restaurant, a hospital or a police cruiser -- you don't get to caucus. You have to be present at 7 PM on a Monday evening in February or you are disenfranchised.

God Bless Vespucci Land.

Bernie Sanders

I was watching some cable talking heads the other day. The questions was asked: "Since Bernie Sanders has no chance of winning the presidency, what exactly are his goals?" The response was some mumble-jumble about income equality and monkeys with wings.

I bring this up only to mention that in May of 2007, if the same question were asked about Barack Obama, the answer would have been roughly the same. No chance, just another politician inflating his ego. Hillary has got it in the bag.

I'm just saying' . . .