Super Tuesday

Not being able to vote in the primaries until April 28, when it will pretty much be over, I've not been that engaged with the process to date. Too much noise, not enough signal, and tired of getting invested in a candidate who will not on the ballot when it's my turn to vote. And truth be told I would be happy to cast my vote in November for any of the Democratic candidates.

That being said, I caught Bernie Sander's speech last night, on MSNBC as I worked, and well, it was just plain ugly. His speech had the same sort of dog-whistle prompts that 45 uses, but directed at Biden (not at Trump) and his rabid (no better word, and appropo to the dog whistle analogy) audience responded with strenuous Boos each time. None of the Dems are the enemy here but Sanders is acting like anyone who has ever worked (or seeks to work) within the system is of a kind.

In fact, Sanders speech made me think he's more akin to Donald J Trump - a blustering, bullying, iconoclast - than any of the Dems he's competing against. No wonder Putin is helping his campaign - both Trump and Sanders are intent on shredding the fabric of the government, and far left or far right, it's all the same to Russia.

You can shove me just a little to the center - I've gone from "I can live with Bernie" in my book to "Not my guy". If she's still on the ballot come April 28th I'm leaning towards Elizabeth Warren (who I've liked all along) but Biden is a fine choice....we need to get this country centered and stable before we make any changes.

Or...maybe Covid-19 will take us all down. There's a little part of me that thinks Homo Sapiens needs a little thinning of the herd in terms of climate change, resources, planetary survival.