Today on the Diane Rehm show on NPR, the political "experts" in the studio said that the three principle Democrats vying for their party's nomination essentially all agreed on the major issues of US politics.
Well, that's debatable of course, but if it is true, then the differences that the candidates do exhibit are what we must use to choose between them.
So Hillary voted for the Iraq War. Bernie Sanders did not. And of course neither did Governor O'Malley.
Hillary was Secretary of State, and a poor one. That cannot be laid at Senator Sanders' or Governor O'Malley's doors.
Hillary and Bernie can definitely be tagged with the the label "Washington insiders". I don't think that can be put on Governor O'Malley.
Bernie Sanders is proud to call himself a Socialist. As an ex-Brit who lived under the Socialism of the British Labour Party, this will forever disqualify him from getting my vote. I did not become a US citizen to have Socialism follow me to the United States.
I am a liberal. But I believe is American Exceptionalism, I believe this is a country where the success of its citizens is lauded and still possible.
I do not wish to live in the Nanny States of America.
This is why I so fervently hope Governor O'Malley stays in the race. He is the only Democrat I will vote for.
If Hillary goes get the nomination, I will write in my choice for President.
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