I've been meaning to change that. At first, I found it amusing that some people would look at that and think, "What the hell?", but it no longer amuses me, and I'm bored of it. I used to regularly watch Real Time clips via YouTube, but I became disgusted with Bill after the primary, when he completely flipped on Berniecrats. It wouldn't have bothered me so much if that was the position he started with, but he actually seemed to contradict much of what he said in the past--he was for a crazy left until he was against it, and he wanted to explain democratic-socialism before he started talking down to young progressives. The signature was basically a response to a segment he did where he declared that the left should stop 'eating each other'. I'm not even remotely done holding the establishment's feet to the fire.
I'm not done either but what's good for the goose is good for the gander and frankly, some parts of the "WOKE" segment of the Left are starting to irritate me too. They seem obsessed with finding things to be offended about, even to the point where they are more offended than the people who should be offended. The Left ARE eating each other. He has a point.
And Bernie? I still love Bernie but come on, does he really need to die on the hill called
"Imprisoned Violent Felons Must Vote"?
Talk about not choosing battles carefully, the biggest reason it was dumb for him to double down on that is that it IS A STATE ISSUE.
It has always been a state issue, the Constitution itself DEFINES it as a state issue. The Federal Government does not get to have a say in it and never has. That's part of the Tenth Amendment fer chrissakes.
Bernie should have known enough to simply say that it's a state issue and that although he feels prisoners deserve the vote, it is ultimately decided by the states unless a constitutional amendment changes it...THE END.
But no, he's going to chew on this the way a dog chews on a bone while everyone else is focused on issues that WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT.
And that's just one example.
Sorry, but it's just silly, and compared to Bernie's appearance on Fox, or his town hall in Kentucky with the coal miners, it is dragging HIM down, and he's HELPING.
You want to hold the establishment's feet to the fire? I'll gladly help you.
And if Bernie awakes from his reverie over violent felons being denied the vote and remembers that there are thousands of other more important issues to think about, I'll have his back again. I could vote for Bernie....IF HE WINS THE PRIMARY.
And right now, it's about winning the primary.
And why can't Bill Maher change his mind anyway? Is that a crime that he has changed his position on something? I don't understand.
I don't think Bill's positions on social democracy and democratic socialism have changed, I think he's just looking at the situation in a practical manner.