SOAPBOX #1 - I am so freaking sick of people comparing Donald Trump's popularity to Bernie Sanders because they are both "outside the establishment".
Trump is a bombastic real estate developer who truly is an outsider. He has no serious policy proposals, just vague thoughts about "making America great". He is at best politically incorrect and at worst just an asshole. He plays on Americans' economic insecurity to produce fear and anger at disadvantaged populations.
(Disclaimer: I actually do not mind Trump as much as many people do. It's refreshing to hear someone say in real words what much of the Republican base actually thinks).
Bernie Sanders has been in elected office for over forty years, He has often been described as pragmatic rather than ideological. He has a specific list of issues which he considers as damaging to our society and has specific goals that he wants people to aspire to. He has some ideas which may be "pie in the sky" but they are a direction to move in, not necessarily a goal to be reached. He provides a viable alternative to centrist Democratic politics a la Hillary Clinton.
In short, Donald Trump really is an outsider, and a spectacle at that. Bernie Sanders has been fighting the same fights for nearly five decades; the only way he is an "outsider" is that he is outside the Hillary machine that the mainstream media was ready to serve to her on a silver platter.
SOAPBOX #2 - What's up with some feminists saying women who don't vote for Hillary are "traitors"? Are male supporters of Hillary traitors to Bernie? Hillary and Bernie have two clearly different visions of the direction of the Democratic party. You may prefer Hillary's vision to Bernie's, but shouldn't authentic feminism trust women to pick the candidate they see as the best option for their party, whatever their chromosomes might be?
JOHN KASICH - A Republican who is actually using the same facts as the rest of the world. I could see, in some extremely weird messed up situation, actually voting for this man. I'm glad he's doing well in N.H.
