{"id":10315,"date":"2016-06-22T14:53:25","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T19:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/?p=10315"},"modified":"2016-06-22T15:12:09","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T20:12:09","slug":"truthouts-wrpitt-is-terrified-by-hillary-trump-and-bursting-proud-of-bernie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/truthouts-wrpitt-is-terrified-by-hillary-trump-and-bursting-proud-of-bernie\/","title":{"rendered":"Truthout’s WRPitt is terrified by Hillary & Trump \u2013\u00a0and bursting proud of Bernie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Source: Anonymous<\/figcaption><\/figure>Truthout<\/a> editor William Rivers Pitt<\/a> sees exactly what I do: that Hillary Clinton is just about as scary a presidential candidate as Donald Trump<\/a> is. And there are more like us out there.<\/p>\n

I was a proposed Bernie pledged delegate, but was bumped off the Democratic National Convention attendance roster because my district vote was split and Hillary as front-running candidate got the first pick. Once Hillary’s people chose her delegates and Bernie’s campaign picked my son Ivan Wei<\/a>, there was no room left for me.<\/p>\n

But, I’m not complaining. Although I would have liked to attend this historic convention, Ivan has a better chance \u2013 because he’s a young and Latino delegate\u00a0\u2013 at collecting the needed funds than I probably would. In fact, if you would like to donate to Ivan’s delegate expense fundraiser,<\/a> it will be warmly appreciated and meaningfully used. Ivan’s one heck of an advocate and he loves Bernie Sanders.<\/p>\n

In his op-ed Pitt writes:<\/p>\n

Bernie Sanders is one of my heroes, a truth-teller, a genuine iconoclast in his own right. We have not seen his like in electoral politics for a long time. I would give just about anything to see him sworn into office come January, but that’s not going to happen. The math simply isn’t there, so here I sit: terrified of the GOP nominee, terrified of the Democratic nominee, and hit on all sides by those who say Sanders should bow to the inevitable and step aside.<\/p>\n

Hell with that. Take it to the convention and hats over the windmill. At a minimum, his presence will keep Hillary Clinton from careening to the right upon first glance of opportunistic daylight. Sanders can march into the convention hall a hero, triumphant even in defeat, full in the knowledge that he became the change he wished to see in the world and left this joint a little better than he found it.<\/p>\n

Most of my heroes were gone before I arrived, but that’s OK. Earth is more than 4 billion years old, and I have the great good fortune of knowing that I occupied this planet at the same time as Sen. Bernie Sanders.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Anonymous calls Hillary out<\/a> on her equity destroying policies – watch.<\/p>\n