I've heard that there is a lot of passionate disagreement on the left about Hillary vs. Bernie. Hillary is too closely aligned with big corporations (oil, Wall Street), or Bernie isn't a real Democrat. Susan Sarandon, a well-known Hollywood star and left-wing activist, expressed the thoughts of many of Bernie's supporters when she was unwilling to say whether she would vote for Hillary if she gets the nomination.
I think Susan is great, but that's just insane.
As for Trump, we know he wants to build a wall on the Mexican border (and somehow get Mexico to pay for it), we know he wants to enact draconian restrictions on Muslims, and we know he loves him some guns. Beyond that, it seems like he's just stumbling around in the dark with no clear idea what he wants to do as President.
As a metaphor, it's fair to say that Hillary wants to take America to a brighter tomorrow in a BMW, and Bernie wants to take us there in a Leaf, while Trump wants to drive from Arkansas to Mexico in a 1966 Thunderbird convertible without entering Texas and without using a map. Susan Sarandon might be comfortable with that --- she's done it before --- but it might not end so well. In fact, the odds are mighty small that we'll get anywhere at all.
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