I LOVE everything about this column except this:
“And if he doesn’t get the nod, then I’ll hold my nose and vote for HRC in the general because yes, gods knows we can’t let the opponent side in”.
I will NEVER vote for Clinton. If the nomination is stolen from Bernie, I will vote for Dr. Jill Stein. She has a VERY similar platform as Bernie. I can’t legally write in Bernie in Illinois and if I did, the vote would be a protest vote that will NOT count.
So, instead I WILL vote for Dr. Stein because then my vote JUST MIGHT start the revolution we all hope for. Please do not vote for Clinton if she successfully buys the nomination. We can do as you said and vote for change. But if you vote for Clinton, and everyone else falls in line also, then you have voted to be afraid and not take a chance. Change NEVER comes from doing the same thing and expecting different results.
We can only have change if we are BRAVE enough to vote for it. I’m willing to vote for Dr. Stein and if that means Trump wins, well then, as I said before, sometimes people have to stand between the shit and the fan, get hit, smell it, and suffer the consequences, before they decide to finally move out of the way!